Year: 2017

Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time!

Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time!

Dune – Frank Herbert “The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.” A power struggle on the desert planet Arrakis, the sole source of Melange, a resource vital for spaceflight, he who wins will wield great power and influence over the universe. The usurped Duk...

The History of Halley’s Comet.

The History of Halley’s Comet.

Halley’s comet must be one of the most famous ever. Its periodic appearances, about every 75 years or so has added to its celebrity. It last appeared in our skies in 1986, and it set to return in 2061. The comet is named for the astronomer who discovered it – Edmond Halley. He examined reports...

The Most Famous Astronomers of All Time.

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

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...

Awesome Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Awesome Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Why not name a star after him? For a dad who is out of this world, name a star for him at the https://star-name-registry.com How about a patch of land on the Moon? Does your dad need somewhere to escape to? How about buying him an acre or two on the moon at https:/...

Weird and Wacky Space Conspiracy Theories

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...

What is the Star Name Registry Star Register?

Find your Star in 8 EASY STEPS! Here at Star Name Registry, we guarantee no Star Will ever be named twice. But that does lead to an interesting question on how we ensure that will never happen? That’s where our Interactive Star Register comes into play. It is a fully interactive onli...

Heroes in the Night Sky.

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...

Venus factfile

Venus factfile

Venus is named after the Roman goddess of Love – Venus. Venus is almost the same size as Earth. It has a diameter of 12,104 km. It is thought that Venus is made up of a central iron core, a rocky mantle and a silicate crust. A year on Venus is 225 Earth days. Ve...

The Different Types of Satellites

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

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...

Tide-y facts about the Moons effect on the Oceans.

Tide-y facts about the Moons effect on the Oceans.

24th April 2017

The gravitational force of the moon may be only 1 ten millionth that of the Earth but when you combine it with other forces, like that of Earth’s centrifugal force (the force created by the Earth’s spinning), tides appear. The sun also has a gravitational force which acts upon the...

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