hm-pollockAug 15, 20226 min Story 1: Supergiant starsIf you live in the Northern hemisphere, in winter there’s a very conspicuous part of the night sky which rises high above the horizon. It...
hm-pollockAug 14, 20226 minStory 2: Zeus's thunderboltsYou probably know that the most powerful god in Greek mythology was Zeus. This story, together with the story about neutron stars, tell...
hm-pollockAug 13, 20229 minStory 3: Neutron stars and their collisions - the tick-tick pulsesWhen there’s a clear night, see if you can find these three constellations, all next to each other, and not that far from the pole star:...
hm-pollockAug 12, 20226 minStory 4: PlutoThis story first of all talks about a couple of constellations, named after two Greek gods which almost certainly you will have heard of:...
hm-pollockAug 11, 20221 minStory 5: Birth, life and death of starsStory 5: Birth, life and death of stars ( NOT YET FINALISED) To choose another story, first click on giantsandsupergiants.com/blog to see...
hm-pollockAug 5, 202210 minStory 6: Double stars and twinsIn our own solar system, we have only one sun. Not every star in the night sky shines there on its own: quite a lot of them are double, a...