Essays on Astronomy

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...

During the Pre-Socratic period, Parmenides posed a challenge of the origin of the cosmos. Is the universe derived by one single prime matter? How does something come into being when it was not a being before? An example is how can trees exist if it...

July 20th, 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first landing on the moon. This was a victory for America against the Soviet Union, however, there are not many people who know the story of how a small group of extraordinary people, with their enthusiasm,...

Floating in an endless place, no gravity, revealing the unsolved mysteries in it, discovering new places never seen before, that’s what it feels like when being an astronaut. However, being an astronaut could be really dangerous and risky or it might actually save the world,...

Never before in the history of humankind has it been possible to explore other planets and in the not so distant future it may become a reality. Advances in technology in the 1960s resulted in the first visit to the moon and these advances responsible...

Few years back the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as well as other programs such as Mars one and space x, started a space exploration crusade with a purpose to expand the presence of humankind further into the solar system and specifically on Mars....