by Tardigrade | Nov 19, 2018 | Hostile Worlds, Stars, The Inner Solar System
In the last episode, we left a doomed Sarah, David and Dr. Cellarius as they plunged helplessly into the sun. But their inevitable deaths will not be in vain. We’ll still have some time on this episode to learn about the structure of our main star before they...
by Tardigrade | Jun 7, 2018 | Hostile Worlds, Stars, The Inner Solar System
Our lives literally revolve around it. That big yellow ball in the sky – The Sun. But what do we really know about El Sol? Is it just a big ball of gas and flame? Or is there more to it than that? On this episode, Sarah and David venture into the Sun’s...
by Tardigrade | Apr 4, 2018 | Hostile Worlds, Stars
The Brown Dwarf. Is it a star? Is it a planet? Is it a tabletop war gaming miniature? Is it an obscure Red Dwarf fan fiction series? We need speculate no more, as observational astronomer Dr. Aleks Scholz of St. Andrews Observatory returns to the...
by Tardigrade | Jan 19, 2018 | Hostile Worlds, Stars
As the crew of The Tardigrade prepare to land on Venus, Matthew heads back down to Earth to get some supplies. Whilst back on the home planet, he pays a visit to St. Andrews Observatory to have a look at the James Gregory Telescope – the biggest telescope in...
