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Nigel Henbest
FRAS
Nigel Henbest FRAS
Born	6 May 1951 (age 73); Manchester, England
Alma mater	University of Cambridge; Leicester University;
Known for	Promotion and popularisation of Science and Astronomy
	Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	Pioneer Productions; British Astronomical Association;
Thesis	High Resolution Radio Observations of Tycho's Supernova Remnant and Forty-Eight Extragalactic Sources (1976)
Doctoral advisor	Sir Martin Ryle

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Stuart Nigel Henbest FRAS^[1] (born 6 May 1951) is a British astronomer and science communicator. Born in Manchester and educated in Belfast and at Leicester University, Henbest researched in radio astronomy at the University of Cambridge before becoming a freelance author, television producer and astronomy lecturer. Asteroid 3795 Nigel is named after him.^[1]^[2]

Henbest has written around 50 books and over 1,000 articles on astronomy and space for the popular market, including The New Astronomy and The Guide to the Galaxy.^[3] Among his award-winning television productions are On Jupiter, Black Holes and Journey to the Edge of the Universe.^[3] As well as lecturing on cruises, Henbest has given astronomy presentations on all seven continents (including Antarctica). He also leads tours to view total eclipses of the Sun.^[4]

Formerly Astronomy Consultant to New Scientist magazine, editor of the Journal of the British Astronomical Association and media consultant to the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Henbest is now a Future Astronaut with Virgin Galactic.^[5]

Married with two stepdaughters, Henbest lives in Hampstead, North Carolina and Loosley Row, Buckinghamshire, UK.^[3] ^[6]

Early life and education

Nigel Henbest was born in West Didsbury, Manchester, where he lived for the first five years of his life. His father, Bernard Henbest, was an organic chemist and his mother, Rosalind (née James) a psychiatrist. In 1958, his father was appointed Professor of Organic Chemistry at Queen's University in Belfast, and Henbest was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution until the age of 18.

Henbest graduated from the University of Leicester in 1972, gaining a First Class honours BSc in astrophysics.^[1] Here, he met fellow astronomy student Heather Couper; they formed a working partnership - Hencoup Enterprises - that focused on astronomy popularisation.^[7]

Research

Moving to St John's College, Cambridge, Henbest researched at the Cavendish Laboratory, under the then Astronomer Royal, Sir Martin Ryle. During 1972-73 Henbest made pioneering observations of the remnant of Tycho's Supernova (observed by Tycho Brahe in 1572).^[8] Then in 1974 he published the first comprehensive observations of quasars and galaxies made with the newly opened Five Kilometre Telescope, now named the Ryle Telescope.^[9]

Henbest also researched the optical spectra of quasars at the Royal Greenwich Observatory,^[10] before returning to the Department of Geology at Leicester University, to develop and install tiltmeters and a recording seismometer on the active volcano Mount Etna^[11]^[12]

He has presented research on ancient astronomical observations to the European Association of Archaeologists,^[13] and has been an Honorary Professor in the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee.^[14]

Career

With the publication of his first major book, The Exploding Universe, in 1979 Henbest began a lifelong career as a science communicator - specialising in astronomy and space - across media platforms ranging from magazines and newspapers to radio, television and online.^[1]

Books and magazines

Henbest has written around 50 books, many jointly authored with Heather Couper, including Big Bang (Dorling Kindersley) which won the Times Educational Supplement Senior Book Award.^[15]

As well his contributions to major encyclopedias, Henbest has had over 1,000 articles published in international magazines.^[1]

In 1982, Henbest was appointed Astronomy Consultant to New Scientist,^[16] a post he held for ten years. Having been a columnist for BBC Focus magazine for many years,^[17] he now contributes a regular column to The Independent newspaper.^[18]

Eclipses

As guest astronomer, Henbest has led 10 expeditions to view total eclipses of the Sun: Sumatra (1988), Hawaii (1991), Aruba (1998), Alderney (1999), Egypt (2006), China (2009), Tahiti (2010), Idaho, USA (2017), Chile (2019) and Arkansas, USA (2024).^[4]^[19]

