The moon is the stuff dreams are made of. We invent stories about it, pretend it is made entirely of cheese, create papier-mâché models from it, and dream of living there. The moon is a big deal – it is an all-encompassing force that controls the tides, maintains Earth’s place in the universe as a

Sailing in the 18th century was no easy task. Sailors did not have GPS, radar, or weather forecasts. They had no way to communicate instantly with people on land or nearby. They faced storms, rough seas, and a lack of food when the journey took longer than expected. By 1790, Captain James Cook had circumnavigated

When the sun sets, constellations and shooting stars shine. They tell ancient stories, carry the origins of the galaxy through the cosmos, and play an important role in our past, present, and future. A part of this vast treasure of knowledge was mapped by ancient astronomers who created celestial globes. These globes were made long

As a civilization, we are unfortunately all too familiar with the abundance of waste and garbage. There are landfills all over the Earth, some as large as the 2,200-acre Apex landfill in Las Vegas or the 15-story mountain of garbage Bantar Gebang in Jakarta, Indonesia. News and activists have alerted us to the omnipresence of

On August 21, 2017, people across the United States experienced a magnificent solar eclipse. The first solar eclipse since 1918 that crossed North America from coast to coast could be observed regardless of where one was in the country. Fortunately, some of us in the MOVA family traveled to different cities in the United States

The solar eclipse that passes over the United States on 21st August 2017 is a major event. Astronomers, both professional and amateur, have been planning for this event for years. Small towns across the country that are in the path of totality have no hotel rooms left and are expecting hundreds of thousands of visitors

Uranus, the seventh and third largest planet of our solar system, was discovered on 13 March 1781 by the British astronomer William Herschel. It was the first planet to be discovered with a telescope – a planet that Herschel himself built. While Uranus had been seen before its official discovery (it is visible to the