Posts under ‘Things that make you go mmm’

This day in history

Hi Folks It has been a while since I have posted to our blog so I thought I would ease myself into it with a trusted favourite.  1990 – The Hubble Space Telescope sent back its first photographs. It is hard to believe that this piece of kit is floating around us. Most of us [...]

The end is nigh!!

Hi all I read an article in the newspaper on Monday and decided to try and find a video of it. Sure enough good ol’ You tube came to the rescue. A meteor splashed across the sky over the Gauteng region. It was seen in Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo and Botswana. The Science guys are trying [...]

Boom de ya da

Time for something warm and fuzzy An addictive little tune

Our Star of the Month

Hi All With Hollywood celebrities dropping like flies, I thought I would start a new event on our web page.  Something that will show the young’uns what a real star is.   It is with this in mind that I introduce this month’s “Star of the Month”. Fomalhaut (pronounced Foam-al-hot) Constellation: Piscis Australis Age: 100 – 300 [...]

Houston, We’ve had a problem

Hi All On this day in 1970,  The Apollo 13 Space craft lifted off from Kennedy Space Centre.  After 2 days there was an explosion onboard and the crew had to abandon their mission and head back home.  Their story is a fascinating one and the hardships these three men had to endure became legend. [...]