What Color is the Sky
[/caption] If you are a parent or are old enough to babysit younger relatives there is one question children ask…
Fleet of Solar Sail Spacecraft Envisioned for Future Data Gathering Missions
[/caption] Future missions to explore the outer planets could employ fleets of ‘data-clippers’, maneuverable spacecraft equipped with solar sails, to…
LRO Finds Bridges on the Moon
[/caption] “Just when you think you have seen everything, LROC reveals a natural bridge on the Moon!” said Mark Robinson,…
Satellite Images Show Hurricane Igor Likely to Make Direct Hit on Bermuda
[/caption] The massive Hurricane Igor is now a Category One storm, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 140 km per…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Not So Ordinary
[/caption] Sorry - a bit of southern sky bias in this one. But it does seem that our favourite down…
The Case of the Missing Bulges
The Hubble sequence is astronomer's main tool for classifying galaxies. On one side, you have elliptical galaxies with defined structure.…
Review: “Packing for Mars” (and win a copy, too!)
[/caption] What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a spacewalk? Is it really difficult to burp in space?…
What Is The Largest Island In The World
[/caption] If you were asked what is the largest island in the world, what would you say? Australia maybe? Greenland…
What Is The Largest Continent
[/caption] There are a few different ways to answer 'what is the largest continent'. The first is by area and…
What is Boyle’s Law
It is interesting to think that at this very moment all of us, every living terrestrial organism, are living in…