Archive for December, 2007

Earth, our mother planet, is being attacked everyday by about 25 tons of dust & sand-sized particles. An asteroid, the size of a small car, hits Earths atmosphere about once in every year. Fortunately she knows how to defend herself. When that small car-sized asteroid enters her atmosphere, she burns the asteroid up before...
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Once Galileo discovered the telescope, there was a sudden leap from fantasy & legends to reality. And reality was so much more fantastic than the world had ever dreamed of. So quickly, planets & stars which were specks in the sky, some of them not even visible to the naked eye, came close &...
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Laser Cosmos Laser Stars Projector http://www.find-me-a-gift.co.uk/laser-cosmos-laser-stars-projector.html The Laser Cosmos Laser Stars Projector is like nothing on this Earth! Now theres no need for a clear night to gaze at the beauty & mystique of the Universe! The Laser Cosmos Laser Stars Projector is a startling & mind-blowing light show of twinkling...
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New Hubble pics – how exciting! The latest of the new Hubble pics is of a black hole, which they have captioned as being in need of a home. To get these new Hubble pics a team of astronomers, all from Europe, combined the power of the Hubble Space Telescope with that of...
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To access the Internet, we must first open up our Internet browser. Once the browser has been activated we can either select one of our favorite web sites or go to the address bar & type in the Internet address that we wish to access. Generally, when typing in the web sites address we...
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With a telescope, anyone can enjoy the wonders of astronomy regardless of age, income or level of knowledge. Orion telescopes help turn ordinary people into avid astronomers & turn them on to the pleasures of amateur astronomy. The Orion telescopes are available in three fundamental designs each of which gather as well as focus...
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Astronomy has to be one the most humbling of all subjects to study. Just the thought of our universe, being like a grain of sand in a sandy shore of universes, is enough to make me want to crawl back under the sheets. Everything just seems so immense, andbeyond comprehension. Where does it end?...
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Thousands will gather in Roswell, NM, this summer for the annual UFO Festival. Because its been sixty years since the UFO crash, this festival will be more important than most. Despite self-serving, ever-changing statements directly or indirectly from the U.S. Government, no one really knows what crashed near Roswell in July of 1947. However,...
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Of all the optical instruments, binoculars are widely used by travelers, sports fans, fisherman & hunters. Binoculars are mounted side by side & aligned to point with accuracy in the same direction. Unlike the single lens telescope, binoculars or binocular telescopes, allows the viewer a greater sense of distance & depth. Binoculars give...
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NASAs Johnson Space Center Houston recently hosted a two-day BP Physics Challenge for 886 Houston schools students, mostly juniors & seniors, with 800 more students expected to attend. The math & science students either made their own rockets that would be launched outside at the Space Center or conducted other experiments inside. ...
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Beginners in amateur astronomy are faced with a number of different challenges. One of the most daunting is the choice of a telescope. There are countless to select from & too often there is minimum information on selecting the best one to buy for your specific needs & wants. Clearly, numerous newcomers to the...
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When viewing distant objects through the use of a telescope, the most important part of that telescope is called the objective. The objective is that component of the telescope that has the ability of gathering the light that is available. Obviously, the larger the objective the greater is the capacity of the telescope to...
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