Astronomy & Space

Are there planets underneath earth

Forgive my ignorance, but the earth is round but rockets go up and we look up to see stars etc, are there any permanently below earth? Does this make sense? lol I guess Im sort of asking, how are othe

Saw a ufo!!!!! What was it

Dudes there was a bright white continuous light in the sky.I live on a mountain so the sky was super big.Went all the way across the sky in about a minute.I know it was no sattalite or comet or shooti

Is this information correct on the formation of the universe? Please serious answers only

That there was gas or smoke before any formation??? and then thats how stars got there and then when bits of stars broke off, making more gas leading to the forming of the earth? i really want to kn

How many inches is a 150mm Dobsonian

Well, ..., it is considered a 6 Dobsonian. Yes, technically, its 5.9055119 inches but its close enough.BTW, thats a very decent aperture for a first scope.-Its -almost- 6 inches. Technically, 5.9 inc

For the past 3 days I've seen Polaris at the same location in the sky

lol-Yeah it gets stuck there sometimes. Awww, someone didnt get the joke and did down-arrows, LOL.-Thats why its known as the North Star. The earths celestial pole points very close to it. By about 2

Do you belive that cemetrys are a waste of space

Considering so many people are forgotten..-no. i think YOUR a waste of space! :) jk dude. chill.-No. Cemeteries can be remarkably peaceful places and make good observation sites.-Yes, it is a waste

Where did scientists send monkeys when they were sent into space

I cant find this anywhere so I was hoping someone one smart could help me out! thanks! (:-Able and Baker were some of many who first went up in capsules into low Earth orbit.-Around 1958.I was in grad

Is the doomsdays of 2011 fake

it is fake isnt it,i just need to know if its fake cuz im really worried.,-Its like any other hoax.. Though the reason is different, its same as the 2012 hoax.. The reason 2012 doomsday is also a hoa

Can you help me with my model rocket? details below

I just got the LONG TOM BY ESTES but the instructions are useles because the pieces are not labeled or anything. Can you please find a down loadable COLORED INSTRUCTIONS?-Did you try to contact them?

How was the universe formed/created

This is just really strange for me....how was the universe created when there was nothing. its empty. No god or nothing. No universe.-The best scientific explanation is the Big Bang Theory, but I dont

Is the sun bigger than the moon

I have a bet with my brother who says the sun is way bigger and hes totally gonna lose because the sun and the moon are the same size and the moon sometimes even looks bigger. In the movie ET the moon

Man has landed on the moon. Do you think man will ever land on the Sun

And who will be the first to do it, the russians or the Americans? Do you think they will ever build colonies and houses on the sun like they are thinking about doing on the moon?-No Not on Purpose-L

What do you think is in Black Holes

What do you think is in a black hole.-Whoa ... what do you mean there is nothing in a black hole ! A Black Hole is matter that is so dense that it has collapsed. The matter that makes up a black hole

ASTRONOMY ELLIPSE QUESTION: Please help, its my math homework for high school! I really would appreciate it

The moon orbits Earth in an elliptical path with the center of the Earth at one focus. The major axis of the orbit is 774,000 kilometers, and the minor axis is 773,000 kilometers. Using (0, 0) as the

What does people think about Planet X

Do you think its going to be like Armageddon?-I think about Planet X in much the same way that I think about Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and reduced government spending. Except without quite as much