How Nasa Has Changed Your Everyday Life
Without the 200 or so NASA satellites in orbit around the Earth it would not be possible to stay in touch with people on the other side of the world.
The History of Solar Eclipses
For many ancient civilisations, the Sun and the Moon were seen as deities, so when the sun disappeared in the daytime, it was seen as a cataclysmic event. They were considered omens for the Aztecs,…
Interplanetary Record Breakers
John Glenn became the oldest person in Space when he flew on the space shuttle Discovery’s STS-95 mission in October 1998. He was 77! He also broke another record – the longest time between trips t…
Facts about Black Holes
Fact 1: You can’t directly see a black hole.
Effects of climate change.
1. With no sea ice to lie on, Walruses gather on a beach in Alaska 2. The change from the 20s to now is very noticeable on the Pedersen Glacier.  3. The worsening of forest fires…
Facts about the Hubble Space Telescope.
- The Idea for a Space Telescope is much older than you wold think. Dating all the way back to just after World War Two in fact, when astronomer Lyman Spitzer (1914-97) suggested the advantages tha…
10 Weirdest Aliens in the Marvel Universe.
The wise cracking, gun toting, and hairiest member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Rocket is racoon is genetically that has been genetically and cybernetically engineered. he makes up half of the b…
Women in Space.
For many years, as it seems to be the case with everything, women were deemed too sensitive and unstable for space. Not to mention – ‘but what about their \cough\ monthlies \cough\?’ Yet women have…
7 of Astronomy’s Greatest Mysteries.
Space is full of weird things, however, most of them can be explained by science. Yet there are some that stump even the most accomplished astronomers.
Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time!
“The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
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 2…
The Most Famous Astronomers of All Time.
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.