Here’s where you’ll find examples of Will’s work in print and online.

Journal articles

“Why should we bother to communicate astronomy?”, Will Gater, Communicating Astronomy With The Public Journal, Issue.2: p.30, International Astronomical Union Division XII, Commision 55. Also appears in June 2008, STFC Newsletter.
“I Tune, You Tube, We Rule”
, Will Gater & Raquel Yumi Shida, Communicating Astronomy With The Public Journal, Issue.1: p.30-31, International Astronomical Union Division XII, Commision 55.

Feature articles (Cover stories in blue)

50 wonders you must see before you die, Will Gater, August 2008, BBC Sky At Night magazine.
“Taking it further”, Will Gater, July 2008, BBC Sky At Night magazine.
“Summer sights”
, Will Gater, June 2008, BBC Sky At Night magazine.
“Where do comets really come from?”, Will Gater, May 2008, BBC Sky At Night magazine.
Britain’s Moon shot, Will Gater, Apr 2008, BBC Sky At Night magazine.
“Save the skies, save the world”, Will Gater, Mar 2008, BBC Sky At Night magazine.
“Inside the ESA/Hubble Internship Programme”, Will Gater, Dec 2007, ST-ECF Newsletter 43, ST-ECF/ESA.
“On the hunt for celestial jewels”, Will Gater, Oct 2007, Devon Life.
“10 astronomy experiments for kids”, Will Gater, Sept 2007, Astronomy Now.
“A day out at Europe’s ‘Space city’”, Will Gater, Jun 2007, Astronomy Now.
“Columbus, deception and the lunar eclipse”, Will Gater, Mar 2007, Devon Life.
“Moon-mosaic magic”, Will Gater, Mar 2007, Astronomy Now.
“Awesome Andromeda”, Will Gater, Feb 2007, Astronomy Now.
“Dark-sky delights”, Will Gater, Jan 2007, Somerset Life.
“Celestial fireworks”, Will Gater, Nov 2006, Devon Life.
“How to…Sketch and log observations”, Will Gater, Nov 2006, BBC Sky at Night magazine.
“Magnetic Monster”, Will Gater, Nov 2006, Astronomy Now.
“Dust discs of destiny”, Will Gater, Oct 2006, Astronomy Now.
“Dark-sky delights”,Will Gater, Sept 2006, Devon Life.

Press releases

“Hubble discovers 67 gravitationally lensed galaxies in the distant Universe”, W. Gater & L. L. Christensen, ESA/Hubble release, heic0806, 19th Feb 2008.
“Hazy red sunset on extrasolar planet”, W. Gater & L. L. Christensen, ESA/Hubble release, heic0720, 12th Dec 2007.
“Extreme star cluster bursts into life in new Hubble image”, W. Gater & L. L. Christensen, ESA/Hubble release, heic0715, 2nd Oct 2007.

Podcast episodes

“BBC Sky At Night magazine podcast - Episode 3, W. Gater, G. Southorn & C. Bramley, BBC Sky At Night magazine podcast, 25th June 2008.
“BBC Sky At Night magazine podcast - Episode 2, W. Gater, G. Southorn & C. Bramley, BBC Sky At Night magazine podcast, 21st May 2008.
“BBC Sky At Night magazine podcast - Episode 1, Will Gater & Graham Southorn, BBC Sky At Night magazine podcast, 18th April 2008.
“Hubblecast 14: Hubble finds first organic molecule on extrasolar planet”, Hubblecast no. 14, W. Gater, L. L. Christensen & R. Y. Shida, ESA/Hubble video podcast, 19th March 2008.
“Hubblecast 12: Murk on a monster planet”, Hubblecast no. 12, B. Fosbury, W. Gater & L. L. Christensen, ESA/Hubble video podcast, 11th Dec 2007.
“Hubblecast 11: M74 - A grand design in a galactic festoon”, Hubblecast no. 11 , W. Gater & L. L. Christensen, ESA/Hubble video podcast, 29th Nov 2007.
“Hubblecast 10: Making the Universe come to life - behind the Hubble images”, Hubblecast no. 10, W. Gater & L. L. Christensen, ESA/Hubble video podcast, 8th Nov 2007.
“Hubblecast 09: Extreme star cluster bursts into life!”, Hubblecast no. 9, W. Gater & L. L. Christensen, ESA/Hubble video podcast, 2nd Oct 2007.
“AstroLondon podcast no.2 - The Moon”, News section, Will Gater & Kaustav Bhattacharya, 1st May 2006.

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About this site

Before becoming a full-time science writer in 2007, Will studied Astrophysics at University College London. He has written for the UK’s top astronomy magazines and has appeared on television and radio (including the BBC’s The Sky At Night) to promote astronomy and science. He has worked for the European Space Agency's Hubble Space Telescope press office in Germany and is a former News Editor of Astronomy Now magazine in the UK. Today Will writes for BBC Sky At Night magazine. His first popular astronomy book is due to be published by Springer in 2009. Follow Will's Twitter feed here.

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