This day in history we feature the Halley’s Comet. Halley last appeared in the inner parts of the Solar System on this day in 1986. Trivia – Halley’s Comet Halley’s Comet, Comet Halley, or sometimes simply Halley, officially designated 1P/Halley, is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 75–79 years. Halley is the only known […]
This day in history we feature Triton. The largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by astronomer William Lassell on this day in 1846. Trivia – Triton Triton is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune, it is the only large moon in the Solar System with a retrograde orbit, an orbit in […]
This day in history we feature Voyager 1. NASA launched the space probe Voyager 1 as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System on this day in 1977. Trivia – Voyager 1 Voyager 1 program was launched to study the outer Solar System and interstellar space beyond the Sun’s heliosphere. Launched 16 days […]
Scientists believe Venus could be harbouring alien lifeforms. The planet, which sits a casual 47 million kilometres from us in our solar system, has ammonia in its upper atmosphere. Researchers have reportedly been fixated on why Venus’ atmosphere contains the combination of hydrogen and nitrogen ever since it was discovered back in the 1970s. Now […]
A solar eclipse that lasted around two minutes plunged southern Chile and Argentina into darkness on Monday. Heavy rain had threatened to prevent thousands of star gazers in Chile from seeing the eclipse but at the last moment the clouds parted just enough for the phenomenon to be partially visible. In Argentine Patagonia, several families […]
