27 Apr 2020
Planet Sun
The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 30th birthday
For 30 years, the space telescope Hubble has provided the most impressive images from the vast wide space. The telescope was developed by the US space agency NASA and its European counterpart ESA. Hubble started its journey into space on 24 April 1990. With the help of the space shuttle "Discovery" it was lifted into ... Read more
27 Apr 2020 3:47pm GMT
26 Apr 2019
Planet Sun
First Image of a Black Hole – Event Horizon
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) - a planet-scale array of 8 ground-based radio telescopes and part of an international collaboration - captured the first image of a black hole. On April 10th 2019, EHT researchers disclosed the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole in the heart of the Galaxy Messier 87.
26 Apr 2019 2:32am GMT
04 Nov 2018
Planet Sun
5 Budget-Friendly Telescopes You Can Choose For Viewing Planets
Socrates couldn't have been more right when he said: "I know one thing, that I know nothing." Even with all of the advancements we, as a species, have made in this world, it's still nothing compared to countless of wonders waiting to be discovered in the vast universe. If you've recently developed an interest in ... Read more
04 Nov 2018 1:27pm GMT
20 May 2012
Planet Sun
Annular Solar Eclipse on Sunday, May 20th 2012
On Sunday, May 20th 2012, people in a narrow strip from Japan to the western United States will be able to see an annular solar eclipse, the first in 18 years. The moon will cover as much as 94% of the sun. An Annular Solar Eclipse is different from a Total Solar Eclipse, when the ... Read more
20 May 2012 9:51pm GMT
13 May 2011
Planet Sun
The story behind Planet Sun
Some words about history of Planet Sun. For round about six years Planet Sun has been an aggregation of public weblogs written by employees of Sun Microsystems. Though it never was a product or publication of Sun Microsystems itself. The website was powered by Planet and run by David Edmondson. On 01 Mar 2010 David ... Read more
13 May 2011 12:36am GMT
10 May 2011
Planet Sun
Hello test world!
Come on, let's test again, as we did last summer. This here is a simple test. Usually we would start with a warm welcome post, but now its just for test purpose. It is normally the first wordpress posting, the well known "hello world" post. And though it should have been edited or deleted long ... Read more
10 May 2011 10:18pm GMT