by Colin Stuart | Dec 2, 2016 | Explainer, solar system, Uncategorised
I talk to a lot of people about the universe. Tens of thousands of people a year, ranging from 3-year-olds to 93-year-olds. And one of the things everyone finds hard to comprehend is the sheer scale of the universe. We’re used to dealing with a daily...
by Colin Stuart | Jan 14, 2015 | Astronomy news, Uncategorised
I was blown away yesterday when I discovered that China’s Chang’e 3 lunar mission has recently snapped this image of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) from the surface of the Moon. Taken through the lander’s Lunar Ultraviolet Telescope (LUT) on December 2,...