LUCIFER IN OUR SKIES ! But not always. And why not? Because that planet moves around! Venus is inferior to us, the second large object from the sun inside our orbit. It is very similar in size and shape to our Earth. But hotter. Very hot. Maybe that is why it was named for the [...]
Category: Astronomy
Numbers, the Secret Language of the Cosmos?
NUMBERS, THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF THE COSMOS? No, not astrology, although the movements of heavenly bodies, including that of our sun, give us the first appreciation of the significance of time. And that glowing orb, exploding in fire so closely nearby, gives us our daylight and the heated seasons for planting. And some of these [...]
Giants of Gas and Ice
GIANTS OF GAS AND ICE We pass by, as if we fly, or if you wish to sail the sky, within your craft a sailboat be, atop the solar sea beside. Remember Apollo 8 and the first picture of "Earth-Rise" beyond the moon. You are farther away now. In the realm of giants! They are [...]
The Rocky Planets
THE ROCKY PLANETS Why do you want to get off this one? There are no gods to visit on those spinning orbs, and they are not very nice places on which to live. Let's take a quick look in our scientific shuttle. THE SUN Nope. Don't want to go there. Nuclear explosions. Fusion. The conversion [...]