Reticulum
Reticulum is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, which means a net of crosshairs at the focus of a telescope eyepiece that is used to measure star positions in Latin. The constellation is best viewed between October and…
Space Junk
Space junk, otherwise known as space debris is a real threat that shouldn’t be ignored as it has really serious consequences on our ability to use space in the future. In this article, we take…
Cancer
1 of thee 12 zodiac constellations, Cancer is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere, with its name being Latin for crab. The constellation is commonly represented as a carb. Cancer is a medium-size constellation with…
Asteroids: An In Depth Look
An asteroid, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. The total number of known asteroids at the time of writing…
Terraforming Venus
When the topic of terraforming is discussed, the planets that make for the best opportunities with current technology make Venus or Mars the best targets. Although humanity could land on the surface of Mars, the…
Terraforming Mars: How Likely?
Terraforming Mars is a hypothetical process of planetary engineering by which the surface and climate of Mars would be deliberately changed to make large areas of the environment hospitable to humans, thus making the colonization of Mars safer and sustainable. There are quite…
Near Earth Objects
According to the Centre For Near Earth Object Studies, “Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the…
National Monuments In Totality For The 2024 Solar Eclipse
We have previously looked at US National Parks, and other public lands in the path of totality for the 2024 total solar eclipse. Let’s extend the concept to the US National Monuments located in the…
Aquila
Aquila is a constellation on the celestial equator, with a Latin name meaning ‘Eagle’. Aquila represents the bird that carried Zeus/Jupiter’s thunderbolts in Greek-Roman mythology. Its brightest star, Altair, is one vertex of the Summer…
Pictor
Pictor is a constellation located in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere, which can be found between the star Canopus and the Large Magellanic Cloud. The name of the constellation means Painter in Latin and is an abbreviation of the older name of the…