Category Archives: Astronomy

Astronomy

Mapping Mercury

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Patrick_Arundell

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 … Continue reading →

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Sun Solar Flare Activity

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Patrick_Arundell

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 … Continue reading →

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Solar Flare Activity

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Patrick_Arundell

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 … Continue reading →

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Aboriginal Astronomy…

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Patrick Arundell

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. Continue reading →

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Mars Square Pluto…

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Patrick Arundell

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. Continue reading →

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Aboriginal Astronomy…

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Patrick Arundell

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. Continue reading →

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Touchdown on Venus…

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Patrick Arundell

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 … Continue reading →

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Astrology a rational view by scientist

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Patrick Arundell

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. Continue reading →

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Galileo Galilei…

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Patrick Arundell

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. Continue reading →

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Prof Brian Cox on BBC Radio 5 Live…

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Patrick Arundell

Professor Brian Cox has been on the Richard Bacon show on BBC 5 Live. All was going well until he made the statement, children don’t realise that they could earn more as scientists and engineers than other careers. Seems a bit of unscientific remark to me, for whilst I agree we need to make other possibilities more exciting, bit of a blanket statement… Continue reading →

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