Night Sky 2025 – Astronotes

December Night Sky 2025

A Winter wonderland above – December night sky December nights, where the sky greets you like an icy cathedral of stars and wonder, and the nights draw darker earlier. It is also the time of year where Santa takes flight with his reindeers. This year he will have quite the view with the constellations twinkling bright telling him their ancient stories, the Geminids shining beneath him like a shooting star runway and Jupiter glowing like a guiding beacon. A Read more

By Emma-Jayne Malcomson, 2 monthsDecember 4, 2025 ago

November

November Night Sky 2025

Remember, remember to look up in November! Yes this optimum time of year for celestial observing has a whole goodie bag of autumnal treats to be enjoyed throughout the month – so plant some sparklers or toffee apple sticks on these dates in your diary to keep yourself inspired by Read more

By Nick Parke, 4 monthsOctober 29, 2025 ago

Human Exploration

Eagles in Space this month

As we’re now well into the second half of summer in the Northern hemisphere and the number of hours available to us for stargazing are slowly but surely increasing again, the mild evenings make for some very comfortable viewings of some very special wonders in our night sky. So pull Read more

By Nick Parke, 6 monthsAugust 15, 2025 ago

Monthly Sky Notes

August Night Sky 2025

Can you believe we are in August already? Let’s hope for another sunny heatwave and some clear skies for stargazing. Read below to know what to look out for this month! Sturgeon Moon Mark your calendars! The next full Moon will grace the skies on 9th August at 8:55am (UK Read more

By Lovisa Redpath, 6 monthsAugust 4, 2025 ago

April Night Sky 2025

Another month down, and we’re officially into April! With it, we’re welcoming brighter mornings and brighter evenings – thank you, daylight savings! We’re getting closer to retiring the winter coats and swapping hot drinks for iced ones. Spring is here! Pink Moon The ‘Pink Moon’ will be the full moon Read more

By Lovisa Redpath, 10 months ago

March Night Sky 2025

Welcome to our quick take on top celestial wonders to spot in the March night sky! Well we’ve certainly been spoiled for entertainment so far this year with the heavyweights of our Solar System -Earth’s planetary neighbours gathering together on the same side of the Sun to put on the Read more

By Nick Parke, 11 monthsMarch 5, 2025 ago

January

January Night Sky 2025

Well, time moves on, into another year as we brace for (according to some) the most depressing month of the year. At least we get it over and done with and can enjoy the rest of the year – I am sure it will be a great one… However, January Read more

By Anna Taylor, 1 yearDecember 27, 2024 ago

Intergalactic Craic

S3Ep6 - Intergalactic Craic On The Road
Welcome to a very special edition of Intergalactic Craic where we take it on the road! Join Rok, Zuri, Alice, and Andrew as they venture half way around the world to attend the ACM2023 conference in Flagstaff Arizona!
S3Ep5 - Craic with all these moons?
Heather and her new co-host Dr Rok are back! Taking time out of their busy schedules they have recorded an episode all about the dramatic increase to the number of moons of the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn! They also delve into their own busy schedules and explain everything there is to know about AOP's […]
S3Ep4 - Wee Bitta Craic: Bout Ye Alice?
This month is the final 'getting to know you' episode of Intergalactic Craic: Wee Bitta Craic. Ethan and Zuri interview Alice and ask her all about how she came to be doing her PhD at AOP. Find out this and more in this info packed episode!