In the northern sky in December is a beautiful cluster of stars known as the Pleiades, or the “seven sisters”. Look carefully and you will probably count six stars. So why do we say there are seven of them? Many cultures around the world refer to the Pleiades as “seven…
What a year. It would be useless to repeat the same cliches about how special, strange and sad 2020 has been.…
As the year of the coronavirus is ending, we looked at how the pandemic was represented in our star maps.…
We thought of 5 reasons not to do your Christmas shopping on Amazon this year, and what to do instead.…
Social worker finds an unusual way to help her community deal with loss.…
Astronomers are increasingly facing a new phenomenon in their field: "dome-seeing." The future of stargazing as we know it could be at risk - the climate crisis has a new victim in its sights.…
In the last few centuries, a few individuals have stuck out among the rest and enhanced our knowledge about the Universe in which we dwell: famous astronomers. Many of them are exceptional scientists, who are trained in many disciplines, clarified the heavens with varying degrees of precision.…
Do you remember when your Zodiac sign changed? This summer the astrology world was hit by a colossal meteorite: Ophiuchus, the 13th Zodiac.…
Space is a wonder that millions of people all over the world fancy to explore, or connect with through our personalized star maps. But to date, only a few people, a maximum of 600, have managed to experience space.…
Mankind has forever been fascinated by the stars. In the age of darkness, they provided a twinkling suggestion of life beyond Earth. The distant light scattered across the velvet black would have provided stimulation, mystery, and solace.…