How Did Neptune Get Its Name?

Neptune in true colour with the Great Dark Spot in the center. Photo by NASA’s Voyager…

Stargazing Calendar for March 2025

‘Day and Night’ – One year, one tripod mounted camera, a partial eclipse of the Sun…

How Did Uranus Get Its Name?

Photograph of Uranus in true color by Voyager 2 in 1986. In order to grasp the…

The Local Interstellar Cloud: Characteristics and Significance

Map of the Local Interstellar Cloud and neighboring G-Cloud. About 1% of the Milky Way’s mass…

How Did Mercury Get Its Name?

Mercury in true color by MESSENGER in 2008. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Arizona State…

Stargazing Calendar for February 2025

Bode’s Galaxy (also known as Messier 81 and NGC 3031) by Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA,…

Home to a Supermassive Black Hole and Starburst

Galaxies NGC 7469 (lower left) and IC 5283 (upper right) by Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble…

How Did Saturn Get Its Name? Exploring Mythology and History

Saturn by Cassini. Credit: NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute. Like all the planets, Saturn’s…

Circumstellar Disc: Key Insights and Discoveries

Artist’s impression of a circumstellar disc around a young star. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. Kornmesser. License: CC…

How Did Venus Get Its Name?

Venus, the second planet from the Sun, gets its name from Roman mythology. There’s no denying…