Lectures and presentations

A former lecturer at the Greenwich Planetarium, Henbest has given public presentations on astronomy and space around the world, from Australia to Colombia and Antarctica. He lectures on cruises, including giving planetarium presentations on the Queen Mary 2.^[3]

He has also led tours of major space centres, from the Apollo Mission Control in Houston to the futurist Spaceport America in New Mexico.^[20]

Radio and television appearances

As an astronomy and space expert, Henbest has appeared on BBC Radio 2, Radio 4, Radio 5Live, Radio Scotland, Radio Wales, British Forces Broadcasting Service and many local UK radio stations. For the BBC World Service, he has filed location reports on solar eclipses, the repair of Hubble Space Telescope and spacecraft encounters with planets and comets.^[1]

He has also been:

Chairman of The Litmus Test, BBC Radio 4, 1991-93^[21]^[22]
Presenter (with Heather Couper) of Seeing Stars, BBC World Service, 1989-2001^[23]

As well as being interviewed about breaking news stories on British television channels, Henbest has featured on several major international TV documentary series:

2000's Greatest Tragedies, National Geographic Channel, 2015
The 80's Greatest Tragedies, National Geographic Channel, 2014
Meteor Strike, Fireball from Space, Channel 4, 2013^[24]
UFO Europe Untold Stories, National Geographic Channel^[25]^[26]

Henbest was a member of the University of Leicester's winning team on Christmas University Challenge, BBC2, 30 December 2013.^[27]

Plays

In 1989, Lord Bernard and Lady Josephine Miles invited Henbest to write a play for the Molecule Theatre of Science. Co-authored by Mike Bennett, It’s All in the Stars! was staged at the Bloomsbury and Mermaid Theatres in London, and toured nationally.^[28]

Consultancy and editorships

In 1982, Henbest was appointed Media Consultant to the Royal Greenwich Observatory, with special responsibility for publicising the new Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma and the opening of the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope.^[1]

The Open University invited Henbest to serve as External Assessor on its new Astronomy module, Matter in the Universe (S256), in 1984.^[1]

As well as editing books and magazine supplements, Henbest was appointed as Editor of the Journal of the British Astronomical Association in 1985, redesigning and revitalising the publication.^[29]^[30]

Henbest was Chairman of National Astronomy Week in 1990, which spearheaded the first national campaign against light pollution in the UK.^[31]

Online

Henbest has presented the regular strand Nigel goes to Space! on the YouTube channel Naked Science.^[32]

Television production and scriptwriting

In 1983, Henbest conceived a TV documentary on the pioneering Infrared Astronomical Satellite, which was filmed by Quanta production company^[33] and screened in the BBC television Horizon strand.^[1] He delivers presentations on Astronomy and Television at international conferences.^[34]^[35]

Henbest was consultant on the television series The Planets and The Stars, presented by Heather Couper in 1985 and 1988 on Channel 4. With Couper and the director of The Stars series, Stuart Carter, Henbest set up Pioneer Productions later in 1988. Here Henbest wrote and produced TV programmes and series for both British and American broadcasters. They garnered many documentary awards, including four gold medals and a Grand Award at the New York Festivals. For Universe: Beyond the Millennium, Henbest won the Glaxo-Wellcome/ABSW Science Writers Award for 1999.^[36]

Astronaut

In 2009, Henbest signed up with Virgin Galactic for a suborbital flight into space, launching in SpaceShipTwo from the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport Spaceport America.^[5]^[6]

As an ambassador for private human spaceflight, Henbest has appeared in Forbes magazine^[37] and presents Nigel Goes to Space! on YouTube^[38]^[39]

