Articles in Astronomy
Science is truly amazing and one of the most fascinating areas of science is indeed; Astronomy. And there are many excellent areas of astronomy to study, personally, one I like the best is asteroid and …
Well, not long ago, someone enlightened me to the fact that human beings as bright as they are with all the technology they possess are not ready for one of the biggest known threats of …
Recently, I was discussing the challenges that Earth faces from space, things like solar flares, space weather, and the proverbial cataclysmic, dooms day, end of days, revelation type events. You know, like those Hollywood movies …
An acquaintance of mine who has studied asteroids for decades, namely preventing one, a big one from hitting Earth has convinced himself that we need nukes, lots of them to either deflect or destroy said …
There are many folks who see asteroids and comets as threats to Earth, and in reality they may well be, consider those dinosaurs which are no longer with us. Of course, then again consider the …
Whereas, it is correct to say that we don’t know when the Earth will be hit again by the next biggie Asteroid, the OMG asteroid which takes out most all the species living on the …
NASA, and the Japanese space program have done close fly-bys of asteroids and comets, and they’ve learned a lot. Using highly sophisticated equipment scientists have discovered the various makeups of these space rocks, and learned …
In the future, there is no doubt that humans will mine asteroids for important minerals to build space ships, colonies, and other necessary things in space. Science Fiction authors have talked about this for years, …
The uses of green high powered lasers have become quite acceptable in astronomy not just in pointing objects but also in the processes necessary to adjust telescopes and for astrophotography. It is no wonder that …
It would be my contention that in some cases planetary Lagrange points operate somewhat like a vacuum, sucking in nearby debris. This could be a very good thing for a planet which contains lots of …