In this illustrated talk mathematician, Milena Radnovic, will explore how astronomy and geometry developed together by ingenious human minds

IN THIS MONTH 23 December 1672 Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes Rhea, one of Saturn's Moons. Cassini discovered four...

How to find and key features of the Orion Constellation

9th September 1892 Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter, is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard using the 36 inch (91 cm) refractor telescope at...

21st April 1702 Maria Kirch discovers a previously unknown comet becoming the first woman to make such a discovery. Dubbed the "Comet...

This month . . . . Naming the three planets in our solar system discovered in “modern” times was not a straightforward process. There...

This month . . . . Orion Named after the mythological Greek hunter, the constellation Orion is one of the most famous, and...

This month ……. The Andromeda Galaxy (M31). On a collision course with the Milky Way it will be visiting us “shortly” The Andromeda Galaxy...