England Post-16

Over the past few hundred years, astronomers have discovered thousands of stars whose brightness goes up and down over time. These are known as variable stars. But what causes this to happen?

In 2017, the Liverpool Telescope was involved in the investigation of an exciting new discovery: the star system TRAPPIST-1.

An Orrery is a moving, mechanical model of the Solar System. It shows how all of the planets orbit around the Sun.