Astronomy Articles

Star Wars, Star Trek, Star Gate - stars, space and its infinite vastness fascinate us nerds. Not only in sci-fi series, but also in reality. It's a...

Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has repeatedly managed to bring impressive images from distant parts of space to our little bl...

Metal Earth's space series includes kits of eleven very special engineering achievements. These include the Apollo Lunar Module, the Hubble Telesco...

Pluto is not only chronically lonely, so far away from the SunEarth and all the others, the poor celestial body has also been cast out of the plane...

Do you sometimes have the feeling that the weight of the world, indeed the whole universe, is on your shoulders? With the sun, moon and earth stres...

"May the gods be merciful and the dice planets be favorable!" D&D, DSA or Shadowrun players probably pray like this on a regular basis. Because in ...

It has been known for a few hundred years that the earth is not the center of the universe, but revolves around the sun. However, there still seem ...

What if you could end every evening with a view into space - without leaving the house? The astronaut laser star projector makes just that possible...

Over the centuries, man has explored almost every square meter of the earth in one way or another. Apart from the deep sea, the only thing we can s...

It sounds so romantic to sit under the stars at night and look for shooting stars. You could look for the North Star and watch the Great Bear, Cass...

If you've ever looked up at the sky on a clear night and wondered what exactly is twinkling above you - the answer is now within your grasp. The Un...

In case you didn't know, black holes are the perfect hiding place! The "Black Hole" T-shirt explains why: whatever gets into the gravity well stays...