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December is always an awesome month (for obvious reasons). However the first 17 days are going to especially interesting if a tail does form from Comet Ison. If this does happen it will visible to most of the northern hemisphere, especially at night. Truly a once in a life time occurrence if you consider the chances of detecting a comet that also has an orbit that takes it through the Sun's corona. However, it is not certain that we will have the outcome we all hope for and it may explode during its passage, meaning no tail across the sky. I for one though will be keeping an eye on the unfolding events. If you are interested in this further, give the following article a read  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25052236 . If you've got a spare hour to kill, I recommend watching this episode of Horizon  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03k3881 . Some of what we are trying to achieve in Space is incredible. It's just scary that we have barely even scratched th...

It was funny to look back over posts I wrote a few years ago, whilst also reflecting that a lot has changed for me in that time. My last post was on the 7th June 2011. Since then, University has turned into full time work and I'm slowly moving up in the world (so they say). People have come and gone along the way (some more significant than others), but life goes on. I'm feeling like I want to give blogging another go, so who knows what will come of this. I've not got any set plan on what the content will be on. I'm not as big a gamer these days so it will most likely be general musings. However, hopefully you may find some of it interesting! What's going on in my world: Currently listening to:  A Perfect Circle – Three Sixty  - an amazing band with such an incredible back catalog of material.  Recently started following: @BBCAmos - everyone needs more science in their lives. Specifically what is going on above us. Space is awesome.  Currently playing:...