Freedom to Explore the Moon: The Outer Space Treaty
Back in 1969, the United States was the first country on Earth to successfully send humans to the Moon. I am sure many of you are familiar with the image of an American Flag on the moon, planted there by the Apollo 11 astronauts that first walked on it. However, despite the symbolic ownership that this flag places on the moon, did you know that there is actually a treaty in existence that guarantees the freedom for any country to explore the moon?
March Constellations with Star Chart
Star Chart
The month of March marks the beginning of a transition from the Winter Constellations to the Spring Constellations in the northern hemisphere. This month, I want to highlight one notable constellation – Cancer the Crab.
Achromatic Refracting Telescopes: The Lens to Correct Chromatic Aberration
The invention of the telescope was one of the key inventions that allowed us to really begin to study space in detail. Even though a basic telescope can seem like a relatively simple object, they were actually only invented relatively recently. In fact, the evidence of the earliest concept of the modern telescope dates back to the early 1600’s – less than 500 years ago. In this post, we are going to take a look at one of the earlier telescope types, the achromatic telescope.
Black Holes and the Center of Galaxies
We live in the Milky Way Galaxy. Most of us are familiar with the idea that within this galaxy, we live in our own solar system – the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, etc. However, our galaxy is much larger than our own solar system. In fact, did you know that a black hole is likely at the center of our own Milky Way Galaxy ?
The Formation of Stellar Mass Black Holes
A Stellar Mass Black Hole
Most beleive that a black hole is the result of a collapsed star. However, did you know that not all black holes come from a star? Those that do actually have a special name – the stellar black hole. But what does the formation of a stellar mass black hole consist of?