Astronomy Articles

This T-shirt is aimed specifically at anyone who keeps forgetting exactly how a solar or lunar eclipse actually comes about. And of course even mor...

It is strange that so many people are afraid of meteorites hitting the ground. After all, according to natural law, all meteorites land in craters ...

Those were the days! When the solar system was explained to us little worms back then, we knew exactly nine planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, J...

Star Wars, Star Trek, Star Gate - stars, space and its infinite vastness fascinate us nerds. Not only in sci-fi series, but also in reality. It's a...

Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has repeatedly managed to bring impressive images from distant parts of space to our little bl...

Metal Earth's space series includes kits of eleven very special engineering achievements. These include the Apollo Lunar Module, the Hubble Telesco...

Summer means sun, beach, ice cream and balmy summer nights when the stars twinkle in the sky. With a bit of luck, we might even see a shooting star...

Pluto is not only chronically lonely, so far away from the SunEarth and all the others, the poor celestial body has also been cast out of the plane...

Are you totally into flower power, wild check patterns on wallpaper and flared pants? Then this lava lamp rocket is just the thing for you! Lava la...

The moon has exerted a huge fascination on people since time immemorial and for good reason. After all, it influences the tides of the oceans and e...

Do you sometimes have the feeling that the weight of the world, indeed the whole universe, is on your shoulders? With the sun, moon and earth stres...

"May the gods be merciful and the dice planets be favorable!" D&D, DSA or Shadowrun players probably pray like this on a regular basis. Because in ...

Pluto, we salute you. (February 18, 1930 - August 24, 2006)Back then, Pluto was still a real planet.Maybe you still remember great mnemonics like [...

It's fascinating how a distant celestial body can influence us in our everyday lives. You've probably woken up in the morning completely exhausted ...

It has been known for a few hundred years that the earth is not the center of the universe, but revolves around the sun. However, there still seem ...

The universe. Infinite expanses. These are the adventures of the spaceship... Wait a minute, this is not science fiction, but hard-hitting reality....

Over the centuries, man has explored almost every square meter of the earth in one way or another. Apart from the deep sea, the only thing we can s...

It sounds so romantic to sit under the stars at night and look for shooting stars. You could look for the North Star and watch the Great Bear, Cass...

What if you could end every evening with a view into space - without leaving the house? The astronaut laser star projector makes just that possible...

In 2006, Pluto was downgraded from a "real" planet to a dwarf planet. Downgraded, in fact. The only one of the four criteria for a planet that it d...

Do you love scientific facts that sound clever but are actually completely underwhelming, and do you like cosmic exaggerations? With this shirt, yo...

What do you mean there was no milk when our galaxy was formed? Where else would the Milky Way come from? Or does the milk flow through the Milky Wa...

What is the difference between a witch and a scientist? She had to keep her results secret, he has to document them completely. For many people, ph...

If you've ever looked up at the sky on a clear night and wondered what exactly is twinkling above you - the answer is now within your grasp. The Un...

In case you didn't know, black holes are the perfect hiding place! The "Black Hole" T-shirt explains why: whatever gets into the gravity well stays...

It will probably forever remain the prerogative of older generations to complain about younger generations and how much harder it supposedly was in...

Every mission, whether in space or on earth, needs to be well prepared. You don't want to forget vital items like your water bottle afterwards!Once...

Astronauts always need a perfect view. Only with a clear helmet visor can they carry out all the tasks that arise in space, such as taking a short ...

As normal people, we will probably never have the pleasure of seeing our earth or its smaller companion, the moon, in all their glory, except in ph...

Even nerds like us make mistakes when setting up our differential equations and drawing blueprints for spaceships that will finally take us into th...

Everyone knows the game Memory. But how well do you know the different NASA missions? With NASA Space Mission Memory, you can put your good memory ...

Stars and other celestial bodies have fascinated us humans for as long as we have existed. At first, we could only observe them from afar, but now ...

There are days when only one thing helps: a hot drink and a view of our beautiful planet - and that's exactly what the NASA astronaut thermo effect...

Houston, we have... maximum comfort! If you've always dreamed of starting the day like a real astronaut - or beaming yourself onto the sofa after a...

Although being an astronaut is one of the dream jobs of our childhood, the job is ultimately not as appealing as it looks at first glance: it's dan...