Category: Astronomical

Born in the mid 16th century as Filippo Bruno,

About 35 miles north and east of Mexico City are the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon. The Sun Pyramid is over 200 ft tall,

Paneling. Not just a single layer

The Ottoman Empire decline started early to mid 19th century, but World War One and its aftermath saw its complete dissolution. The empire began to

The planet Jupiter is a large mass of gasses, and brown dwarf stars are a large mass of gasses. But the difference lies a little bit in the diameter and a lot in the mass. Jupiter is a massive planet, 10 times as thick and a thousand times heavier than Earth. Mercury is the smallest…

The Outernet folks have announced speeds of 2400 baud for a worldwide internet free for anyone using satellite coverage much like today’s GPS systems run 24/7 without subscription helping millions of people and businesses too. But Outernet doesn’t really operate like an internet wi-fi connection, it is primarily a broadcast only application. Much as GPS…

Fomalhaut is a Class A main sequence star, much brighter and about twice the size of our G-Type Sun. A bright star in the night sky, Fomalhaut is in the constellation Pisces Australis in the southern sky and is around 25 light years from Earth. Fomalhaut exhibits a ring of dust and debris like the…

A member of the top 20 club, the twelfth brightest star in the night sky, Altair is a mere 17 light years from earth. Supposing mankind can someday travel near the speed of light, adding 2 years for acceleration and deceleration, it is a reachable star, but it is much more tumultuous than our Sun.…

Ambrose Bierce, a western American, writer and a participant in the American Civil War wrote, in 1900; The bullet that pierced Goebel’s breast Can not be found in all the West; Good reason, it is speeding here To stretch McKinley on his bier. Goebel was the Governor of Kentucky, assassinated before his term could transpire,…