Category Archives: The Science of Astronomy

The image is a cover slide for a lecture to Liverpool Astronomical Society on 21st February 2025 by Dr. Steve Barrett of the University of Liverpool entitled "Cosmic Rays". The background is a picture of the Earth in space, with cosmic rays entering its atmosphere. The cosmic rays appear as thin streaks of light in the very upper atmosphere which expand into narrow, feathery cones of fainter particles as they get closer to the surface of the planet. Overlaid in the bottom right is a multicoloured 4x5 grid which reads left-to-right, from top-to-bottom: STAR WARS HAIL RAIN RAYS to the left of the word RAYS, outside of the grid and above the backdrop of the Earth is the word COSMIC.

Monthly Meeting: Dr. Steve Barrett – “Cosmic Rays”

The February 2025 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2024-2025 session will be held on Friday, February 21st from 19:00 to 21:20. About This Meeting Please note that […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting: Dr. Steve Barrett – Christmas Short Talks

Our guest speaker for November 2024 was to be Mr Gary Palmer – Introduction to Deep Sky Imaging however ill-health means that the planned talk will need to be rescheduled. […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting: Mr. Gary Gilbert – The Drake Equation: Is There Anybody Out There?

Our guest speaker for October 2023 is Mr. Gary Gilbert, whose talk is entitled: The Drake Equation: Is There Anybody Out There? One of the biggest questions, not just for […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting: Gary Palmer – High Resolution Solar Imaging

Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. The February 2024 monthly meeting of […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting: Dr. Steve Barrett – “The Beginning of Everything”

The November 2022 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2022-2023 session will be held on Friday, November 18th from 19:00 to 21:00. Members of the public are welcome […] Continue Reading »
An image of a mysterious, black void surrounded by a white ring, perhaps an event horizon? Innumerable streamers are coming from the surface of the ring, like electricity. There is no scale given, so we could br seeing anthing from a proton to a super-massive black hole. The image is energetic! It says "The End of Everything" : "The fate of the Earth, the Sun, …and the Universe"

Monthly Meeting: Dr. Steve Barrett – “The End of Everything”

The November 2023 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2023-2024 session will be held on Friday, November 17th from 19:00 to 21:00. Members of the public are welcome […] Continue Reading »