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The Victorians: Time and Space

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, communication was slow...

The Institutionalisation of the Arts in Early Victorian England

The Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture for the Public Understanding of...

How we reached the Moon: Mankind’s incredible achievement

Current plans by both NASA and ESA's Aurora project propose...

Where is everybody?

Are we alone? The universe is very big. Why do...

Cosmology of Ultimate Concern

The Origin of the Constellations

Who invented the constellations? The constellations that we use to...

The afterglow of the Big Bang

Is there an 'echo' of the big bang? The story...

Gravitational-Wave Astronomy

Einstein predicted that gravitational waves exist. What are they, how...

The Early History of the Universe

What was the universe like during its early history? Described...

Did Einstein get it right?

How did Einstein's theory of general relativity improve on Newton's...