Interviews with Scientists

What do we know about dark matter and dark energy? Catherine Heymans gives me an update.

Until now, it was thought red dwarf stars could host habitable planets. But are their solar winds too strong?

What can we learn from huge surveys of the sky?

With his own telescope Tom Boles has personally discovered more supernovae than any other human in history. But how has...

With his own telescope Tom Boles has personally discovered more supernova than any other human in history. I asked him...

The surfaces of asteroids may be so unstable, that any attempt to land on one might cause long-distance avalanches of...

Future robotic rovers on the Moon could find that moon dust sticks to them electrostatically, meaning they will be...

What will be the last life left on earth? Bacteria, or cockroaches?

Jack O'Malley James tells me that life is likely to live deep underground in two billion years' time.

It is not just professional astronomers who observe the Sun, as Lee Macdonald tells me.

A new survey is monitoring how solar storms trigger unusual electric fields on Earth, to help understand how to protect...

A new survey is monitoring how solar storms trigger unusual electric fields on Earth, to help understand how to protect...

The Dark Energy Survey has found 200 candidate supernovae at great distances, providing a test for dark energy.

The Dark Energy Survey has found 200 candidate supernovae at great distances, providing a test for dark energy.

David Southwood tells me why astronomy is about much more than understanding the Universe: it also has a tremendous...

Planning is underway to build a successor to the world's largest fully robotic telescope.

Planning is underway to build a successor to the world's largest fully robotic telescope.

Can gravitational lenses make distant quasars appear significantly brighter and easier to detect?

Can gravitational lenses make distant quasars appear significantly brighter and easier to detect?

Cameras launched on brief flights aboard sounding rockets have seen sparkles in the Sun's atmosphere.

Cameras launched on brief flights aboard sounding rockets have seen sparkles in the Sun's atmosphere.

David Southwood, President of the RAS, tells me why NAM is so important to him.

David Southwood, President of the RAS, tells me why NAM is so important to him.

Plants use molecular mathematics through the night to stave off starvation!