Astronomy

A Shooting Star Spotting Guide

- 24 August 2022

The basic rule for astronomical observations, including meteor observations, is:  Arm yourself with patience, it very often happens that there is nothing for a few minutes and then in just a few seconds several, brilliant, meteors appear.

The Perseids, Part I

- 21 August 2022

A group of interplanetary matter whose fragments brilliantly collide with the Earth high in the atmosphere, against the starry background of the night, leave no one indifferent. This is especially true if something like this happens in the summer when most people are outside, in the open air, catching a breath of cooler air after the daytime heat.

Unattainable gems

- 1 August 2022

Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and the worlds beyond in the darkness of space-time enchant with their personality. They are actually somewhat like people; they resemble each other and yet they are so special and unique.

Wentian has merged with the CSS

- 31 July 2022

Earlier today, China’s most powerful Long March 5B rocket launched into space from the Wenchang rocket base carrying the large Wentian scientific research module. Only thirteen hours later, the module successfully docked with the central module (Tianhe) of the large Chinese space station Tiangong.

Revealing collisions of collapsing suns

- 31 July 2022

When a giant star explodes at the end of its life, it throws its outer layers into space, and what remains of the entire, once powerful star is its core of enormous mass which is almost entirely composed of neutrons. That’s why this remnant is called a neutron star. The material of that sugar cube-sized star here on Earth would weigh several billion tons.

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

- 31 July 2022

Astronomy is a beautiful science and its elementary determinant implies the use of the brain. Photos and information related to astronomy for some reason seem to delight almost everyone. In recent months and weeks, the whole world has inserted the term James Webb Space Telescope into its collective memory. And if you liked the James Webb Space Telescope, wait till you see Nancy!