Crystals grow deep beneath the earth but in this activity, we are going to grow crystals at home. Crystals are solid substances whose...

In this activity, we are going to raise your hair against gravity and bend water ! What you will need A balloon Water What you need to do...

So here is what we have all been taught in school. Planets orbit around the sun in elliptical orbits and most depictions are in a single...

Drop an iron ball and a strand of feather from a height, which one will fall to the ground first? Seems like a simple question and 99% of...

To start our journey, let's explore the basics of a DSLR camera. Basics of the Basics Focus - This is easy to understand. When the object...

Now that we know the camera and astrophotography basics, it's time to look up and know the night sky. This is a key motivation for...

To truly appreciate astrophotography, we need to learn to navigate the night sky. With practice, we will be able to instantly identify...

So you have now read the basics of photography and also astrophotography. You also have a good idea of the various celestial objects in...

This is not as easy as it sounds, but luckily there are several good online resources for astrophotography planning. Here is what I use....

This is one of the hard things to do for beginners as choices are plenty and often beginners do not have the technical knowledge required...

You have done widefield photography of the night sky using a DSLR camera and a tripod. You know how to plan and target objects to shoot...

We take time for granted but it is strange, mind-bending, and not well-understood We think we understand time... We think of time as the...

Our understanding of time gets even more strange but we experience it every day. Recap of part 1... In part 1 of this series, we saw that...

We don't realize that we are at the bottom of a large volume of air. Just like sea creatures at the bottom of the ocean have the entire...

We all experience it every moment of our lives yet most of us misunderstand what it is. Gravity is not a force at all! What we are taught...

Let's finally attempt to put it all together, Space, Time, and Gravity In part 2 of this series, we saw that gravity is the effect of the...