These are some of my cosmology posts
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Earth’s Nearest Neighbour
Introduction Welcome to the latest post from Explaining Science. To mark the 45th anniversary of the first manned Moon landings, for the next few posts I have decided to write about the Moon. I hope you have enjoyed reading my previous posts and will enjoy this one too. As always, please let me know if…
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Pluto may be wearing a dark belt of moon dust
Originally posted on ScienceQ publishing Group: On far-flung Pluto, it may be raining moon dust. Models suggest that Pluto’s small moons are even now sprinkling dust on its equator, which could explain why Pluto’s middle is darker than its poles. A NASA spacecraft headed for Pluto’s neighbourhood should be able to check out the claim…
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Understanding ‘The Acid Test’: Its Scientific Roots
Updated 23 November 2025 Definition The term “the acid test”, to test the real worth of something, is widely used. The definition and example given in the Cambridge On-line English dictionary are succinct: The true test of the value of something. It looks good, but will people buy it? That’s the acid test. The origin…
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How Would We Get to Enceladus ? (a brief overview)
Updated 10 December 2025 This post continues my previous two posts on Saturn’s icy Moon Enceladus which many scientists now believe is the most likely place in the solar system, other than the Earth, to harbour life. and discusses how we might get there Image from NASA There are two possibilities . (a) the…
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Enceladus what kind of life ?
As stated in my previous post NASA’s Cassini probe has shown that Saturn’s moon Enceladus not only has an thin atmosphere, but that volcanoes of water are erupting from its surface into space. Even more remarkable has been its discovery, that these volcanoes contain the raw chemicals which are the building blocks for life. Image from NASA The question which really…
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Enceladus -Could there be life?
Welcome Hello and welcome to the first post from the Science Geek. I intend to write a weekly blog about various topics of interest, which will cover all aspects of science. The articles will be aimed at the non scientist and won’t require any previous scientific knowledge. I hope you enjoy reading them and please feel…
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