Essays on Astronomy

Venus is the 2nd planet from the Sun that it was once named through the Roman goddess of love and beauty. It is the second brightest natural object in the nighttime sky after the moon, can cast a shadow and be seen to the naked eye in the vast daylight. Since Venus lies in Earth’s orbit, it does now not appear to be far from the sun that placing in the west straight away after sundown and rising...

The massive and powerful impact of the collision was essential for the existence of Earth and for it to be able function the way it is today. The expansion of the core was crucial to Earth. It is because of our powerful inner core that...

Earth, our home is incredible. Due to the cause of that, it never seems to unruffle us. To summarize that fact, our earth is at the break of death, either the earth is going to die by the human race or natural causes. Anyhow the...

The world of science is a natural phenomenon, it being the way of life. It makes up a copious amount of the information we know from laws to discoveries and theories of specific details that make our world and its properties understandable. One of these...

Katherine Johnson was a famous mathematician. Her work was critical to the success of many space operations. She even achieved many awards because of her amazing work. But what did she do to achieve these awards? Why was her work so important? Katherine Johnson was...

Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Of all the planets, Venus is most similar to Earth, in terms of its mass, size, and internal structure. It was discovered by Galileo Galilei, in 1610, who pointed this planet on his telescope. The planet Venus...

There are a lot of undiscussed topics in the world of astronomy; many of which most people don’t even know exist. Whether it be the world killing asteroid named Apophis, or the codenamed “hot jupiters,” the average person doesn’t know of these peculiar events and...

Think about your normal daily life and how the sun impacts it. Now think about what it can do and how it was made. These stars are made of giant balls of gas and can live for millions, or even billions of years. Stars are...

Earth’s mission to mars involving human arrival and colonization resided in the imagination of scientific exploration for generations: until now. NASA, along with other independently owned space programs have planned to soar and land on Mars, with future hopes of settling on and domestically creating...

The Tibetan plateau north of the Himalayas is home to the largest mass of snow and ice outside of the poles and plays an important role in the climate of Asia and the rest of the northern hemisphere. Climate change is having a negative impact...