This week’s fly-by will tell us whether or not Saturn’s moon Enceladus is likely to have alien life hidden beneath its surface in its underground ocean Many experts would argue that Saturn’s moon Enceladus...
An incredibly rare phenomenon will be occurring this weekend. For the first time since 1982, you can witness a lunar eclipse in combination with a red supermoon. The event will last for 1 hour...
What causes the Moon to occasionally appear bigger and brighter than usual? The largest and most luminous Moon witnessed by Earth-based observers in 2013 will appear on 23 June at 11:32 (Universal Time). This...
Although America’s Apollo 11 mission took the first man to the moon, it was Russia who achieved the majority of man’s first off-planet adventures. 12 years before Neil Armstrong took his famous first steps,...
A blue moon isn’t actually blue. The term is in fact used to describe the second of two full moons appearing in the same calendar month. However, even if it isn’t an unusual colour, a full moon...
The solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago, when part of a giant molecular cloud experienced a gravitational collapse. The centre became the Sun, which comprises more than 99 per cent of the solar...
NASA’s latest space exploration plan is well under way and involves sending a robotic spacecraft into deep space, where it will capture an asteroid and redirect it into the Moon’s orbit. Astronauts will then be able to...
1) Nobody owns it There are US flags and Soviet pennants on the Moon but they are purely symbolic. The Outer Space Treaty gives the Moon the same status as international waters. 2) Man...
On 20 March, the UK will experience one of nature’s most amazing spectacles, a solar eclipse. This happens when the Moon moves in front of the Sun for a few minutes, blocking its light and...
1) Venus has phases like a moon When closest to the Earth, Venus appears bright and crescent-shaped. When it is further away, the planet is dim and round. 2) It rotates backwards Venus has a retrograde,...
