Stargazing tool kit on a budget
Stargazing enthusiasts with an interest in seeing the night sky will need a little help in tracking down celestial objects. A few tools are...
The heliopause – the border of our solar system
The closest star to our planet is the sun and it casts out radioactive winds, but the heliopause also spews such radiation. Luckily, our...
Women space travel on Mars
Exploration, curiosity, and discovery are a part of the human spirit and Mars is a very popular destination that we have not yet reached....
Tardigrades blasted out of a gun
Tardigrades have been put to the test by scientists trying to discover the tolerance of space conditions of these creatures. The method employed was...
Space-time and how relative it can be
Nothing seems more constant to us than time, and the space-time continuum is something we hear often and it does imply a continuation. We...
A short history of weather forecasting
Weather forecasting often comes up in small talk when we don’t know what else to talk about, as it is something that always concerns...
Communication in space and its difficulties
Communication has never been as easy and fast as it is today, but this doesn’t apply to everything, and communication in space is not...
Preparing For Mars – Human Exploration Missions
What preparing for Mars missions meant in all the years since we’ve heard about potential voyages to the red planet? There have been many...
Are winters getting warmer?
Every year for the last 3 decades we have felt winter getting shorter and milder so are winters getting warmer? Children expect snow on...