Science (8)

What is going on with Betelgeuse?

There’s been a lot of media chatter recently about a giant star’s imminent death. Unfortunately, the rumours of an impending supernova burning across our skies are grossly exaggerated. But, if we haven’t all got prime seats for the century’s largest light and sound show, what’s…

The Big Bang

The Big Bang Theory!

Say that you are a mad scientist with an enormous God complex, and you want your next creation to be another universe that mimics our current one. How would you go about doing that? According to the Big Bang theory, you would have to start…

History of Astronomy

In times past, our ancestors saw in the night sky a familiar object that marked the seasons and aroused curiosity. In the heavens, they sought answers to the hardships that befell them and deduced that hidden in the stars was a truth that evaded them.