Both artists and scientists are fascinated by the world around us. Both observe and interrogate the world and show it back to us in new ways. Both use images not only to illustrate but also to produce...

As I announced yesterday I am playing away this week with a tasty post on astrology and astronomy on the excellent Forbidden Histories blog site. However the substitute bank here at The Renaissance…

Richard Carrington’s name has long been connected with the most intense solar storm ever recorded, but his face was unknown until a lost portrait surfaced.

A speculative search in the right place at the right time turned up what is thought to be the only image of the eponymous solar observer.

The team celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory.

“Individual contributions are all too often forgotten, overshadowed, or never acknowledged; lost in the gaps among objects.” - Professor Stephen A. Harris, Druce Curator of Oxford University Herbaria. (Adapted from the foreword to Gem Toes-Crichton’s book.)” In this talk, Gem Toes-Crichton shares h

Astronomer, author, historian of astronomy. 10 February 1842 – 20 January 1907 Agnes Mary Clerke 1905 Hector Macpherson, Public domain, […]

Toner Stevenson, author of an open access research article in Historical Records of Australian Science, sheds light on the challenges faced by women in astronomy between 1966-2023.

Transformation includes closure of Exploring Space gallery after four decades

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Many of the scientific endeavours featured in our collections are the work of women with a connection to Scotland. Below, we've highlighted key contributio

Anybody cognizant with the history of astronomy in the Early Modern Period almost certainly thinks that the tittle of this post alludes to Tycho Brahe but in fact it refers to a man born ten years …

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A. S. Eddington; On “Relativistic Degeneracy.”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 95, Issue 3, 1 January 1935, Pages 194, https://d

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