We live on an Earth that from day to day seems permanent and stable. We go to work, school and perhaps the pub every day and it seems like things will never change dramatically. Unfortunately as we are all beginning to realise things in the universe are forever changing which when looked at from the [...]
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Jupiter Has Another Impact
Just the other month Jupiter was hit by something, possibly an asteroid, and this month seems to be just the same. An amateur astronomer yesterday noticed a large flash when looking at Jupiter which lasted about two seconds. We are quite lucky to have Jupiter in the solar system, not just for looking at, but [...]
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Plate Tectonics, Hold on! The Surface of the Earth Moves
So why do mountain ranges form, earthquakes happen, volcanoes erupt and Islands appear? Have they been here since the beginning of time perhaps created by a roving asteroid or comet Or perhaps there was a massive collision of two planets when the Earth got formed creating islands and mountains. This is all complete rubbish of [...]
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Solar System Creation In a 10 Minute Read.
Wouldn’t it be good to know how you got here? Well unfortunately the answer to that is unknown. It has been thought about for a long, long time and one day we will probably know the answer. What we do have good idea about though is how the solar system formed. Throughout the galaxy gigantic [...]
