Astroearth - by CMoreStars

There have been a few reported incidents that seem to involve some sort of object or objects appearing close to the Sun. Most of these reported images are from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) aimed at the Sun. Already the conspiracy theorist are in overdrive, there is talk of a...

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A full Moon will take place on May the 6th 2012 it is a fairly common event. On average we have a full Moon every 28 days. The Moon rises and sets as it has done for millennia. We on Earth have an affinity with the Moon yet we know very little about it. Its origin still remains largely unre...

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The month of May and June 2012 will bring a few interesting observing events. Of note Mays Annular Eclipse will take place on the 20th of May and the transit of Venus on June 5 or 6th depending on your location. An annular eclipse of the sun is when the moon does not fully cover the entire ...

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A proposed video feed of the Earth as seen from space will be streamed live 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The video feed will be in high definition video by cameras attached to the International Space Station (ISS) These images will be available from the UrtheCast (EarthCast) websit...

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Chickens have already been to space in previous Space Shuttle Missions. Chicken embryos were taken to space to measure the affect of weightlessness. Recently a rubber chicken named Camilla was launched by balloon although it did not technically go into space it did manage to reach the strat...

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Its a train its a plane, no its Venus. Planet Venus gets the lions share of the blame. Venus is very often mistaken for an UFO. Not surprising Venus can be very bright, especially when the planet is near the horizon just after sunset or just before sunrise. The air is much denser towa...

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There are a few great planets to have a look at, Venus is perhaps the easiest to see because it is extremely bright. Mercury is a little elusive and a bit harder to spot. Mercury being so close to the Sun orbits the Sun in 88 days. Mercury is best seen just after sunset or at dawn. Mercury is...

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It has taken many years to acquire sufficient data to get a handle on where the universe is heading. It has been almost twenty years to amass 560 million individual objects in order to arrive at a cosmic map. The work of getting this information is primarily been via specifically constructed...

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The universe can be described as chaotic but there is order in chaos. Our Earthly travelling space ship spins on its axis at a speed of 1675 kmh. Earth is also moving around the Sun at about 107826.0480Km per hour We together with the Sun and solar system are in motion around the center o...

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At times I would like to be an astronaut just to see some of the amazing views from space. Astronauts aboard the international Space Station sure do get a birds eye view of the wonderful scenery as they travel around the Earth. Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers has posted some of his images fr...

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The voyage that made all happen the launching in 1969 of Apollo 11 first landing mission to the Moon. The F-1 rocket engines have been located by Sonar at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean some 4300m below the surface. A cluster of five F-1 rocket engines were used in the Apollo launch vehi...

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The International Space Station had a close call when a now defunct Russian satellite sped by. Astronauts on board the space station were told to take up temporary shelter in the two Soyuz escape capsules attached to the station. This marks the third incident since the launch of the space...

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There are myriads of galaxies nebulas and who know countless planets throughout the universe. Humans have been observing them for millennia. Ancient writings speaks of twinkling lights in the night sky as though they were mere pinholes of light shining through the dark fabric of the night....

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March is fast coming to a close and winter is near, now is a great time to see the thin Crescent Moon Venus and Jupiter. The early evening provides some fantastic viewing opportunities and is also a good time to take some images. The just after sunset towards the West on the evening of Ma...

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Earth has many visitors a great many occur on a daily basis. Some we see as meteors streaking through the night sky, we even get the occasional fireball. The visitors I speak of are not the UFO quirks or anal probing variety nevertheless they are essentially alien in origin. Fragments ...

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The secrets to obtaining great astronomical images from your telescope depends on the type of camera telescope and mount you have. It also depends on your location and how close your telescope is pointed to the northern or southern celestial poles. A good quality equatorial mount is essen...

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Having trouble keeping accurate time Wouldnt it be great to have a time reference that you only had to re set every 14 billion years. A clock that is almost 100 times more accurate than the best atomic clocks. A group of researchers in Australia have found a way to achieve a high deg...

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There has been a lot of press lately about the upcoming solar storm. There is nothing sinister about the Sun sending masses of highly charged particles throughout the Solar System. The Sun goes through a cycle of roughly 11 years. The cycle of the Sun will peak solar activity in 2013. Al...

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In one of my previous blogs I touched briefly on the subject of collimation. A telescope can be an expensive investment, not only do you have to shell out the capital but like any other investment it does need a little maintenance. I`m not saying everyone should go out and purchase an expens...

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While it is possible to have some form of advertising directed to the Moon for us earthlings to see. Why on earth would want to do it in the first place. Sending a laser beam to Moon is the easy part the cost of undertaking such a project would negate any revenue raised by the sale of the ad...

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