Explore subsurface oceans on Europa, Ganymede, Enceladus, and Titan: evidence, chemistry, tidal heating, habitability, and missions like Europa Clipper and JUICE.
Ocean Worlds: Europa, Ganymede, Enceladus, Titan Read More »
Explore Uranus and Neptune: formation, atmospheres, rings, moons (Triton), magnetic fields, and how to observe the ice giants with a telescope.
Uranus and Neptune: Ice Giants Explained & Observing Read More »
Explore Venus’s super-rotating atmosphere, volcanic geology, sulfuric acid clouds, evolution, safe observing, and what DAVINCI, VERITAS, and EnVision will uncover.
Venus Revealed: Atmosphere, Geology, Missions Read More »
Discover Mercury’s 3:2 resonance, hollows, polar ice, sodium tail, magnetic field, and what ESA/JAXA’s BepiColombo will reveal after MESSENGER’s breakthroughs.
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Evidence for subsurface oceans on Europa and Enceladus—tidal heating, plumes, chemistry, habitability, Europa Clipper, JUICE—and how to observe these moons.
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How Saturn’s rings formed, why they may be young, and what Cassini revealed about ring mass, ring rain, spokes, propellers, and shepherd moons.
Saturn’s Rings: Formation, Age Debate, Cassini Findings Read More »
Explore evidence for subsurface oceans on Europa, Enceladus, Titan, Ganymede, and more—chemistry, habitability, tidal heating, and missions to explore them.
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The Moon is a mesmerizing subject for photography, easily within reach for amateur photographers equipped with a smartphone. By adjusting the right settings and employing a few tricks and accessories, you can capture stunning images of the Moon with and without a telescope. This article will cover Moon photography just using a Smartphone, and then
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Pluto was discovered in 1930, but in recent years it has become a divisive issue for modern astronomers. Some say that the planet is too small to be considered a planet at all. Others say that it should still be called a planet because it is very similar to Jupiter and Saturn, and has a
Can I See Pluto And Other Dwarf Planets With A Telescope? Read More »
The moon is potentially one of the easiest astronomical objects to photograph. It is very bright so it does not require long exposure times or specialist equipment, and most people in most places on earth can see the moon every month. However, photographing the moon well does require some knowledge and planning and some basic
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Why does the moon shine? is one of those seemingly simple questions that people tend to assume they were born with the knowledge to answer, like ‘why is the sky blue?’ That is until someone – usually a young child – asks them the question. But fear not, nobody is born with this knowledge, so
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There isn’t a person alive who hasn’t seen the Moon in the sky and noticed it changing shape. We’ve all watched it change from night to night, from a crescent to a half and then to full. It then seems to disappear from the night completely before returning, a few weeks later, to the evening
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