Take a look at the update of my departmental webpage at History of Science University of Cambridge http://bit.ly/samHPS

Fab crescent moon sighted 1955 UT today, < 36 hrs old, <2% moon visible, distance 251910 miles (folks really close!) http://bit.ly/TOTast

My next popular level public lecture for Royal Astron Soc is on 8 May "Origin of Structure in Universe" See you! http://bit.ly/RAS8ma

My latest article on the Quest for Earthlike Planets via transit astronomy is published by Thomson-Reuters at http://bit.ly/p1an3t Enjoy!

Venus brilliant "Evening Star" worldwide right now Get out and enjoy. And see if you can spy red Mars Alert from http://bit.ly/TOTast

Today sent corrected proof to Springer of my edition of autobiography of Thomas Gold FRS. Publication maybe October. http://bit.ly/txoXVX

Night sky early evening Jupiter Venus and Mars are still easy to see and striking to observe - no telecope. Alert http://bit.ly/TOTast

Giant Magellan Telescope board declines NSF funding, opting for private partnership and philanthropy http://ping.fm/IgRhR

Correcting final proof of my edition of memoirs of Thomas Gold FRS (1920-2004) great cosmologist and radio astronomer http://bit.ly/txoXVX

Elections to Council Royal Astr Soc 2012. FRAS can vote by internet. Use your Vote! http://bit.ly/RAS012