Bibliography

Books

Space Frontiers, 1978, Woodpecker, ISBN 0856853399
Exploding Universe, 1979, Marshall Cavendish, ISBN 978-0856855092
Spotter's Guide to the Night Sky, 1979, Usborne, ISBN 0-86020-284-4
The Mysterious Universe, 1981, Ebury, ISBN 978-0856859380
The Restless Universe, 1982, George Philip, ISBN 978-0540010691
The New Astronomy, 1983, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521256834
Astronomy, 1983, Franklin Watts, ISBN 978-0531046517
Physics, 1983, Franklin Watts, ISBN 978-0531046524
Observing the Universe (ed.), 1984, Blackwell/New Scientist, ISBN 0-85520-727-2; hardback ISBN 0-85520-726-4 paperback
Comets, Stars and Planets, 1985, Bookthrift, ISBN 0671076078
The Planets, 1985, Pan, ISBN 0330290827
Halley's Comet (ed.), 1985, New Science Publications, ISBN 978-0-67107607-8
The Sun (Space Scientist), 1986, Franklin Watts, ISBN 0863132693 UK; ISBN 0-531-10055-3 US
The Moon (Space Scientist), 1986, Franklin Watts, ISBN 0863134726 UK; ISBN 0-531-10266-1 US
Galaxies and Quasars (Space Scientist), 1986, Franklin Watts, ISBN 0863134734 UK; ISBN 0-531-10265-3 US
Telescopes and Observatories (Space Scientist), 1987, Franklin Watts, ISBN 0863135277 UK; ISBN 0-531-10361-7 US
Spaceprobes and Satellites (Space Scientist), 1987, Franklin Watts, ISBN 0863135285 UK; ISBN 0-531-10360-9 US
The Stars, 1988, Pan, ISBN 033030352X
The Planets, 1992, Viking, ISBN 0-670-83384-3
The Space Atlas, 1992, Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 978-0863188299
The Universe, 1992, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN 0297831100
Space Shuttle Discovery, 1993, Channel 4 Books, ISBN 185144081X
How the Universe Works, 1994, Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 0751300802
Guide to the Galaxy, 1994, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521458825
The Planets: Portraits of New Worlds, 1994, Penguin, ISBN 978-0140134148
Black Holes, 1996, Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 0-7513-5371-X
The New Astronomy - completely revised second edition, 1996, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521403243 hardback; ISBN 0521408717 paperback
Black Holes, 1997, Channel 4 Books, ISBN 1851442006
Big Bang, 1997, Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 978-0789414847
Is Anybody Out There?, 1998, Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 978-0751356663
To the Ends of the Universe, 1998, Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 978-0751358254
Universe, 1999, Channel 4 Books, ISBN 0752217127 hardback; ISBN 0752272551 paperback
Planets, 1999, Ladybird, ISBN 978-0721418230
Space Encyclopedia, 1999, Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 978-0789447081
Space Hopping: The Planets as You've Never Seen Them Before!, 1999, Egmont, ISBN 978-0749739973
Extreme Universe, 2001, Channel 4 Books, ISBN 978-0752261638
Mars: The Inside Story of the Red Planet, 2001, Headline, ISBN 978-0747235439
Encyclopedia of Space, 2003, Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 978-1405301091
The History of Astronomy, 2009, Cassell Illustrated (UK), ISBN 978-1844035700; Firefly (US), ISBN 978-1554075379
The Story of Astronomy, 2011, Cassell, ISBN 978-1844037117
The Astronomy Bible: The Definitive Guide to the Night Sky and the Universe, 2015, Firefly (US), ISBN 978-1770854826; Philip's (UK), ISBN 978-1844038084
The Secret Life of Space, 2015, Aurum, ISBN 978-1781313930
Space Visual Encyclopaedia, 2016, Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 978-0241228432
The Universe Explained: A Cosmic Q&A, 2018, Firefly, ISBN 978-0228100829
Star Gazing - A Card Deck, 2023, Pyramid, ISBN 978-0753735305
The Night Sky: An astronomer's guide to the night sky and the universe, 2023, Cassell, ISBN 978-1788404532
The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds, 2023, Cassell, ISBN 978-1788404693
2025 Stargazing, 2024, Philip's, ISBN 978-1849076524

