In many ways, traveling from the Earth to the moon is quite similar to going from any point A to point B on planet Earth. There are different routes one can take that determine the time it takes to get …
We can see stars in the sky on any clear night as twinkling little dots. By definition, they are an astronomical object that are essentially balls of gas that are typically made of helium and hydrogen. They are kept together …
What is the hottest planet in our solar system? Any guesses? As the planet closest to the sun, Mercury is the one people usually name the hottest. If you go by the planets in order you might be surprised to …
Over the ages, a lot of people asked the same question – exactly what color is the moon? It is a very interesting topic to discuss since the color of the moon isn’t constant in human eyes. The color might …
Astronomy is an interesting science, not just because it is quite literally, as they say, up above the world so high. It is also a branch of science that is mostly observational. You cannot always conduct experiments on Earth in …
There are eight official planets in the solar system, each of which differs from the other on the basis of several elements such as their composition, their conditions and their size, among others. On the basis of size, what are …
From the Big Bang to date, man has always been a curious animal. Walking the Earth, hunting and gathering was never enough. And even if our days were spent toiling for food and shelter, the star-studded night skies always made …
It is safe to assume that the interest human beings have had in space is as long as our history itself. And we have explored as many questions as possible looking for answers that tell us more about our origins. …
Robert L. Forward of Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California, wrote a paper that highlights the utilization of lasers that are based on the solar system in order to push lightsail spacecraft of significant sizes across interstellar distances. This laser …
Though the dream of many, at one time, the idea that anyone other than highly trained astronauts travelling to space seemed like it would be impossible, concept that would only be possible in Hollywood movies or on kids’ cartoons, such …