As the sun rises at about 4.45am tomorrow morning, you may - if you have the correct eyewear and the sky is clear - witness a truly rare astronomical event. Only seven of these events have been recorded since the invention of the telescope, and they occur when Venus passes in front of the Sun, creating a dark spot that travels across the Sun’s surface. These Venus transits come in pairs … [Read more...] about Are you a woman clothed with the sun?
Venus transit
If you could make history, who would you be?
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I’ll never get a chance to see anything like this again. This is history in the making. I’ve been hearing and reading comments like this quite a lot recently - about seeing the Olympic Torch, the London Olympics themselves, and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. We truly are living in remarkable times, and the opportunity for us all is not just to witness … [Read more...] about If you could make history, who would you be?