Contributor

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Space, 1976, ed. Ian Ridpath, Macmillan ISBN 9780690018387
Encyclopedia of Space Travel and Astronomy, 1979, ed. John Man, Octopus ISBN 0706409922
Longman New Universal Dictionary, 1982, ed. Paul Procter, Longman ISBN 9780582555426
Encyclopædia Britannica, 1985 Fifteenth Edition, second version, (1985)^[40]
How is it Done?, 1990, Reader's Digest ISBN 9780276420085
Images of the Universe, 1991, ed. Carole Stott, Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521391784
Science Encyclopedia, 1993, Dorling Kindersley ISBN 0751350567
Astronomy Communication, 2003, edd. André Heck and Claus Madsen, Kluwer ISBN 1402013450
Communicating Astronomy, 2005, ed. T.J. Mahoney, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias ISBN 8468904031
Nothing: From Absolute Zero to Cosmic Oblivion, Amazing Insights into Nothingness, 2013, New Scientist/Profile ISBN 978-1846685187
The Reducatarian Solution, 2017, ed. Brian Kateman, TarcherPerigee ISBN 9780143129714

Magazines

Columnist for The Independent newspaper^[18]
BBC Focus magazine^[17]
New Scientist magazine^[16]

Television productions

Year	Title	Notes
1983	IRAS: The Infrared Eye	for BBC
1985	The Planets	7-part series for Channel 4
1988	The Stars	6-part series for Channel 4
1992	ET: Please Phone Earth	for Channel 4 & ABC - GOLD MEDAL, NEW YORK FESTIVALS
1993	Space Shuttle Discovery	for Channel 4
1994	Electric Skies	for Channel 4 - BANFF ROCKIE AWARD FOR POPULAR SCIENCE PROGRAMS - GOLD MEDAL, NEW YORK FESTIVALS
1994	Body Atlas	13-part series for The Learning Channel
1995	On Jupiter	for Discovery - GOLD MEDAL & GRAND AWARD, NEW YORK FESTIVALS^[41]
1997	Spaceplanes	for The Learning Channel^[42]
1997	Rockets	for The Learning Channel
1997	Black Holes	for Channel 4, Discovery & ABC (Australia) - GOLD MEDAL, BEST SCIENCE DOCUMENTARY, NEW YORK FESTIVALS
1999	Universe:Beyond the Millennium	4-part series for Channel 4 & The Learning Channel - BEST TELEVISION PRODUCTION, GLAXO-WELLCOME/ABSW SCIENCE WRITER AWARD Stars Creation Planets Alien Life
2002	The Day the Earth was Born	for Channel4/WGBH
2002	Edge of the Universe	3-part series for Channel 4 - GOLD SPECIAL JURY AWARD, WORLDFEST HOUSTON
2003	Space Shuttle: Human Time Bomb?	for Channel 4
2006	Challenger: Countdown to Disaster	for National Geographic/Channel 4
2007	Hindenburg	for Smithsonian Networks/Channel 4/ZDF^[43]
2008-9	Journey to the Edge of the Universe	for National Geographic (US)/ Discovery Canada/ France 5
2010-14	How the Universe Works 1, 2 & 3	two 8-part series for Discovery
2011	Story of Earth	for National Geographic
2015	How the Universe Works 4	8-part series for Science Channel

