Things Are Looking Up

BBC Sky At Night presenter Professor Chris Lintott is appearing in this month’s Dark Skies Festival to talk about his new book and show how all of us can become scientists making the next discoveries in space

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‘Paying attention to the night sky is genuinely good for the soul. A proper dark sky has to be one of the grandest sights nature has to offer and yet many people don’t realise that they don’t need to travel very far to find one such as those in the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales National Parks.’ Wise words from Professor Chris Lintott, Presenter of The Sky At Night who will be spilling all about starry skies this month.

‘Even from a city, there's something wonderful about noticing how the Moon changes from night to night, or spotting Mars in the morning sky, or catching a shooting star. Looking up is good for you.’ he adds.

The University of Oxford Astrophysicist remembers what first triggered his own interest in astronomy.