Space Terms

Any massive particle composed of three quarks is called a baryon. Protons and neutrons are examples of baryons, since they have three quarks. Mesons, on the other hand, are particles that are made up of only two quarks. Both mesons and baryons are considered parts of the subatomic class called hadrons, which means that they […]

Have you ever wondered what kind of galaxy the Milky Way is? You’ve probably seen pictures of a spiral looking mass. The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, which is the most common kind of galaxy in the universe.

Barnard 30 Star System Photo by: jimkster, Creative Commons Known as the second nearest star system to the Sun, Barnard’s Star is a red dwarf, a kind of star, which can be difficult to see without a powerful telescope. The star is considered part of the Constellation Ophiuchus. It is six light years away from

If you’re looking up the night sky and you want to see something twice its size, you may want to invest in a Barlow lens. The lens, which was created by an English engineer named Peter Barlow, is put between the telescope’s mirror and the telescope’s eyepiece so it can double the eyepiece’s focal length.

It is easy to capture images of animals, people and other objects here in our planet. With the right combination of lights and shadows and a high-speed and high-resolution camera, a photographer can produce a picture with a dramatic and aesthetic effect. However, some of the techniques used for ordinary photography cannot be used to

Without a fair background around the sun, you might conclude that the only connection between the sun and our earth is the sunlight. With this, there are also false impressions regarding the auroras, or commonly known as “polar lights”:

During wintertime in the Southern region of our earth, people anticipate the occurrence of southern lights in the night sky. These southern lights are called Aurora Australis, which are caused by the passing solar wind in the atmosphere of the southern polar region and then captured by the earth’s magnetic field. These solar winds interact

During ancient times, people who have witnessed the display of the aurora borealis at night time means that they have just witnessed the “Dance of the Spirits”, and this is according to the Native American folklore. Here are some of the known legends that people believed in the past: It signifies goodwill from the gods

It is a common fact that there are special and advanced equipments that are used to capture an image of a celestial body along with its vivid details and colors. One advanced equipment needed is the auto guider. Celestial bodies are constantly in motion and any changes in its position will mean a blurry image

One fact about autumnal equinox is that it is regarded as the first day of fall. At the start of autumnal equinox, people experience day and night time equally, due to the fact that the earth is at the point of its revolution where the axis is not aligned with its orbit. Equal amount of