The Southern Cross is one of the best known patterns in the night sky, and the most familiar star pattern for us in the southern hemisphere. Composed of five stars it forms the shape of a cross and is the most distinctive feature of the constellation Crux. It is the...
I have been asked this a bit lately so thought I would try and answer this question. The first thing you have to remember is that Space is big and mostly empty. The asteroids of the inner Solar System and Jupiter: The belt is located between the orbits of Jupiter and...
Artist’s concept of the MMX mission that will carry an 8K “Super Hi-Vision Camera”JAXA The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) have joined forces to develop a Super Hi-Vision Camera for JAXA’s Martian...
These dark areas formed when massive asteroid or meteorite impacts on the Moon’s surface created basins. Because the impact basins were often the lowest places on the Moon’s surface, they would begin to fill with erupting lava. The lava was similar to the basalt that...
