- 19 January 2022
Since the ancient civilizations believed the Earth is somewhat flat until (approximately) the new era, the equatorial coordinate system in the sky could not be known to them, but only this horizontal one, directly dependent on the place of observation.
Read the full article- 18 January 2022
Archeoastronomy is the science that studies the ways in which ancient people viewed the sky, as well as the ways in which they understood what they saw there, or how they incorporated that knowledge into their understanding of the world and their religion.
Read the full article- 17 January 2022
It’s time for another part of our famous astronomy terms: explained!
Read the full article- 17 January 2022
Many of the sunny days we are witnessing this winter are the result of Earth’s weather and they have nothing to do with what is happening on our star. And things are happening there that are not exactly what we predicted.
Read the full article- 28 December 2021
As far as astronomy is concerned, there is no reason to celebrate the New Year on the first of January. Let’s explore this idea a little further and find out why that is exactly.
Read the full article- 28 December 2021
In the year 1995 we had a chance to watch the movie Golden Eye from the spy series about James Bond. The following year, 1996, the development of another Golden Eye began – the James Webb Telescope. Today, on December 25, 2021, we welcomed its successful launch. Where did it go and what will it do in the coming days?
Read the full article- 22 December 2021
A calendar is a set of rules that governs relationships between different time intervals. But how did we come to this conclusion in the first place? Let’s try to find out below.
Read the full article- 19 December 2021
In 2015, ‘New Horizons’ passed by Pluto. Scientists worldwide were baffled as the former planet is in every sense more complicated than anyone imagined. In fact, it turned out to be far more interesting than 99% of the bodies of our system.
Read the full article- 8 December 2021
In March this year, the American company Rocket Lab presented its new Neutron rocket, a medium-type launcher capable of placing 8 tons in low orbit. The introduction of this launcher marked a radical change in the business model of the company.
Read the full article- 8 December 2021
British scientists have discovered that black holes have an interesting property, which could be in line with the predictions of the famous physicist Stephen Hawking. It could also help unite the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics and solve the well-known paradox of missing information in black holes.
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