On 27 July 2018 there will be a total eclipse of the Moon, which will be viewable from many areas of the world. This will be the first total lunar eclipse able to be observed in the UK for nearly three years and it will be worth making the effort to see, especially since, for… Continue reading Lunar eclipse 27 July 2018
Tag: Moon
The darker mornings
As I complete this post from my home in Manchester, England, it is 4:30 pm and already fairly dark outside. Many people think that it will continue to get dark earlier each day in the afternoon until we reach 21 December, the winter solstice. This, however, is not the case. The evenings in fact start to draw out… Continue reading The darker mornings
Geocentric Cosmology
Today it is generally accepted as a scientific fact that the Earth is one of eight planets which revolve around the Sun, that the Sun is one of 400 billion or so stars in our Milky Way galaxy and that the Milky Way is one of hundreds of billions of galaxies in the observable Universe.… Continue reading Geocentric Cosmology
The early days of the space race
In my previous post I talked about two significant successes for the Soviet Union in 1957: the first artificial satellite in orbit in October and the first living creature, a dog named Laika, in orbit in November. In December of that year the Americans had a humiliating failure when the Vanguard spacecraft exploded in a… Continue reading The early days of the space race
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 Oregon to South Carolina. According to an article in The Atlantic, up to 7 million people, perhaps even people reading this, will travel to see Monday's total eclipse. They will join the 12 million who are… Continue reading Solar eclipse 21 August 2017 – America on the move
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 eclipse on 21 August. For lucky viewers in a narrow band of territory running West to East across the US, it will be visible as a total eclipse - when the Moon completely obscures the Sun… Continue reading Solar Eclipse 21 August 2017
The Evening Star-Venus
Anybody who has looked up into the western sky after sunset in the past month will have noticed a brilliant white object - the planet Venus, sometimes called the Evening Star. It is brighter than any other planet and ten times brighter than the brightest star Sirius, also known as the Dog Star. The "Evening Star"… Continue reading The Evening Star-Venus
