The Starspotter’s Guide

An endlessly interesting miscellany of the night sky that blends stories and science from one of the astronomy world’s rising talents

Dr Sheila Kanani MBE is a planetary physicist, science presenter, secondary school physics teacher and space comedian, with a background in astrophysics and astronomy research from UK universities. Sheila is currently the Education, Outreach and Diversity officer for the Royal Astronomical Society in London, regularly acts as a science ambassador and in January 2018, hosted BBC One’s Wonders of the Moon. She was appointed MBE in the 2022 New Year’s Honours List for services to astronomy and diversity in physics.