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SPA Meeting At SOAS, London University 25 October 2008

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Astronomy trip out, yesterday :)

Outside SOAS

Outside SOAS

I travelled to London on the train, to attend the quarterly meeting of the SPA.

These meetings are always held at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), which is part of London University and located just off the splendid Russell Square in Bloomsbury. read on..





Star Constellations – What Are They?

Most people will have heard the term “constellation” and will know that it relates to patterns of stars in the sky.

Many people will probably think of astrology and the “Signs of the Zodiac”, for example Aquarius and Pisces.

But how many people know what the constellations actually are? read on..

Stars – What Are They?

Our closest star is of course, the Sun. It is incredibly important to us here on Earth. Without the heat and light from the Sun, there would not be any life on Earth.

However, it is rather humbling to realise that there are billions of stars in the universe. And even worse, our Sun is an unremarkable star.

There are many stars that are bigger than our Sun and many are smaller. Some are older, others younger.

We also now know, through modern detection methods, that other stars have their own planets in orbit around them. read on..

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