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WELCOME

THE MAN BEHIND THE MONOCLE • Britain’s best-loved amateur astronomer brought the wonders of the Universe alive for us all

PATRICK ON… THE MOON

ONCE A MOON MAN, ALWAYS A MOON MAN

THE FIRST MEN ROUND THE MOON

WHAT WE’VE LEARNT SINCE APOLLO 11

A LONG-GONE VOLCANIC PAST

CHANGING CRATERS AND SHIFTING SEAS

UNMANNED MISSIONS TO THE MOON MUST CONTINUE

PATRICK ON… COSMIC CONUNDRUMS

THE MARVELS OF VENUS

WHEN EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT ABOUT MARS WAS WRONG

SATURN’S YIN-YANG MOON

THE STATUS OF PLUTO

ARE WE IN DANGER IF BETELGEUSE GOES SUPERNOVA?

THE GREAT COMETS – FRIENDS AND FOES IN EQUAL MEASURE

PATRICK ON… OBSERVING

THE BEST SEASONS FOR OBSERVING

SEEING IS BELIEVING

WE ALL SEE STARS DIFFERENTLY

THE ASTRONOMER’S ANATHEMAS – LIGHT POLLUTION AND BEYOND

WHAT ARE THE GREATEST TELESCOPES OF ALL TIME?

PATRICK ON… THE SEARCH FOR LIFE

WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR FROM ALIEN RACES

SETI: FUTILE EFFORT OR NOBLE UNDERTAKING?

WILL WE MAKE CONTACT?

THE ALLURE OF EXOPLANETS

PATRICK ON… ASTRONOMY’S PIONEERS

RADICAL THINKERS AND SACRED COWS

JOHANNES HEVELIUS: THE FIRST GREAT MOON MAPPER

CHARLES MESSIER: FRUSTRATED COMET HUNTER

EDWIN HUBBLE: THE GALACTIC REVOLUTIONARY

URBAIN LE VERRIER: THE MAN WHO DIDN’T DISCOVER NEPTUNE

BERNARD LOVELL: THE FATHER OF RADIO ASTRONOMY

AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS: THE UNSUNG HEROES OF SCIENCE

PATRICK ON… A LIFE IN ASTRONOMY

WHEN THINGS GO WRONG ON CAMERA

GETTING CREATIVE WITH PROPS ON THE SKY AT NIGHT

CHASING METEORITES

THE MAJOR ASTRONOMICAL SURPRISES OF MY LIFETIME

WELL, WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES

WHEN PATRICK MET YURI

MY ULTIMATE ASTRONOMICAL DINNER PARTY

PATRICK ON… THE FUTURE

WE NEED A NEW NEWTON

TERRAFORMING MARS

THE FATE OF THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

WHEN WILL WE MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE 1960S?

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A WRITER’S LIFE • Patrick’s columns represent just a tiny sliver of his writing. As an author of both fact and fiction, he informed and entertained in equal measure