Interesting news · 16 October 2025

Self-Taught Astronomer Becomes Dundee's 'Space Man'

Angus · from thecourier.co.uk

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Robert Law, a self-taught astronomer, has spent over two decades introducing Dundonians to the cosmos as a visitor assistant at Mills Observatory. He once hoped to become an astronaut.

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