Astronomy
How Long is a Day on Uranus?
[/caption] A day on Uranus is 17 hours, 14 minutes and 24 seconds. In other words, a day on Uranus…
What is Uranus Made Of?
[/caption] While Jupiter and Saturn are mostly composed of hydrogen and helium, the ice giant Uranus is much different. Instead,…
What Color is Uranus?
In all of those beautiful images of Uranus captured by Hubble and the Voyager, it's got a blue-green color. How…
Atmosphere of Uranus
[/caption] Seen from space, Uranus looks bland, enshrouded in blue clouds. This blue-green color of the planet comes from the…
Farthest Planet from the Sun
[/caption] Like many planets, Neptune's orbit isn't exactly circular. Instead, Neptune orbits the Sun in an elliptical orbit. At its…
Fusion in the Sun
[/caption] The Sun is hot. Really really hot. But all of the heat and light coming from the Sun comes…
Name of the Sun
Many of the brightest, most familiar stars in the sky have names. For example, have you ever heard of Sirius…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – September 26-28, 2008
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's a dark sky weekend and a great opportunity to really get to know some unusual deep…
Astrophysicist’s South Pole Death Remains a Mystery After Eight Years
[/caption]In May 2000, Australian astrophysicist Dr Rodney David Marks died from acute methanol poisoning whilst stationed at the US Amundsen-Scott…
Sun and Moon Symbols
Astronomers and astrologists have used various symbols to depict all of the planets, and many of the minor objects in…