Universe: Articles (13)
Articles written by Science File members
Could this be a new type of geometry for an infinite universe where time and space may not be what they seem?
Curiosity is the latest rover to be launched towards the red planet by NASA, on 26th November 2011. Its mission is to investigate Gale Crater for signs that the region has ever had conditions favourable to life. Observations from orbit have already shown that Gale Crater contains exposures of clay minerals, which must have formed under wet conditions.
I have always enjoyed programmes on the television which inform you of the latest discoveries in science but until relatively recently it was never more than a healthy curiosity that is common to most people. That started to change one pleasant evening while sitting in a hot tub in 2009 watching the space station fly overhead.
Does our expanding universe create a strange apparition of a reverse time-order past? Do we need to re-think some of the ideas of Relativity where time and distances are peculiar to the observer?
The International Space Station: Dreams, Dollars and Destiny
Written by Andy Briggs
The International Space Station is the most expensive object ever built by humans. But what's it for, and why was it ever built?
Science File's guide to the spacecraft currently exploring the solar system.
Science File's guide to the spacecraft currently exploring the solar system.
You'd not know it from TV news, but there's a whole fleet of spacecraft currently exploring our solar system...
Reflections on a night under the stars. Transcript of podcast for 365 Days of Astronomy, 3rd January 2011.
Forget trying to comprehend planetary distances measured in millions or billions of miles. What's needed is feet.
A basic look at the Universe and the Big Bang for the non-specialist.
Light pollution is everybody's problem. Even yours.