Month: June 2024
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Saghasanna Pláinéid nach bhfuil Againn: Iúpatar Te agus araile
In a recent video, I discussed the differences between the gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn and the ice giants like Neptune and Uranus. These two types of planets both contrast with the rocky planets in our solar system. This gives us three types of planets, though the gas and ice giants are commonly lumped…
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A Look Ahead to the Sky in July
As we approach the end of June, we’re going to take a look ahead to what’s coming in July. Of course, at the very beginning, the sky won’t look too different, but we will look through the whole month. We will still start at the beginning of the month and the beginning of the night,…
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Famous Star: Real Stars in Science Fiction
In the last piece, we took a look at some stars that were famous for moving quickly. The only one visible to the naked eye, 61 Cygni, is pointed out a the start of this video as well. Even though it has some unique features, it isn’t particularly well know. Some stars are incredibly famous,…
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Fast Moving Stars: High Proper Motion
As the title says, we are going to be looking at fast moving stars, specifically stars with high proper motion. This means stars that look like they’re moving quickly in our sky, the ones we can tell are moving fast. Usually, when we’re looking a the sky, we treat the stars as a fixed background,…
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Where you can See a Different Sky More Easily
Today, for this issue or installment, I decided to take a look at the sky from a couple of different locations and compare the kind of view that you can get. This is something that I regularly do as the sky does look from different places. Often, my focus is on comparing dark skies to…
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The Dark Side, or Far Side, of the Moon and Sampling
Today we are looking, once again, at the Moon. For a change, we are going to take a look mostly at the side of the Moon that we don’t normally get to see. The Chinese Space Agency, or the China National Space Administration, has recently landed a lander, Chang’e 6, on the Far Side of…
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Icy Moons: What, Where and Why do we Care?
Recently, we took a look at the difference between the gas giants like Saturn and Jupiter and the ice giants like Neptune and Uranus. Today, we are going to look at something else icy: icy moons. We already passed by an icy moon in the ice giant video, Triton, Neptune’s largest moon. Triton is tough…
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Undiscovering the Planet Vulcan
Today, we are mostly going to take a look at some mistakes. Mistakes from the past can leave behind little quirks and inconsistencies in things we use today, and catching mistakes is often a good thing. Realizing that we were wrong about something can help us prevent similar mistakes in the future. This is inspired…
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