Orion the Hunter and other winter constellations, such as Canis Major, Canis Minor, Gemini, Auriga and Taurus, are beginning to sink below the horizon and by the end of May will disappear until late autumn. […]
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was England’s greatest author and amongst his voluminous works are numerous references to astronomical, as well as astrological bodies, such as stars, planets, the moon or meteors. Here are a few of […]
A US man and his wife got quite a surprise Friday night, when they heard a loud bang coming from the roof of his house in Wolcott, Connecticut. Initially, Larry Beck thought a rafter had […]
The Republic of Khakassia is located in south-central Siberia and is an archaeological mecca replete with megalithic stone monuments, rock engravings and ancient burial mounds dating back to the pre-agricultural Upper Palaeolithic period (50,000 to […]
After four years in orbit, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched Herschel Space Observatory is swiftly approaching its final few weeks of operation, exactly as forecast at the start of its mission. Back in 2009, […]
John Michell (1724–1793): “If the semi-diameter of a sphere of the same density as the Sun were to exceed that of the Sun in the proportion of 500 to 1, a body falling from an […]
In ancient cultures people noticed that astronomical events in the heavens seemed to impact life on Earth, such as stars and constellations appearing in the night sky at certain times of the year marking the […]
Renowned English physicist Stephen Hawking was born in 1942, on the 300th anniversary of Galileo’s death. Despite having a debilitating illness, Hawking has gone on to make significant contributions to the world of cosmology in […]
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was the most influential physicist of the 20th century, and was born in Germany to a Jewish family, although he later became a Swiss citizen (1901) and then a U.S. citizen in […]
Known affectionately as The Pope’s astronomer, Brother Guy Consolmagno is a meteor and planetary scientist, and Curator at the Vatican Observatory, where he works as part of a team of 12 papal astronomers. The 60 […]
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