The term “planet” is defined very strictly by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). An astronomical body is officially a planet if it orbits the Sun, has enough mass to be spherical, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit, according … Read More
According to experts, a piece of a SpaceX rocket that launched seven years ago and was abandoned in space after completing its mission will crash into the Moon in March. The rocket was deployed in 2015 to launch a NASA … Read More
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About 41,000 years ago, something remarkable happened: Earth’s magnetic field flipped and, for a temporary period, magnetic north was south and magnetic south was north. Palaeomagnetists refer to this as a geomagnetic excursion. This event, which is different to a complete … Read More
Phobos, it seems, will not live long in the Universe — at least not on a large cosmic timescale. Astronomers have long suspected that Phobos, the larger and closer of Mars’ two moons, is slowly spiraling inward to eventual destruction. … Read More
Seen through the eyes of an astronomer or astrophysicist, the Universe is a fantastic and mystical world – and a good books on astronomy can give you a glimpse of that place without requiring years of study. Here we are going … Read More