Planetary Wanderings

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the most ambitious and complex space observatory ever built, will use its unparalleled infrared capabi...

The first glimpse of the VLT came as our bus arrived at the Residencia from Antofagasta.  Four gleaming silver boxes on top of a flattened m...

One of the incredible things about being on top of Cerro Paranal is the stunning visibility of the night sky and the Milky Way.  And for som...

Observing from a large telescope is a rather different experience to what you might imagine.  It's not a case of being outside with the ...

One of the most incredible things about this whole experience has been staying in the Residencia , about 300 m below the mountain peak in th...

Chaotic.  That's probably the best way to describe my second-ever trip to South America.  We were late boarding the flight from Heathrow...

Over the past decade, I've been exceedingly fortunate to have won time on the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Teles...