Articles in Astronomy
Meteorites come to light in one of several ways. For simplicity, we’ve grouped their discovery in four categories. The first 4 are known methods, the fifth, is pure luck.
Chicken Little: Wait for the sky to …
Insiders from NASA, DoD national military intelligence, SETI, and the CIA speculate 2/3 of the population of the planet could perish during the coming pole-shift caused by the passage of Hercolubus (Planet X). Another 2/3 …
Celestron, one of the world’s best-known names in telescopes, is marking 2010 as its 50th anniversary year. While other telescope companies have reached this milestone, Celestron stands out for its current success (com pany president …
In January 2006, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft sped away from Earth as the fastest spacecraft ever launched. Earlier this year, New Horizons passed the halfway point to its far-flung primary target, the Pluto system. In …
Observations of individual galaxies, of clusters of galaxies, and of the cosmic microwave background suggest that most of the universe’s mass is in the form of dark matter – matter that does not emit any …
People think it s cool that I’m working on a proposal for a major new NASA Venus mission. But when they ask when it will launch and I answer, “If we’re lucky, perhaps around 2020,” …
When a meteorite fall occurs, meteorite hunters often just grab a map, a GPS, and head for the fall. While this works, there is a better way to plan an expedition using GIS (Geographic Information …
The number of planets discovered to be orbiting around other stars in our galaxy seems to be increasing at an amazing rate. These planets, known as exoplanets (extrasolar planets) have been found to range from …
Astronomy is one of the most fascinating subjects. The world of planets and stars is certain to leave anyone amused. Although man has been studying astronomy for several years now, there are still a lot …
Libra is the seventh sign of the zodiac, ruled by Venus, and symbolized by the scales. That makes Libra the only sign of the zodiac that is not symbolized by a human or animal. The …