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Venus where days are getting longer
Despite its alluring name, living on Venus, if you survived, would be like living in hell. Venus boasts an atmosphere so hot, toxic and heavy that any visitor would risk being simultaneously melted, suffocated and crushed. But not just that. The second planet from the Sun turns on its axis so slowly that, for any [… Read More]
Mars is here
The red planet is unusually bright as it moves into position where it can be seen from Earth. Mars only spends the better part of two years as an undistinguished ”star” shining with a diminished light. It hardly catches our eye. But when the Earth – with its ”inside” orbit – finally catches up with [… Read More]
Venus to transit across the sun in a rare sighting
On June 6, something will happen that will not be repeated in your lifetime. If it isn’t cloudy, observers in Australia will be able to watch the silhouette of Venus transiting across the sun. The astronomical event occurs in pairs eight years apart. It happened in 2004, but after June’s recurrence will not be seen [… Read More]
Astronomers say they see more planets than stars in our galaxy
The Milky Way is home to far more planets than previously thought, boosting the odds that at least one of them may harbour life, according to a study. Not long ago, astronomers counted the number of “exoplanets” detected outside our own solar system in the teens, then in the hundreds. Today the tally stands at just over [… Read More]