Honours and awards

DSc (Hon) University of Leicester^[44]
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
Winner of the Glaxo-Wellcome/ABSW Science Writers Award, 1999.^[36]
Minor planet 3795 Nigel, discovered by Eleanor Helin, is named in his honor.^[45]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Nigel Henbest biography at the University of Leicester". University of Leicester. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
^ "The Stars were out at Morley". Learning for Life at Morley. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Shooting stars, a blue moon and a partial eclipse Astronomer, author and broadcaster Nigel Henbest speaks to the MEN". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b Dayton, Leigh (2009), Fun in the Egyptian Sun, The Australian, retrieved 13 September 2018
^ ^a ^b Philip Sherwell (23 October 2011). "Brits for blast off: tourists head to final frontier". Telegraph. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b Stephanie Wareham (19 March 2015). "Astronomy professor Nigel Henbest to become an astronaut after buying ticket to space with Virgin Galactic". Bucks Free Press. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
^ Singh, Gurbir (2008), Astronomy – A cultural perspective, retrieved 13 September 2018
^ Nigel Henbest (13 August 1979). "The structure of Tycho's supernova remnant". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 27 October 2015.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Nigel Henbest (30 July 1974). "Observations of 48 Extragalactic Radio Sources with the Cambridge 5-km Telescope at 5 GHz". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 October 2015.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Nigel Henbest (29 March 1973). "Spectroscopic and Photometric Observations of the Quasar 4C 31.63". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 October 2015.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Henbest, S.N.; Mills, A.A.; Ottey, P. (1978). "Two tiltmeters and an integrating seismometer for the monitoring of volcanic activity, and the results of some trials on Mount Etna". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 4 (1–2): 133–149. Bibcode:1978JVGR....4..133H. doi:10.1016/0377-0273(78)90033-1.
^ Mills, A. A.; Aspin, C.; Henbest, S. N. (1978). "An optical tilt gauge". Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments. 11 (7): 614–615. Bibcode:1978JPhE...11..614M. doi:10.1088/0022-3735/11/7/003.
^ Henbest, Nigel (2001). "Urania's Mirror: Archaeology as an inspiration for Astronomy". Bar International Series. 999: 81–86.
^ Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, retrieved 13 September 2018
^ "Before the beginning; TES Book Awards". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Search for Nigel Henbest". New Scientist magazine. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Focus at 20: Blast from the past". BBC Focus magazine. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Authors: Nigel Henbest". The Independent. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
^ Henbest, Nigel (1991), Followed by a moonshadow, New Scientist, retrieved 13 September 2018
^ Nigel Henbest, Speakers Den, 2018, retrieved 13 September 2018
^ "The Litmus Test". Radio Listings. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "The Litmus Test". BBC Genome. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "Seeing Stars episodes". BBC World Service. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "Meteor Strike: Fireball from Space". Channel 4. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "UFO's The Untold Stories". National Geographic Channel. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "National Geographic UFO Europe Untold Stories - Documentary". YouTube. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ Tim Healey (12 December 2012). "Former University of Leicester graduates to appear on Christmas celebrity edition of BBC show". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
^ Ben Gribbin (4 November 1989). "Science takes to the stage". New Scientist. p. 70. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
^ McGee, Hazel. "Reflecting the candle: 124 years of the Journal of the BAA" (PDF). Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ Henbest, Nigel. "What Happened When I was Editor" (PDF). Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 125: 122. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "JBAA 1999 August: Letters". Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "Nigel Goes to Space". YouTube. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
^ "Quantafilms, Bringing you quality TV on DVD and download". www.quantafilms.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2006.
^ Nigel Henbest (2005). "Science or Nonsense? - The Role of TV Graphics". Communicating Astronomy: 165. Bibcode:2005coas.conf..165H.
^ Astronomy Communication. Springer Science Business Media BV. 2003. pp. 55–66. ISBN 9789048163076.
^ ^a ^b Previous winners, ABSW, retrieved 13 September 2018
^ "Branson's Next-Generation SS2 Headlines Virgin Galactic Explorers Club Gathering". Forbes. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "Nigel Goes to Space". YouTube. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
^ "Vomit Comet - Nigel Defies Gravity". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
^ Encyclopædia Britannica (Fifteenth Edition, second version ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1985. ISBN 9780852294000.
^ "On Jupiter". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
^ "Spaceplanes". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
^ "Hindenburg". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
^ "Nigel Henbest Honorary degree". YouTube. University of Leicester. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
^ "(3795) Nigel = 1957 QM = 1975 JD = 1986 GV1". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

External links

[leic-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Nigel Henbest biography at the University of Leicester". University of Leicester. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

[2] "The Stars were out at Morley". Learning for Life at Morley. Retrieved 23 October 2015.

