The darker mornings
As I complete this post from my home in Manchester, England, it is 4:30 pm and already fairly dark outside. …
Tag Archives: Moon
Geocentric Cosmology
Today it is generally accepted as a scientific fact that the Earth is one of eight planets which revolve around …
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 …
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 …
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 …
