Star-studded events for space lovers in London

Greenwich is the place to be for anyone with a budding interest in space, and if you’re keen to take stargazing a bit more seriously you could sign up to one of the Royal Observatory’s introductory courses. This five-week evening course is aimed at those with access to a telescope (how else would you do your homework?) but there are less hands-on options, and even a GSCE Astronomy course for those wanting to make their CV stellar.

Those who are interested in what the heavens are trying to tell us will love this shop full of crystal balls, pendulums, dreamcatchers, tarot cards and many more mystical essentials.

The Science Museum's new hall of massive, hands-on exhibits, installations and demonstrations features a seven-metre wide rotating solar system model underneath a canopy of 500 LED 'stars', all positioned as accurately as possible to mimic the positions of the stars in our own skies. Visitors can walk among the planets as they move. Watch you don't look up for so long that the moon knocks you over.