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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
