Tag: Exploration

The Most Famous Astronomers of All Time.

Claudius Ptolemy (90 A.D.– 168 A.D) Claudius Ptolemy was an Egyptian astronomer, mathematician and geographer, with Greek ancestry. Some of his texts were so important that they changed west scientific thinking forever. His book the Almagest, was one of the most revolutionary. It comprehen...

Fascinating Father’s Day facts

According to a leading card retailer, Hallmark, Father’s Day is the 4th largest card selling occasion in the years. It sees around 74 Million cards given every year! Only 50% of these cards are actually given to fathers, almost 20% are given to husbands. A lady called Sonora Louis...

Weird and Wacky Space Conspiracy Theories

There is nothing that people like more than a conspiracy, the Illuminati is the obvious one but there are many that are space related. The Apollo Moon Landings were faked. Between 1969 and 1972, twelve NASA astronauts have walked on the moon and there have been numerous photos of landing s...

Heroes in the Night Sky.

The planets in our solar system are named after Greek and Roman gods, but they are not the only mythologies hidden away in the cosmos. Hanging, twinkling in the sky are also the stories of three great Greek Heroes – Orion, Perseus and Jason. Orion Orion was a fabled hunter among the Greeks...

The Different Types of Satellites

There are two major types of satellites; natural and man-made. Natural satellites would be, for example, our moon. However, within the scope of man-made satellites, there are several different types. Man-made satellites are classified according to the type of orbit they are in, as this then dict...

The life cycle of a star

Nebula Stars start of life in a nebula, a cloud of hydrogen gas and dust. Here all the elements necessary for making a star are blown around and chemically react with each other. There are several different types of nebula. The Orion nebula, for example, is an Emission Nebula. This means that it...

The mysteries of Mercury

The mysteries of Mercury It is easy to forget that the other planets in our solar system are not just dead lumps of rock, but this is definitely not the case. Particularly for the planet at the centre, Mercury. Mythology: Its unbelievable speed Mercury is the closest planet to the s...

Project “Starshot”

Using current technology journeying to our closest star system – Alpha Centuri – would take thousands of years. Conventional technology would take us approximately 30,000 years to get there! However, recently a new project has been launched – a $100 million project called Breakthrough Starshot which...