Andrew May

My latest book, The Antigravity Enigma, is out now! andrew-may.com/blog/2026/01/o…

@brianclegg By coincidence (though not entirely, since it was prompted by a previous discussion with you) I ordered a second-hand copy from eBay just yesterday evening, before you posted this review - so I'm glad it's such a good one!

Review: The Autobiography: Patrick Moore **** - Dating to 2003, some real insights into a broadcaster who inspired many young astronomers (review includes a letter he wrote me after my first book). Anything but politically correct. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-au… #astronomy #tvscience

My #artemis2 music video, with apologies to Schubert: youtube.com/watch?v=VklCcO…

@brianclegg @BBCNews To be pedantic there are two ways the Moon's far side is dark. To observers on Earth, it's dark in the sense of unknown, like the Dark Ages; (2) To observers on the Moon, it's the only side that ever gets totally dark, the near side being illuminated by Earthshine even at night.

Repeat after me, @BBCNews ‘The Moon does *not* have a dark side’. It’s a Pink Floyd album, okay?

My most topical cover feature to date in the current issue of @HowItWorksmag #Artemis2 #moon

Review: The Antigravity Enigma: @DrAndrewMay ****- Examines the role of antigravity in fiction, physics & fringe science, from our understanding of gravity to conspiracy theories. Particularly interesting on the fringe material popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-an… #bookreview #popularscience

Keir Starmer arrives in Texas with British police officers, plotting to close down X and arrest Elon Musk, only to find himself spectacularly out of his depth. {Parody/Satire}

In case you are out-saccharined by Christmas fare, @DrAndrewMay has assembled a collection of Temptation of St Anthony paintings with a digital soundtrack starting but deviating from Brahms: it's something when Hieronymous Bosch is one of the least weird: youtube.com/watch?v=lBvn_m…

Review by @DrAndrewMay - The Pale View Data Point: Jon Willis ***** - A refreshing contrast with other astrobiology books, using the only data point we have for the nature of life on a planet: our own Earth. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-pa… #bookreview #astrobiology #popularscience

Review by @DrAndrewMay The Multiverse: Brian Clegg **** - Trip through wild cosmological ideas using ‘bait-and-switch’: appearing to cover an exciting sci-fi-like topic while explaining serious & difficult physics popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-mu… #bookreview #popularscience #multiverse

Having a NASA Administrator who knows literally ZERO about rockets & spacecraft undermines the American space program and endangers our astronauts

Review by @DrAndrewMay - Entropy: a very short introduction: James Binney **** - Some fascinating insights, but primarily an effective crash course in entropy for serious readers, not a popular science exploration. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/entrop… #bookreview #popularscience #physics

If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal. If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist. If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian. If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist.

Review by @DrAndrewMay - The Solar System: William Sheehan & Clifford Cunningham *** - If you are interested in basics on components of the solar system, it's good, but very limited on the solar system as a whole, which is a shame. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/solar-… #bookreview #astronomy

Review by @DrAndrewMay - Permafrost: Kate Kelly @gabbrogirl ***** - A disastrous attempt at climate modification results in a frosty future, the death of plants and a collapse of civilisation to medieval levels. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/permaf… #bookreview #dystopian #SF

Review by @DrAndrewMay Life Beyond Earth: Luigi Vacca **** - Explores the subject of life on other planets (& specifically why we haven't found it) in an entertaining way without going into too much technical detail. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/life-b… #bookreview #popularscience #exobiology

This is a time of national shame. The airing of vile Jew-hatred at Glastonbury and the BBC’s belated and mishandled response, brings confidence in our national broadcaster’s ability to treat antisemitism seriously to a new low. It should trouble all decent people that now, one need only couch their outright incitement to violence and hatred as edgy political commentary, for ordinary people to not only fail to see it for what it is, but also to cheer it, chant it and celebrate it. Toxic Jew-hatred is a threat to our entire society.

The reason that I am alive today is that, for my ancestors, there was a moment that they realised that their country was falling apart and becoming unsafe for Jews. For me, that moment came as I saw the footage from Glastonbury. telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/0… Tens of thousands of young humanitarians at the country’s premier music festival were chanting for “death”, in scenes reminiscent of mass rallies in Tehran or Sanaa, beamed into the homes of millions by the national broadcaster. This country has lost its soul and lost the plot, and there is not a lot of time left to do something about it. Britain is becoming a haven for hatred. This must be the moment that the country wakes up. That means each of us. Demand action. Use your voice. Please, before there is nothing left to save.

Review by @DrAndrewMay - Target Earth: Govert Schilling ***** 17 April 2025 - A short but fascinating and wide-ranging primer on all the natural things that can end up on Earth after coming down from outer space popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/target… #bookreview #popularscience #meteors

First views of Earth's polar regions from Dragon