Nasa made a big announcement last week: seven Earth-sized planets orbit a star 40 light-years away and 3 of them are in the planet's habitable zone. Why should we care?
Why care about exoplanets?
We’re bracing for impact
66 million years ago, an object the size of Mount Everest crashed down into the sea near modern-day Mexico and radically changed the world. It sent a cloud of dust and molten rock into the air that blocked out the sun, which killed loads of plants, which big herbivores like Triceratops needed, which large carnivores like T. Rex …
Space is Big
I didn't grow up by the sea, so every time I'm faced with an ocean, I get a true sense of awe. The sheer magnitude of the thing in front of me leaves me speechless. I look out and it's just water, as far as the eye can see. On a clear day, the horizon for …
CHRISTMAS LECTURES Assistantship
Hello dear readers, I know it's been pretty silent here since I finished my epic 26 weeks of blogging.  While I've let a bit of dust settle onto this blog, that doesn't mean I've been idle.  I've been hard at work at the Royal Institution of Great Britain helping to create this year's CHRISTMAS LECTURES.  I did …
Jon Farrow 