Several stars in our universe are notable on their own merit. Sol, our sun, is indeed a star, even though we tend think of stars as little orbs of light that dot our skies and exist millions of miles away. Polaris, the North Star, an important reference point in the sky for navigators in the [...]

Astronomy is a difficult field to get into without the right conditions. For the amateur astronomer, of course, you will want to make sure you have a good location above all from which to view any stars, moons, planets or constellations. If you live in, say, an urban area where visibility is often obscured by [...]

Astronomy has been a relevant field to scientists and people generally curious about what is out there beyond our tiny speck of the universe known as Earth. Civilizations like the Egyptians and the Chinese have been using crude instruments and creating basic stellar maps for millennia, and have been theorizing the relationship of planets and [...]

Most people may not have a practical use for astrophysics in their everyday lives. This scientific field will not be on the minds of many when they go to fill up their tanks as they go to the gas station, or as they go to the bagel shop in the morning to pick up breakfast [...]

The mold for the space station was broken with the creation and use of the original Mir in the 80’s and 90’s. Previously, space stations had not seen continuous use to a great extent, but the idea that Space Station Mir saw at least one person living in it on end for almost a decade [...]

Space exploration is a popular subject for science fiction writers. Often, the setting of the story will involve a distant date in the future that is hard for most to contradict as plausible, and capture the wildest fantasies of those who follow the story. Of most interest here, the workings in the plot will often [...]