Tag: "venus"

First Star I See… In My Life!

First Star I See… In My Life!

What's that up in the sky? A… uh… an… uh…. Golly, never seen that before…

 
Expressly Venus

Expressly Venus

With all the attention that the exploration of certain other planets has received lately, I feel that Venus exploration has fallen off our radar a bit, and that it is high time for an update.

 
Come Together, Bright Planets, Over Me….

Come Together, Bright Planets, Over Me….

Depiction of a major alignment of the five visible planets in 1059 BCE. Photo By Ben Burress There are some pretty good "lineups" coming soon to skies above you. First of all, "lineups," or alignments, go on in the heavens all the time, though most often they are alignments of objects too faint to easily [...]

 
Seeing the Trees through the Forest

Seeing the Trees through the Forest

The Forest Venus Landing. Credit: Soviet Planetary Exploration ProgramIt's time to get back to some of the reader’s questions. Over the last couple of months I've focused on the easy ones like "how big is the universe?". Now, people are asking the tough ones, like that from Mike: "There’s been a recent debate in our [...]