How many miles away is Saturn from Earth?
All the talk in the media over the past few years has been about Mars, and historically, humans have only…
All the talk in the media over the past few years has been about Mars, and historically, humans have only…
Astronomy is a desirable path for many. It has its own appeal, as it exists at the intersection of math…
NASA says they’re going to make their way to Mars within the next decade (after re-visiting the moon again first),…
As one of the Jovian planets, Saturn isn’t quite as large as its bigger brother Jupiter. However, it is quite…
Astronauts also sweat a lot in flight, which means that sex without gravity would probably be hot, humid and surrounded…
Neptune is often considered to be an unknown entity. Whilst we have made massive strides towards understanding the planet in…
As the furthest planet from the Sun, Neptune is one of the most unknown of the eight different planets. We…
Both Uranus and Neptune remain to be fairly unknown in comparison to the nearer terrestrial planets, and we struggle to…
The Dobsonian is one type of mount, while the Schmidt-Cassegrain and the Newtonian are different configurations of the optics inside…
With a radius ranging from 1,530 to 2,550 solar radii, it may probably be the largest star in the Universe…
As the second planet out from the Sun, Venus is the easiest planet for us to see from the planet…
I took a series of test images using a new Canon T4i (650D) for comparing to test images of other…
The planet Mercury is so close to the Sun that you’d assume it’s the hottest planet in our entire solar…
Many people get confused between the difference between twilight and dusk. Whilst they’re around the same period of time as…
As the closest planet to us, people often wonder just how close Venus is. The truth is that in reality…
Whether you use a telescope, binoculars or the naked eye, cold, windless nights offer the best observing conditions. But how…
As one of the furthest planets from the Sun, mysterious Uranus still has a lot of unanswered questions about it….
You’ve probably heard of both meteors and meteorites, as well as a whole host of other objects that are out…
We all know that Jupiter is the largest of the 8 planets in our solar system, but most people aren’t…
As the fifth planet out from the Sun, Jupiter is definitely some distance out from the center of our solar…
A common question amongst astronomers is the long term fate amongst some of our planets. Of course, our greatest concern…
Mercury is the first planet from the Sun, and one of the closest planets to us on Earth. This is…
Throughout the years, every planet has been depicted as a different color to what it truly is. Jupiter is often…
Uranus and Neptune are the two furthest planets from the Sun, and they’re often lumped in together with each other,…