Category Archives: Astronomy

The perseids is a meteor shower connected to the comet Swift-Turtle. This picture shows this year’s Perseid shower photographed over Wirkenheim in Germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids

Last Monday August 6 th. a human made automobile called ‘Curiosity ‘ landed on the surface of planet Mars. Even though it is our closest neighbour the journey lasted for 36 weeks.  It defied the ‘Mars curse’ and the landing was successful. It … Fortsätt läsa →

Last Wednesday the planet Venus passed between the Sun and the earth. A rare astronomical event that will not happen again until 2117.