by Luke Gilkerson | Oct 25, 2015 | Astronomy
A meteor is sometimes called a shooting star or falling star, but a meteor is not a star at all. Meteoroid vs. Meteor vs. Meteorite Space is full of things called meteoroids. These are small bits of rocky or metallic space junk. Most are pebble-sized. When one of...
by Luke Gilkerson | Oct 25, 2015 | Astronomy
The peak of the Taurid meteor shower is coming up in mid-November. Before you can understand what the Taurid meteor shower is, first it is important to understand… What is a meteor? What is a meteor shower? Why do we have meteor showers? Read more about meteor...
by Luke Gilkerson | Oct 3, 2015 | Astronomy
I get that a lot of Christians have weird feelings about Halloween, but it has a fascinating history—and it relates very much to the subject of astronomy. Solstices and Equinoxes First, a little background… The sun does not rise and set in the same place on the...
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