Thoughts on space, technology, and everything in between.
During the Perseid meteor shower, I blogged a video of a bright meteor taken by astrophotographer Mel Gigg. He had shared the image fairly widely and soon…
Solid, liquid, gas. The three states of matter are something I first explored in primary school and water was the best example. You can easily see water frozen…
Here's a really simple and fun experiment to do at home: make glowing jelly (or jello, American friends)! The method is really easy - you're just making jellyâ¦
I've just hit 'publish' on the latest episode of Recycled Electrons, my (almost) weekly podcast with friend and Zooniverse colleague Chris Lintott. We startedâ¦
I have given a lot of talks over the past few years and I've seen more than I can count. This year I saw one of the worst presentations ever - literally in myâ¦
[](https://media.orbitingfrog.com/uploads/2026/02/1771788062956-htd96o.jpg) ALMA's view of Herbig-Haro object HH 46/47. This image interweaves optical dataâ¦
Tonight (and last night too) have been your best chance to see this year's Perseid meteor shower. With little or no Moon to wash out the skies, it's a greatâ¦
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy orbiting around our own Milky Way. You can see it from the Southern Hemisphere but not like this! This imageâ¦
Once you have a Meade ETX-90 Telescope aligned and ready to go (no small feat, at times) you can see some pretty cool objects in the Summer sky. Saturn is…
In a word: this. A great blog post that totally sums up my annoyance with a growing number of websites and apps, and the 'digital' movement in general.