Astronomy

Astronomy

Our space flights have radically changed the way we see Earth. Over the last fifty or sixty planetary exploration has revealed many “laws” of planetary science, and for the first time in the history of the mankind we possess information about other planets that has enabled us to develop general theories about how our Earth works.

However scientists do not know as yet how the universe originated and developed, even if stars have captivated human attention since times immemorial.

Our solar system is part of the Milky Way Galaxy, one star (the Sun) among billions of stars, among billions of galaxies.  The Sun is young; a middle aged star turns into a red giant, and a dying star becomes a white dwarf (extremely dense).  But let`s talk here about astronomy and all its aspects which influence and determine our lives.

A distant Galaxy. Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. (Plato). Illustration: © Elena (Megan Jorgensen)

Here come the links leading to all the texts about astronomy, written by Elena or taken from public sources, illustrated mostly by her artworks and her photographs:

• Basic Astronomy
• Planets of the Solar System
• Solar System
• Multitude of Wonders
• Conflict of Civilisations
• A Space Odyssey to Mars in 1986
• America's First Manned Flight
• Apollo - 240,000 Miles to the Moon and Back
• Apollo 17 - Farewell Mission to the Moon
• Blazing a Trail Around the Sun
• The Greening of the Astronauts
• Crew : Scientist, Veteran, Rookie
• The Meaning of Mackerel Clouds
• Stargazers' Guide
• Two Days at Taurus-Littrow
• Moonlight Sonata
• The Beachgoer's Guide to Tides
• Buying Your First Scope
• Why Are There Leap Years?
• Personal Astrology
• Old Ads
• Meade Research Quality Scopes, Parts and Accessories
• Space Rescue and Safety
• Rebirth of the America's Manned Space Program
• Planetarium - Historical Survey
• The TRW Group
• Astronomical Clocks
• Red Light Sky Photography
• Space Photography
• Credit Bureau Phone Numbers and Aliens
• Space Portfolio
• A Closeup Look at Mars
• When Stars Raise from the Ashes
• Stars Are Born in Batches
• Stars as in Astro
• What Are the Stars
• Neutrinos
• Is It a Planet or a Star?
• Ceres: The First Asteroid
• A Grand Summer Meteor Show
• August Meteors Showers
• Wonders of the World
• Starstuff
• Exploration of the Solar System
• Types of Orbits
• Unveiling the Universe
• Inclination of the Orbit Plane
• The Moon Covers the Pleiades
• A Spectacular Solar Eclipse
• Striking Appearence for Venus
• Chryse Site Looks Rough
• How High Up Is Outside the Atmosphere?
• Cosmic Rays and Genetic Code
• Lunar Sicence Light Amid the Heat
• Proving Einstein Right
• Supernova and Rare Elements
• Interstellar Ship
• Halley and His Comet
• Revealing Triton
• Rocket Technology
• What Makes a Rocket Go
• Propellants
• What Keeps a Satellite Up?
• Astrology As in Astronomy
• Criterion Telescopes - Great Performance
• Signs for All Times
• Greek Cosmogony
• Early Ideas and Discoveries in Astronomy
• Astronomy Becomes a Science
• Ptolemey's Almagest
• Breaks with Tradition
• Changes in the Heaven
• Discoveries with the Telescope
• Universal Gravitation
• Planetary Motions
• McLaughlin Planetarium
• McLaugjlin Planetarium Building
• Early Models of the Solar System
• Another Sense of Space and Time
• Simulated Space Travel
• Orreries
• Orreries in the Ceiling
• Star Globes
• A Sky by Optical Projection
• Planetariums Around the World
• The Sun and the Galaxy
• Universe of Galaxies
• Moon
• The Sun
• Viking Orbits Mars
• Exploring the Milky Way
• Mercury
• Atmosphere of Venus
• Star Dome in August
• Perseides
• Comet West
• A Former Planet
• Epsilon Aurigae
• Old News in Astronomy
• Old News in Astonomy - II
• Super-Galaxy
• Missing Gas Clouds Found Between Galaxies
• Black Hole in Globular Cluster
• Neutrino Count Level Debated
• The Realm of the Galaxies
• Exploding Galaxies
• Expanding Universe
• Theories of the Universe
• Henry C. King
• Astronomy in Toronto
• Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
• Hi-II Regions, the Red Nebulae
• Man's Dream of Worlds Seen
• Venus, the Planet
• Infinite Mysteries of Venus
