In ancient times, astronomers were able to distinguish between those stars which seemed to maintain a fixed position relative to one another, and the so-called wandering stars which changed their positions in the sky slightly […]
In science fiction movies, we see crews being frozen in cryogenic chambers so that they can make long trips across the universe. The crew being placed in an induced state of hibernation at the start […]
Introduction Because their similarity doesn’t just end with the way they sound, the disciplines of ‘astronomy’ and ‘astrology’ often confuse many people! Indeed it is pertinent to mention that they both share a deep connection […]
When describing those constellations that can be seen along the Milky Way, it is important to realize that we are referring to those constellations that can be seen by Earthbound observers looking in the direction […]
Ever heard of the Hessdalen lights? These bizarre light phenomena have been seen in the Hessdalen valley in Norway at least since the 1940’s, with countless images of up to 30 metre long balls of […]
So, when you look up at the stars it’s a nice, steady backdrop. An airplane might pass by, or you might be treated to an occasional meteor blazing its way across the sky, but it’s […]
A nebula is mostly a cloud of gas and dust in space, and if you have more than one, they are called nebulae. Less than 100 years ago people believed that our galaxy was the […]
January: named after Janus, a two faced god of doors and gateways whose one face looked back on the old year while the other looked forward to the new one. February: named in honour of […]
At the centre of each galaxy a supermassive black hole is believed to lurk with the mass equivalent to millions of individual suns. Astrophysicists believe these enormous black holes formed and grew at the same […]
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 […]
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