Facts about Venus
By: Gillian Taber
Somewhere on Earth there should be a little sign that says "Earth - Twinned with Venus". The fact is that, due to the similarity in size and composition, Venus and Earth are sometimes referred to as "twins". Venus is also the closest planet to Earth...
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By: John Traveler
By any account Enrico Fermi was a brilliant man, and by most accounts a genius. He was born in 1901 and lived in an epoch of human discovery and enlightenment unparalleled in history, and probably one that will not be matched for generations to come...
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Types of stars
By: Joe Regalia
Stars are one of the most timeless furnishings of our universe. Age after age they have been permanent fixtures in our sky, being the base for countless religions, wishes, and art. Yet most people do not realize exactly what these sparkling lights are, and...
What is included in interstellar messages?
By: T. Scott Randolph
Unfortunately, I don't think we have to worry about what we will put in an interstellar message. I think the much larger concern is what we have already put in these messages. Ever since we have started broadcasting radio and even more so television, many...
By: John Traveler
In the simplest of terms, the wobble effect is a method of detecting the existence of planets around stars more distant than the Sun, by observing the gravitational influence the planets around it have on the star. The effect of gravity on all objects in...
What is the wobble method for discovering other worlds?
By: Imonikhe Ahimie
The wobble method, so called, is a means of detecting the existence of extra solar planets, i.e. any planet that accompanies a star other than Sol (hence solar), our own local star, from an earthbound position. Given the extreme distances between the stars (our...
An overview on Project Phoenix
By: Imonikhe Ahimie
In 1992, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, set up a program, the Microwave Observing Program, MOP. MOP was designed to be a part of and a complement to the various programs then ongoing in the United States and elsewhere that were involved...
By: John Traveler
In Greek mythology, the Phoenix is a bird of bright and colorful plumage that builds a nest of myrrh twigs, and lays a single egg in it. The nest catches fire, but the bird will not leave her egg and is reduced to ashes along...
By: John Traveler
Heinrich Hertz was a German physicists who propelled the human understanding of electromagnetic radiation forward in leaps and bounds. Using a spark gap to essentially transmit electromagnetic radiation (EMR) energy, and receiving the signal across the room with an antenna, Hertz produced the first human...
By: Imonikhe Ahimie
In 1993, the United States Congress stopped funding for a project which the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, had embarked upon in the previous year. The Microwave Observing Program, MOP, had been conceived as a long term project which would address a major problem...
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