At The Edge Of The Universe
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – The observable Universe is spherical and has a diameter of about 93 billion light years. There may be portions of the Universe beyond the...
Best Outer Space Videos Blog
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...
Annular Solar Eclipse May 20 2012
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A Solar Eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. The Sun is therefore obscured to some extent from an...
Dragon Unberthed From The ISS
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Dragon, the first commercial space craft to visit the International Space Station, prepares to leave and return to Earth. Dragon is the only space craft...
Black Holes And The Creation Of Galaxies
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A black hole is a region of space created out of a collapsed star and deformed by gravity such that even light cannot escape....
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...
One Small Step – The First Moon Landing
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon way back in 1969. This iconic clip shows the first...
The Eagle Has Landed – Apollo 11 Moon Landing
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – I think most of the planet who had access to television must have watched the first moon landing. I certainly did. If ever there...
The Hole In The Andromeda Galaxy
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest spiral galaxy to our own galaxy, the Milky Way. It has always been difficult to see into the galaxy due to...
Are We Alone In The Universe?
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – The search for intelligent alien life in the Universe has been going on for over forty years. Taking into account the vastness of the...
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’...
Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A great little video that shows us arrogant humans how really insignificant we are in the greater scheme of things. Our Planet Earth, which...
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...
Dragon Captured By The International Space Station
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – This is the start of a new era in space travel and exploration. Dragon, launched by SpaceX, has successfully docked and transferred over a 1000...
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...
