The Dwarf Planet Pluto
– ” For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A great introduction to the ‘dwarf’ planet Pluto to background music by Mike Oldfield. We do not know a lot about Pluto simply...
Category: The Planets
Mars ‘Curiosity Rover’ Mission Animation
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A quite amazing animation of the ‘Curiosity Rover’ mission. ‘Curiosity’ is the next planned visitor to Mars by NASA and is scheduled to land...
More Facts About Gliese 581g
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Following on from my post last week on Gliese 581g, here are some more interesting facts about why this planet is considered suitable for...
Travelling to Gliese581g
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Gliese581g is a recently discovered Earth like planet. It is just the right distance from its Sun for water to exist. It is thought...
The Planet Mercury
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – An introduction to the nearest planet to the Sun where temperatures vary from 427 degrees Celsius to -183 degrees Celsius. This video includes images...
The Planet Uranus
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A great introduction to the Planet Uranus, the third largest planet in the Solar System and the first to be discovered by a telescope....
The Transit of Venus – 6th June 2012
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – The once in a life time transit of Venus, where Venus passes between the Sun and the Earth, occurred on the 6th of June....
Titan – The Orange Moon Of Saturn
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and by volume is even larger than Mercury. It is in effect a planet in its own...
The Secrets Of Venus
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Venus is our closest planetary neighbour and is named after the roman goddess of love and beauty. It is sometimes called Earth’s sister planet as it...
Is Pluto A Planet?
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – When I was at school we learnt that there were 9 planets in the Solar System, with the furthest one being Pluto. Pluto was...
NASA Mars Rover 360 Video – Lion King
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A breathtaking panoramic view of the Martian landscape taken by the Nasa Mars Rover, ‘Opportunity’ in April 2004. Nasa called this video ‘Lion King’...
Transit Of Venus Due On The 5th/6th June 2012
-“For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A transit of Venus is due to occur on the 5th and 6th of June 2012. A transit is when the planet Venus passes directly...
Comet Strikes Jupiter In 1994
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A Comet, Shoemaker Levy 9, struck the Planet Jupiter in 1994 and resulted in the biggest explosions ever witnessed by human beings. It was the first...
Saturn’s Mysterious Hexagon
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Undoubetedly the most beautiful planet in our Solar System is the planet Saturn but it is also the most bizarre. Twenty years ago a perfect...
The Beauty Of Planet Mars
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Your Friends” – Out of all the planets in our Solar System, we are fascinated most by the planet Mars. It is the fourth furthest...
Jupiter – The Giant Of Our Solar System
– ” For You To Enjoy And Share With Your Friends” – It’s difficult for us to imagine how immense the planet Jupiter actually is. It is more than twice the mass of...
A Mystery Force Is Affecting Our Satellites
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Scientists are baffled and wondering what is causing unexplained anomalies in our satellite trajectories. A mysterious force appears to be acting upon the satellites...
Sounds From Outer Space
-“For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Electromagnetic vibrations from outer space can be coverted to sound waves in the frequency bands that humans can hear. Here are some strange sounds...
