by Gordon | Mar 8, 2012 | Culture and astronomy
Venus dominates the evening sky this month giving rise to many an ardent fancy. Lovers believe the planet is shining for them and astrologers scramble to prove it. Both are deceived, however, by the thick clouds that shroud it, reflecting sunlight like a goddess but...
by Gordon | Dec 1, 2011 | Interstellar space
The Nobel Prize for Physics has just been offered to the three scientists, Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess, who found evidence in 1998 that the expansion of the universe was accelerating. It was Edwin Hubble who first showed that the universe was...
by Gordon | Nov 18, 2011 | Trekking
You should include Wadi Itlah in any walk. It lies below the cliff wall that rises so precipitously out of the village of Katrine. Because it’s at a lower elevation, it receives all the run off from the High Mountains and remains perpetually green. This wadi has the...
by Gordon | Sep 13, 2011 | Interstellar space
The Ancient Mayan calendar calculates aeons in multiples of 394 years, counting from the Mayan day of creation, over 5,000 year ago. The 13th aeon comes to an end in December, 2012. Some people think the world will come to an end as well. Their fear has been...
by Gordon | Sep 13, 2011 | Solar system
A stunning picture was released last month of the American space-shuttle, Endeavour, docked with the International Space Station, photographed by an Italian astronaut as he left the space station in a Russian Soyuz space capsule, a fabulous tribute to international...
