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A volunteer who credits the charity where he works for saving his life and bringing him joy has been honoured with a national award.

Ho Ho Ho! The festive season is already upon us! How has this happened again. Blink and the year is practically gone! In this edition of What’s Up, we’re going to be showing you all the interesting objects in the night sky you can look at during the month of December, taking you through to the New Year.

Robert Williams, President of Huddersfield Astronomy Society, is exploiring nebula in this mini series. In part 1 he takes a closer look at Messier 42, the Great Nebula of Orion.

Rosie Braunholtz follows her 'Why Space?' article with this dive into the world of space sustsainability.

 With the onset of Winter, the smell of fireworks in the air and with the clocks having gone back at the end of October, November offers us great dark skies. It is truly a brilliant time of year for stargazing.

NASA’s Europa Clipper is going through its final tests! The planned date of launch is the 10th of October this year. But what is the Europa Clipper? And what will it be doing?!

Astronomer Rosie talks you through this month's highlights!

The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is fast approaching in October! This is where space agencies, industry, academic researchers and students from all over the world come together in one place to network, share ideas and give updates on recent endeavours and future goals and challenges. We thought this would be a great chance to review what the space industry does, and why it is so important.

Hello! Welcome to another addition of What’s Up, and this month September!

T Coronae Borealis

A closer look at T Coronae Borealis

It's one of our favourite events of the year- and here's how you can enjoy it too!

It's your monthly guide to What's Up? in the sky with Astronomer and Science Communicator, Ishbel Carlyle! 

Kielder Observatory and Accenture team up once again!

 Summer is hopefully underway, and with good weather come clear skies. They might not be very dark or last very long but there is still plenty to explore across the summer night skies.

Many of you may have witnessed the spectacular sight of the Northern Lights recently. Here, astronomer Ishbel Carlyle talks us through what happened, why and hears others' accounts of that night. 

 Summer is upon us! let us take a look at what’s parading across our skies this month.

STARGAZERS across the North East and beyond will be able to spot rare ‘night shining’ clouds over the next few weeks.

Time again for our monthly What’s Up! It’s May, and days are getting light now, so we’re having to stay up quite late to get astronomical darkness. Still, there’s lots of objects and constellations to see! It’s well and truly galaxy season now, so if you love huge islands of stars of many different shapes and sizes, this is the month for you!

 

Astronomer, Ellie, talks us through what exactly a solar eclipse is ahead of her visit to the USA to see it for herself. 

A RARE solar eclipse which will be seen across America next month will be captured by a Northumberland astronomer and beamed back live to the North East.

Spring has sprung and it's an exciting time of year for our astronomers. Rosie takes us through what we can see in the skies this month.

A great accolade for our observatory!

Spring is almost upon us! As day and night start to equalise, let’s take a look at what’s parading across our skies this month.

Aurora Borealis above Skibotn Observatory

Our astronomer Ishbel goes to Norway to image and research the Northern Lights.

Heart Nebula taken from Flickr Commons/s58y

Love is in the air, it must be Feburary! Astronomer and Science Communicator Rosie Braunholtz gives us an overview of what we can see in the night skies this season of lovers.

Let's start 2024 as we mean to go on- looking up! Astronomer and Science Communicator Rosie Braunholtz gives us an overview of what we can see in the night skies this January.

Hey starry-eyed readers! It's that time of the year again when the heavens put on a celestial show just for us. It’s the Geminids Meteor Shower! This annual extravaganza is a cosmic party you don't want to miss.


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