Welcome to my blog, YouTube channel and Facebook page!
My name is is Steve Hurley, I have a PhD is astrophysics from Manchester University in England. But my real passion is explaining science – communicating complex scientific ideas to nonspecialists.
Explaining Science Blog
I started the blog back in 2014. Its content has had over one million views and is considered by the aggregator site feedspot.com to be one of the top astronomy blogs on the internet and hasĀ been mentioned on the BBC news website. To have a look at my latest posts click the link below
Explaining Science Latest posts
Most articles are about astronomy, space and space travel – written at a level which is easily accessible to the non-scientist but without being dumbed down. But there are plenty of posts on other scientific topics. Here are just a few!
The switch to zero emission vehicles Time and time zones The Calendar Global warming Solar energy The origin of the word Eureka!
There are also a few articles from the abstract world of pure math
And unlike many quality educational blogs, my blog is entirely free of ads!
YouTube Channel
In 2020 I created the Explaining Science YouTube channel. I have organised it into playlists and the Popular Astronomy one will be of particular interest to those of you without a scientific background. If you would like to view something a little more challenging try General Astronomy or Physics .
So visit the channel, take a look at some of the videos, and let me know what you think!
All videos on my channel have a Creative Commons license which allows anybody to share, remix, and build upon any of my content for FREE.
A small selection of videos from the Explaining Science YouTube channel
Explaining Science e-books
I’ve written three e-books which are available in the Amazon Kindle store at a nominal cost. By clicking on the links below you can find a detailed description of each book. You can also read a sample without any obligation to buy.
Short guide to the Moon Short guide to SETI Short guide to Venus
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To find out more….
Take a look at this video
Explaining Science 