Noah Hardwicke, a Year 8 pupil at Monmouth School, gave a talk to astronomers at the Society for Popular Astronomy meeting in London. Noah, aged 12, is the youngest person ever to give a presentation at an SPA public meeting.

Noah's presentation focused on his endeavour to detect meteorites using a radio he has built with his father. Noah's technique is to tune to a distant radio station that would normally be out of range. When a meteor (also known as a shooting star) appears high in the atmosphere, its trail reflects the radio signals onto Noah's home-built aerial so that the station can be heard briefly.

The method allows meteors to be detected even during daylight. His talk was met with much praise and enthusiasm from SPA members and will be published in the SPA's Young Stargazer's pages of its 'Popular Astronomy' magazine.