The June 2009 Night Sky
This month we have the longest days and the shortest nights of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This year the summer Solstice falls on the 21st at 6.45am local
The May 2009 Night Sky
On the third of the month, the just after quarter Moon is close to the planet Saturn, this is a convenient pointer as Saturn is not very bright at the
The May 2008 Night Sky
Welcome to the May night Sky. This is the month when the temperatures at night get a little more comfortable and hopefully the April showers are behind us! The ringed
Cosmic collisions
DURING THE long dark winter nights, the Milky Way will be seen passing overhead. This pale band of light is actually our own galaxy seen from the inside. It is
The dream of flight
AT THE dawn of the 20th century, more precisely on December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright flew for the first time in a home built aircraft that barely managed
The cycles of life
THE WHOLE Universe consists of cycles, from the largest galaxy to the smallest sub-atomic particle; everything goes around and comes around. The stars go through their lives in a very
The solution is ‘up there’
EVERY TIME I watch the news on television more often than not it’s bad news. I know news agencies concentrate on negative issues, as it is more ‘saleable’ to the
Science the saviour
TENS OF thousands of years ago a Stone-Age family was hiding in a hole in the ground, cold, tired and hungry. Then a spark of hope appeared and one of
SOS – Save Our Stars
THERE IS a lot of talk nowadays about using renewable resources and maintaining the ambient. Much of this is more talk than action, as anyone who has actually tried to
The Moon in our lives
The Moon is a celestial object that we all take for granted, but not many people have the time to think about the part that the Moon played in life