Size Does Matter! Unfeasibly Large? Dr Ruben Sanchez-Janssen provided a fascinating exposition of the scale of the Extremely Large...

A big treat on Monday 10th February as we welcomed Professor Ofer Lahav (UCL) to talk about Einstein’s “biggest blunder” and the topic of...

Professor Sanjeev Gupta visited the Flamsteed Astronomy Society for a second time, leaving us with a thought-provoking statement about...

The Search for Life on Mars "Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish,...

The Flamsteed Astronomy Society’s November meeting began with an engaging astronomy news update from our chair, Bobby Manoo . Kicking off...

Lost in the dark: where’d all that pesky matter go??? The challenge: To find something in the dark, that you cannot see, whose...

(and other songs) The first lecture of the Flamsteed Astronomy Society's 2024-25 season kicked off with our 25th Annual General Meeting...

As the old saying goes, “All good things must come to an end.” This session marks the last in our Main Lectures for this season and what...

The Flamsteed Astronomy Society hosted an engaging evening at Queen's House that began with a news roundup by committee member Paul May,...

A report of Professor Chris Lintott's talk to the Flamsteed Astronomy Society on "Our Accidental Universe"

The host, Paul May, welcomed everyone to our new main lecture venue for the next year - the magnificent Great Hall of Queens House. Not...

Astronomy homework Mike presented the Sky this Month to kickoff the meeting. Highlights include: the conjunction of the first quarter...

In an era where global challenges often overshadow less visible threats, Professor Sarah Matthews' lecture, "Living with a Star - the...

Asterisms and Christmas Trees Before the main lecture Mike Meynell entertained us with the celestial highlights for the festive period....

For our 3rd main lecture of the season we made a welcome return from the furthest reaches of the universe to our own celestial backyard.

The second main lecture of the 2023/24 Flamsteed Astronomy Society season saw Dr Emma Curtis-Lake talk about the James Webb Space Telescope.

From Dark Matter to New Observations: Challenging Our Current Understanding The Season Opener and AGM Preview To kick off our first...

Dr Philippa Mason gave a talk focused on the intriguing differences between Earth and our closest planetary neighbor, Venus.

Professor Ben Stappers gives a talk to the Flamsteed on the topic of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs).

Professor Colin Snodgrass detailed the NASA DART mission, which changed the trajectory of a small asteroid in September 2022. The...