Dr Elizabeth Cunningham from Surrey University will talk about how the objects we can observe in the night sky account for less than 5% of the total Universe. Scientists believe that the rest is made up of elusive substances called dark matter and dark energy. We can’t see it, we don’t know what it is and yet hundreds of scientists around the world are looking for it. This talk will explain the puzzle of dark matter – why we think…

Speaker - TBC There will also be a presentation on the sky at night for the coming month. If you would like further details then please contact Anita King.    

Phil Halper from the Royal Astronomical Society will talk about Aurora. Phil is the creator of the popular YouTube series Before the Big Bang, which has had several million views, and was previously journalist in residence at the Penn State Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos. His astronomy images have been featured in major media outlets including The Washington Post, the BBC, and The Guardian, and he has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals. There will also be a presentation on the sky…

Michael Foulkes, BAA section director for Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, will give us a talk about Neptune. There will also be a presentation on the sky at night for the coming month. If you would like further details then please contact Anita King.