Family Space Day at the Royal Institution
Saturday 13th December 2025 from 17:00pm to 20:00pm
The Royal Institution
21 Albermarle Street, London, London, W1S 4BS
Family Space Day in York is a free evening event for students aged 11 and above and their families, hosted by STEM Learning and partners. The event includes a chance to meet ESA astronaut Meganne Christian, take part in an “Ask an Astronaut” session, and watch a live-streamed Royal Institution Christmas Lecture by Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, exploring space missions, the Solar System, and the search for life beyond Earth.
Please note that this has already taken place on 13/12/2025
Event organiser
Royal Institution is organising this event
Please contact Royal Institution directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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Event darkness
The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this event. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing.
Sat 13th Dec
Local light pollution
The Royal Institution is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to an urban location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite. For more advanced light pollution data, view this location on DarkSkySites.
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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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