[men-3] "Shooting stars, a blue moon and a partial eclipse Astronomer, author and broadcaster Nigel Henbest speaks to the MEN". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

[australian-4] Dayton, Leigh (2009), Fun in the Egyptian Sun, The Australian, retrieved 13 September 2018

[telegraph-5] Philip Sherwell (23 October 2011). "Brits for blast off: tourists head to final frontier". Telegraph. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

[bfp-6] Stephanie Wareham (19 March 2015). "Astronomy professor Nigel Henbest to become an astronaut after buying ticket to space with Virgin Galactic". Bucks Free Press. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

[7] Singh, Gurbir (2008), Astronomy – A cultural perspective, retrieved 13 September 2018

[8] Nigel Henbest (13 August 1979). "The structure of Tycho's supernova remnant". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 27 October 2015.^{[dead link‍]}

[9] Nigel Henbest (30 July 1974). "Observations of 48 Extragalactic Radio Sources with the Cambridge 5-km Telescope at 5 GHz". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 October 2015.^{[dead link‍]}

[10] Nigel Henbest (29 March 1973). "Spectroscopic and Photometric Observations of the Quasar 4C 31.63". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 October 2015.^{[dead link‍]}

[11] Henbest, S.N.; Mills, A.A.; Ottey, P. (1978). "Two tiltmeters and an integrating seismometer for the monitoring of volcanic activity, and the results of some trials on Mount Etna". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 4 (1–2): 133–149. Bibcode:1978JVGR....4..133H. doi:10.1016/0377-0273(78)90033-1.

[12] Mills, A. A.; Aspin, C.; Henbest, S. N. (1978). "An optical tilt gauge". Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments. 11 (7): 614–615. Bibcode:1978JPhE...11..614M. doi:10.1088/0022-3735/11/7/003.

[13] Henbest, Nigel (2001). "Urania's Mirror: Archaeology as an inspiration for Astronomy". Bar International Series. 999: 81–86.

[14] Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, retrieved 13 September 2018

[15] "Before the beginning; TES Book Awards". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

[Search_for_Nigel_Henbest-16] "Search for Nigel Henbest". New Scientist magazine. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

[Focus_at_20:_Blast_from_the_past-17] "Focus at 20: Blast from the past". BBC Focus magazine. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

[Authors:_Nigel_Henbest-18] "Authors: Nigel Henbest". The Independent. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

[19] Henbest, Nigel (1991), Followed by a moonshadow, New Scientist, retrieved 13 September 2018

[20] Nigel Henbest, Speakers Den, 2018, retrieved 13 September 2018

[21] "The Litmus Test". Radio Listings. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[22] "The Litmus Test". BBC Genome. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[23] "Seeing Stars episodes". BBC World Service. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[24] "Meteor Strike: Fireball from Space". Channel 4. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[25] "UFO's The Untold Stories". National Geographic Channel. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[26] "National Geographic UFO Europe Untold Stories - Documentary". YouTube. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[27] Tim Healey (12 December 2012). "Former University of Leicester graduates to appear on Christmas celebrity edition of BBC show". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

[28] Ben Gribbin (4 November 1989). "Science takes to the stage". New Scientist. p. 70. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

[29] McGee, Hazel. "Reflecting the candle: 124 years of the Journal of the BAA" (PDF). Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[30] Henbest, Nigel. "What Happened When I was Editor" (PDF). Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 125: 122. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[31] "JBAA 1999 August: Letters". Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[32] "Nigel Goes to Space". YouTube. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

[33] "Quantafilms, Bringing you quality TV on DVD and download". www.quantafilms.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2006.

[34] Nigel Henbest (2005). "Science or Nonsense? - The Role of TV Graphics". Communicating Astronomy: 165. Bibcode:2005coas.conf..165H.

[35] Astronomy Communication. Springer Science Business Media BV. 2003. pp. 55–66. ISBN 9789048163076.

[absw-36] Previous winners, ABSW, retrieved 13 September 2018

[37] "Branson's Next-Generation SS2 Headlines Virgin Galactic Explorers Club Gathering". Forbes. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[38] "Nigel Goes to Space". YouTube. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

[39] "Vomit Comet - Nigel Defies Gravity". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

[40] Encyclopædia Britannica (Fifteenth Edition, second version ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1985. ISBN 9780852294000.

[41] "On Jupiter". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

[42] "Spaceplanes". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

[43] "Hindenburg". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

[44] "Nigel Henbest Honorary degree". YouTube. University of Leicester. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

[45] "(3795) Nigel = 1957 QM = 1975 JD = 1986 GV1". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

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