Star man makes astronomy cool

THE wonders of the galaxy... Prof Brian Cox. Picture courtesy BBC

PROFESSOR Brian Cox has helped the cosmos to become cool again.

Amateur astronomy is now going through its own big bang in popularity thanks to the Chadderton-born former musician who presented the BBC 1 show “Stargazing Live”.

He has been a massive hit with viewers and shopping website Amazon recently reported a 500 per cent increase in the purchase of telescopes. The show screened over three nights last week attracted almost three million viewers each episode.