Answers for Allensbank
After a recent talk at Allensbank Primary School, I received questions for many of the children. Here are answer to three of them…
After a recent talk at Allensbank Primary School, I received questions for many of the children. Here are answer to three of them…
I took some images of the triple conjunction of Jupiter, Venus and the Moon. It was a very pretty event, and I’ve hardly done it justice, but I thought I’d add my photos into the mix.
Here’s a fun experiment you can try using the contents of your kitchen cupboard. Explore the effects of different densities and learn about refraction, viscosity and the planet Jupiter.
There are now three red spots on Jupiter! Star Stryder has the details.
This is a lovely image from APOD earlier this week showing Io and Jupiter as seen by the New Horizons craft en route to Pluto. This is one of those computer desktop wallpaper images that space craft seem really good at producing.
I’m just prepping another post at the moment but came across this great animation on my travels. It shows Jupiter as seen from the Chandra satellite, which captures X-Ray information. As you see from the (hopefully moving) picture below, Jupiter is mostly invisible when seen in the X-Ray. You can however see some dancing spots [...]
I had my first day working for SETPOINT Wales yesterday in their mobile planetarium, the Stardome. I went to Crickhowell High School and had a great (if tiring day) giving a space talk and showing, what felt like hundreds of children, the constellations.
The reason I like talking about space is that I like to put [...]
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