Tuesday 29 September 2015

What is a Supermoon or Perigee Moon?

  We were talking about what supermoons are, today in an ESO1 class. If you are interested, here is a great video that will help you understand what a supermoon is.

Sunday 13 September 2015

Size and scale of the Universe - Enjoy this interactive model of the Universe!

The extremely big size of the Universe is often difficult for us to understand. The distances and sizes are so far beyond our everyday experience. Zoom in and out with this interactive model of the Universe to discover the existence of both the big and small elements. You will be able to zoom out from the Earth to the Sun and then the Solar System, then to galaxies and all the way out to the rest if the Universe. You will also be able to zoom in to the smaller components of matter and discover an entire world of structures and particles that the bare human eye can't see.

Click here to start!