Ruling Planets

Just like zodiac signs that give us our daily dose of luck in money and love, everyone is also believed to have a “Ruling Planet” that determines one’s general attitude or personality. This can be determined by pinpointing the planet in a person’s birth chart which is most strongly aligned on the date and time [...]

What’s a Planet?

My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nachos. This was the code I used back in middle school so that I could remember the planets – well, it used to be “My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas”, but Pluto apparently lost its title so we got nachos instead. This code stood for [...]

Starry Starry Night

When the sun sets and the sky loses its brightness, the moon and several tiny twinkling dots of light take charge. These tiny stars sprinkled across the night sky fascinate us with how brightly they sparkle each night, but just as fascinating is the story of how they are made and what  they really are. [...]

Moon Me

The elements that make up the moon is quite a bit of a mystery. It is definitely not made of cheese, but what is it that lights up our night sky? Determining the composition of the moon’s surface was made easier when the first pair of human feet landed there, but scientists can only guess [...]

Sunny Side Up

The sun is like a tiny fireball in the sky the lights up the whole wide world- and the other worlds that surround it. Okay, so it’s not really tiny…it just looks tiny because it’s so far away. But have you ever wondered what the sun is made of? If the sun were as small [...]