A nice thank you card

Dear Stuart, Thanks for all the support through this stressful time. You’ve made physics fun & entertaining. Thanks for all the help. Best wishes, Tom Share...
Pluto, at last

Pluto, at last

So the waiting is finally over. Well, it is, sort of. We have out first images of Pluto, and they are mind blowing. What an amazing achievement to get a spacecraft in the right place to take such amazing photographs. They answer lots of questions, and pose many, many...
Less than a month to go

Less than a month to go

One of the most exciting events ever will happen in just less than a month. On 14th July, the space probe New Horizons will make its closest approach to Pluto. It’ll be moving pretty fast (!) so it won’t have long close to the planet, but it will be...
Physics and beauty

Physics and beauty

“Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars – mere globs of gas atoms. I too can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more? The vastness of the heavens stretches my imagination – stuck on this carousel my...