In the last of his series on Mars, Duncan Lunan looks at the possibility of life on the planet
Beginners Astronomy: Mars 5 – Life on Mars
Beginners Astronomy: Mars 4 – Recent Missions
Europe’s Mars Express is still in orbit around the red planet, where it was joined by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Beginners Astronomy: Mars 3 – The Moons of Mars
“The two moons of Mars were discovered in 1877 by Asaph Hall. The largest crater on Phobos, the inner moon, is named ‘Stickney’, the maiden name of Asaph Hall’s wife, who encouraged him to keep looking when he was ready to give up. “
Beginners Astronomy: Mars Part 2- Mars and its Weather
“When Mariner 9 approached Mars in 1971, to become the first probe to orbit the planet, Mars was at its closest to the Sun and in the grip of a dust storm more severe than any we’ve seen since”
Beginners Astronomy: Mars Part 1
“Mars has only half the diameter of the Earth, but because it has no oceans, its surface area is actually greater than the Earth’s land surface. “
Astronomy for Beginners: Venus
Although it can be seen in daylight if you know exactly where to look, Venus is the morning and evening star, generally seen in twilight and hardly ever against a truly black sky.
Astronomy Beginner’s Guide: Mercury
Find out more about the planet Mercury from our guide by Duncan Lunan
Hubble Captures a Spiral Galaxy 120 million light-years away
This spectacular image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the trailing arms of NGC 2276, a spiral galaxy 120 million light-years away in the constellation of Cepheus
Moonrock 2021
In anticipation of the Chang’e 5 returned sample analysis, Duncan Lunan reviews what we have learned to date.
Hubble Space Telescope #OnThisDay
On 25th of April 1990 the Hubble space telescope was placed into orbit by the space shuttle Discovery.
