As we approach the summer season, the heavens are putting on a show in the evenings. Spread from west to east across the sky at sunset, we see an array of planets. Venus will be the brightest of the group, shining in the western sky like a jewel, in the horns of Taurus the Bull. [...]
How many stars are in our solar system? If you answered hundreds of billions, you are not alone. That is the most common answer I hear. The correct answer is…one. The Sun is the only star in the solar system. This illustrates a widespread confusion over the meaning of three astronomical terms, solar system, galaxy [...]
This week’s winner of the Clark Planetarium, KUTV-2 Cosmic Quiz is Zachary Griffin. He wants to know, “What is the farthest known galaxy?”
There are several galaxies that are good candidates for the farthest-known galaxy, but what they all have in common is they’re roughly 13 billion light years distant. That means that when astronomers see [...]
Clark Planetarium is proudly powered by
WordPress
Entries (RSS)
and Comments (RSS).