Solar eclipse 21 August 2017 – America on the move
Around 200 million Americans live within a day’s drive of the total eclipse path, the narrow band of territory from …
Tag Archives: Moon
Solar Eclipse 21 August 2017
As nearly all of my readers, particular those who live in the US, will know, there will be a solar …
The Evening Star-Venus
Anybody who has looked up into the western sky after sunset in the past month will have noticed a brilliant …
Chinese manned space programme
On 18 November two Chinese astronauts, Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, landed back on Earth after spending 33 days in space, an …
Twilight
Watching the Sun set below the horizon and the sky gradually get darker and darker is an almost magical experience. Twilight …
The Morning Star-Venus
Anybody who has been up early in the past month and looked at the eastern sky will have noticed a …
Dark Skies
“All humans, everywhere in the world and throughout history, have looked up at the sky and wondered at it. This experience …
Why is the Sky Blue?
Today I want to give the scientific explanation for something we all love to see (especially if, like me and …
Lunar Eclipse 28 September 2015
On 28 September 2015 there will be an total eclipse of the Moon, which will be viewable from many areas …
20 July 1969 The First Men on the Moon
It has been a very exciting week for space exploration with the pictures sent from New Horizons as it flew past Pluto …