• Illustration Editor
• Close-Up Look on the Hercules Region
• Satellites of Jupiter and M-17
• Comet West and Comet Arrest
• Planets in August
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Minor Planets
• Neptune
• Pluto
• Comets of the Solar System
• Meteors and Meteorits
• Mars
• Stars
• Galactic Cluster
• The Milky Way
• Galaxy - an Unexplored Continent
• Galaxy Is Cultivated
• Our Vision of Mars
• The Fate of the Solar System
• On the New Stars
• Cosmic Rays
• Rare Elements
• Radio Astronomy
• Liquid Water on Mars
• Encyclopeadia Galactica - Earth
• Red Shift
• Milton Humason
• Doppler Effect
• Spiral Pattern
• Traveling to Mars
• Heaven and Hell
• Greenhouse on Venus
• Callame and Mulholland
• Seeking Messages from Aliens
• Earth Is Near Moon
• Wet Workshop Technique
• Canals on Mars
• From Our Sun to Canis Majoris
• Space Definitions
• Wonders of Grandiosity
• Black Holes
• Gravity and Black Holes
• Cyg X-1
• Stars Are Born in Batches
• Celestial Machine
• Celestial Ships
• Radio Transmitters
• Pulsars
• Mars Belongs to Martians
• Martian Orbit
• Visit Venus
• Mars Spacecraft
• When Stars Raise from the Ashes
• Neutrinos
• Why Do the Galaxies Flee Us?
• Symmetry of the Universe
• Mysterious Quasars
• Well Mannered Galaxies
• Can We Fall into the Sky?
• Island in Space
• Lonely Stars, Lonely Planets
• Galaxies
• About Jupiter
• Music of the Galaxy
• Stars as Friends
• Terraforming of Mars - Vaporizing Caps
• Voyages of Exploration and Discovery
• Constellations
• Appearance of the Constellations
• Orion Nebula
• Center of the Cosmos
• Astronomers in Each Galaxy
• Einstein and a Wave of Light
• Black Holes and an Infinite Number of Universes
• We Call them Galaxies
• Local Group of Galaxies
• Confusion About Comets
• Collision of a Comet with a Planet
• Life on Mars
• Blues for a Red Planet
• Why Martians
• Black Holes Are Nasty
• Space Observatory
• Nice Sky as Companion and Inspiration
• Nascent Galaxies
• Radio Telescopes
• Astrology and Astronomy
• Speed of Light as Mystery
• The Sky Is Important
• No One May Travel Faster Than Light
• The Cosmic Mystery
• How Black a Black Hole Is?
• The Star Has Turned On
• Life Under the Conditions of Jupiter
• Calendar in the Sky
• Astrology as Science
• Modern Popular Astrology
• Ptolemy as Astronomer
• Spherical Geometry
• The Remains of the Sun
• Music of the Spheres
• Two Views of the Cosmos
• Arecibo Observatory
• About Venus
• The Flame of Power
• The Stars and the Sky
• A Typical Comet
• A Jewel Box in the Sky
• Asteroids
• Craters on the Moon
• Venus' Landscape
• After Landing on Mars
• Immanuel Velikovsky
• Tycho and Kepler
• Intelligent Life in Universe
• How to Measure Distance to the Stars
• Signs of Intelligent Life
• Discovering Europa
• Titan, Satellite of Saturn
• Ring System around Saturn
• Saturn
• Io, Gallilean Satellite
• History of Jupiter
• Detecting Planets
• Kepler's Laws of Nature
• Backcontamination
• Unmanned Planetary Exploration
• Are There Dead Bodies on Mars?
• Wolf Vishniac
• Is Cosmos Knowable?
• Tunguska Event
• The Harmonies of the World
• Interstellar Methods of Communication
• Cosmic Glory
• Origin of Life
• Familiar Chemical Elements
• Records of Voyager
• Number of Civilizations
• Technical Civilizations
• Traveler's Tales
• Pictures in the Sky
• No One May Travel Faster than Light
• Ventures into Space
• Viking Lander
• Heavens and National Flags
• Cosmic Fugue
• Big Bang Effect
• Looking for Dominant Intelligence
• Extraterrestrial Life and Physical Reality
• New Horizons
• Antikithera Mechanism
• Captain's Log
• Space
• Pusha Part II
• Stars as in Astro
• Murder in the Paradise
• Zodiac
• On the New Stars
• Neutron Star
• Cosmic Drama: The Fate of the Solar System
• Black Holes
• Cosmology
• Another Space-Time: Pulsars
• Planet KOI-172.02 - Super Earth
• Life in the Cosmos
• Astronomy for the Astrologer
• Extraterrestrials, Where Are They?

Astronomy focuses on celestial objects and the universe as a whole. On the contrary, astrology has more to do with beliefs that celestial bodies have an influence on our destinies. This category includes articles related to both astronomy and astrology.