Astronomy still very popular in the modern age.

The BBC has hosted an astronomy night which resulted in the discovery of another exoplanet around a distant star. This is good news in the search for interstellar life. The Universe would have to be trillions of light-years across by now, the edges travelling faster than the speed of light, due to the initial acceleration … Read more

Amazing sights and facts about our universe. What is really out there in the vastness of space?

Following on from this posting: http://www.securitronlinux.com/uncategorized/amazing-facts-about-the-universe-we-live-in/, here is another post about the amazing universe we inhabit. One amazing sight in the universe is the Neutron Star. This is a stellar body that is about 20 kilometers in diameter and has 1000 billion times the gravity of the Earth. This would have the ability to bend … Read more

Strange icicles on the edges of Saturns rings. I thought that they were made up of trillions of particles.

What are these massive icicles doing on the edges of Saturn`s rings? I thought that the rings were made up of trillions of lumps of ice. I guess the edge of the rings is a solid ring. That would be very cool. I wonder if you could build a base on it. This adds to … Read more

Search for alien life continues. What could be out there waiting for us and are we alone in the Universe?

The search for alien intelligences continues and though we have not found any alien civilizations yet, the search continues. The ability of life to exist in harsh climates is astounding, there are fish on this planet that live in sulfuric acid, and the lifeforms that exist around black smokers on the sea floor in water … Read more