See the International Space Station passing over London
The International Space Station will be passing right over London next Thursday (22nd July) and will be both exceptionally bright and at a decent time to see it.
Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.
See the International Space Station passing over London
The International Space Station will be passing right over London next Thursday (22nd July) and will be both exceptionally bright and at a decent time to see it.
Stephen Hawking’s office coming to the Science Museum
The contents of Professor Stephen Hawking’s office when he worked in Cambridge are to go on display at the Science Museum.
The Science Museum is to become a Covid vaccination centre
The Science Museum in South Kensington is being drafted in to support science's fight against the Covid virus, as it's to become a mass vaccination hub for the local area.
A celestial conjunction for Christmas
Later this month a rare event will occur in the heavens, as Jupiter and Saturn appear closer together in the skies than they have for nearly 400 years.
See “Father Christmas” fly over London on Christmas eve
OK, it's actually the International Space Station, but if you are dragged awake at an ungodly hour by the kids, then why not go out and watch "santa" rehearsing his present delivery run?
The UK’s largest optical telescope – is in London
An observatory operated by UCL in North London has acquired a new telescope, which happens to be the largest of its kind in the UK.
See a Mercury mission spacecraft in the Science Museum
Sitting near the back of the Science Museum is a full-size model of a spacecraft that's currently on a journey to Mercury.
Hampstead Observatory to reopen
Having been closed for several years for repairs, the telescopes at Hampstead Observatory will once again be open for people to peer at the stars.
Tickets Alert: Tours of a particle accelerator
A short trip outside London is a huge silver UFO shaped building, and in August will be a chance to go inside to see the particle accelerator it houses.
Tickets Alert: A week of science in pubs is back
The annual Pint of Science festival is back once more, putting lots of science inside pubs and letting people learn over a pint. The event, now in its sixth year takes place in the second half of May. Tickets cost…
The International Space Station will fly over London this weekend
The International Space Station will make a number of its occasional passes right over London this weekend and if you know what to look for, you can watch it pass overhead.
Stephen Hawking’s wheelchair is up for sale
What do you do when a famous wheelchair is now sadly no longer occupied -- put it up for sale to raise money for charity.
Sir Quentin Blake draws scientists for the Science Museum
A large room at the top of the Science Museum, normally filled with schoolchildren has also gained a huge new mural by the illustrator, Sir Quentin Blake.
Play with the Science Museum’s new random science image generator
The Science Museum has added a little playful twist to their image archive with a random image generator.
London to get a new Science Gallery this September
A new science and art venue is opening later this year at London Bridge that aims to make scientific research accessible to visitor through installations and a programme of exhibitions and events.
Tickets Alert: Visit the UK’s largest particle accelerator
In the countryside not far from Didcot can be a found a stunning flying saucer of a building, which also happens to house the UK's national synchrotron, and there's a chance to go inside for a look.
Fancy nearly 100 pints of science?
The now annual festival of science talks that take place in pubs across the country is back next month, and the line up of talks has been announced.
Science as art at the Wellcome Collection
Is it science, art, or maybe both. An art exhibition seeks to explore the connection that sees science turned into art, with rather variable end results.
England’s 17th century attempt to reach the moon
It was a time of the death of kings, and a 17th century Englishman proposed a space programme with the ambition of reaching the moon.
New exhibition celebrates Britain’s cold-war rocket project
Conceived before NASA, before Sputnik, Britain was leading the space race with the development of the world's longest running, yet oddly little known, space rocket programme.
Huge science photos adorn the Euston Road
A display of award winning science photos has been blown up to billboard size and put on display along the Euston Road.
Tickets Alert – The Ig Nobel Awards come to London
One of the highlights of the annual science entertainment calendar is making a return, with an evening comprising of an eclectic mix of science, humour, really bad poetry and a small girl interrupting the speakers.
London Museum grows Sea Corals in Shapes of Star Wars Spacecraft
In a topical diversion, a South London museum has persuaded baby corals to grow into special moulds in the shape of Star Wars spacecraft.
Tim Peake’s Soyuz spacecraft to go on display in London
The Russian Soyuz spacecraft used by Tim Peake in his mission to the International Space Station is to go on display in London following its acquisition by the Science Museum.