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Astronomy
Mapping Mercury
Unless you happen to be born under the horoscope signs of Gemini or Virgo, which are ruled by the planet Mercury or be a scientist who is interested in astronomy the tiny planet of Mercury might have slipped below your radar. Mapping Mercury Mercury seldom makes it into the news as it is far to […]
Sun Solar Flare Activity
Sun Solar Flare Activity has increased dramatically recently. This has the potential to cause havoc especially to satellite systems, probes and telecommunications. So why is this? Sun Solar Flare Activity A solar storm occurs when high-energy particles from the sun hit the Earth. These clouds of particles are released in explosive outbursts from the Sun. From […]
Solar Flare Activity
Flares are HUGE news right now, no don’t worry you haven’t gone on to the Vogue website by mistake, I am talking about solar flares. Solar flares occur when there is a sudden release of magnetic energy stored in the Sun’s atmosphere. Solar Flare Activity Sometimes when enough of these particles build up they are […]
Aboriginal Astronomy…
But where did it all begin? Who were the first stargazers? The Egyptians? The Romans? The Greeks? If recent research is correct the answer is ‘none of the above’ – it seems astronomy may have begun Australia.
Mars Square Pluto…
Today (Tuesday 12th April) I want to explore the relationship between the forceful go-getting energies of Mars in Aries, and the role of the tiny, but potent Pluto, located in Capricorn, which form an inharmonious angle through to Friday of this week.
Aboriginal Astronomy…
Who were the first stargazers? The Egyptians? The Romans? The Greeks? If recent research is correct the answer is ‘none of the above’ – it seems astronomy may have begun in Australia.
Touchdown on Venus…
On this day in 1966 the Soviet Space craft Venera 3 landed on Venus. The incredible thing, was that this was the first craft to land on another planet in our solar system, yet this is less widely known, than the Moon landings, which were of course manned, unless you happen to be one of […]
Astrology a rational view by scientist
Darin Hayton, a science history professor at Haverford College, is affiliated with the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science and has questioned the need to ridicule astrology and astrologers, by astronomers and cosmologists.
Galileo Galilei…
Today marks the 447th birthday of Galileo Galilei, the brilliant Italian scientist and mathematician who fell foul of the Vatican, because he prescribed to the view that the Earth rotated around the Sun, not the other way around, which at that time was considered a heresy, and led to a lifetime house arrest.