Nigel Henbest

Science: Dusty galaxies may hide their light

Review: Return to the Red Planet / Review of 'Mission to Mars: Report of the Mars Exploration Study Team' by A. F. Chicarro

Eskimos in the sky with dragons / Review of 'Observing the Constellations' by John Sanford

Review: A heavenly companion / Review of 'Norton's 2000.0' edited by Ian Ridpath 14.95

Chips with everything astronomical: Review of 'Electronic and Computer-aided Astronomy: From Eyes to Electronic Sensors' by Ian S. McLean

Technology

Technology: Cut-price telescope takes a clear view of the northern sky

New hopes for Hipparcos

Neptune - Voyager's last picture show: The spacecraft Voyager 2 is leaving the Solar System 12 years after its launch - Its last close encounter showed us clouds on blue and stormy Neptune, and surprises on Triton, the moon with an icecap of methane, vol

To count the stars in their courses / Review of 'The Hipparcos Mission' edited by Bruce Battrick

Science: Mathematician predicts a multitude of moons

Science: Astronomers discover first 'microlens'

Science: Occult events shed light on Saturn