The 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, that depicted a future in which the 1960s pace of advance into space continued, has, so far, remained only a fantasy. Commercial spaceplane flights to orbiting rotating space …

In March 2011 we saw the rare sight in our night sky of the “Super Moon”. It was a fantastic opportunity for amateur astronomers and stargazers alike to get some stunning images of the moon …

Don’t start looking at telescopes for sale until you have got the basics with your naked eye.
It’s great if you’re reading this and want to start up in the truly fascinating hobby of stargazing or …

As the earth slowly completes yet another revolution on its axis the curtain slowly closes on the stage that is our world and then just as slowly re-opens. Day has become night and on those …

One of the wonders of the night sky, Sirius, better known as the blue star, or Dog Star shines brightly in the southern sky. Beginning in August the star begins rising in the east before …

A key question in modern cosmology, rarely asked, its answer usually assumed, is whether or not the Big Bang event actually created space and time, as well as producing or providing our supply of matter/energy …

Our star, the sun, was born from a gaseous nebula about 5 billion years ago. Quite possibly other stars were formed from this cloud at the same time, so the sun may have siblings wondering …

I read that Stephen Hawking, the noted physicist, fears aliens, so much so that he has hinted that we stop looking for them, stop sending out signals to keep our existence a secret, less the …

A fairly common thread in mythology is someone coming across or visiting or being taken (kidnapped even) to some sort of magical land or place inhabited by exotic, even supernatural, beings, often god-like deities and/or …

There are a number of technicalities that you’ll want to look into when learning how to buy a telescope. Many times, what people think they want and what they REALLY want are two totally different …