Search Results for "comets"
The first lady’s comet
history of scienceDr Patricia Fara tells the story of Caroline Herschel, concert soprano turned astronomer, unkindly caricatured in Georgian times as ‘The Female Philosopher, smelling out the Comet’.
Comet tales
history of scienceKeith Moore looks to the skies for comets past and present.
The handles of Saturn
history of scienceRupert Baker tells the story of 'De Corpore Saturni', Christopher Wren's 1658 attempt to explain the shape of the planet Saturn.
Watch the skies!
history of scienceRupert Baker hunts for meteors, comets and asteroids in the archives of the Royal Society.
A star-crossed astronomer
history of scienceDiscover how Thomas Hardy used the world of Victorian astronomy as a backdrop in 'Two on a Tower', the story of young stargazer Swithin St Cleeve and his dalliance with the aristocratic Lady Constantine.