Astronomy and Astrophysics A review of Dark Matter and Dark Energy Introduction Many observations, and subsequent cosmological theories, have found that approximately 95% of the mass and energy in the universe is dark and in- visible, the true nature of which is largely unknown. The matter component is known as dark matter (DM) and the energy component dark energy (DE) This
Astronomy and Astrophysics First publication Published in the Hereford Observer, Friday 31st January 1986. This was actually my second publication. My first was published in the Bromyard Bugle, 1985, but has been unfortunately lost to time. It was an article regarding the return of Halley's Comet which at the time was due in
Travel Suilven ‘Spare any change mate?’ ‘No, sorry’ ‘But I can hear it jangling in your pocket’, he responds aggressively. I speed up my pace, even with a heavy rucksack, a homeless guy won’t match my pace. He gives up the chase and I enter Birmingham’s Digbeth bus station. I
Adventure Sinsemilla Crossing the border into Mozambique, worst toilets in Africa? peanut sellers, stop for a break when we hit the coast, two beautiful African girls strip to the waste when they see us, stretching invitingly on the white sand, large black breasts voluptuously exposed in the sun, I get a hard-
Childrens Holly's Magic Slippers For Chantal One morning, Holly woke up in bed and rubbed her eyes. She put on her clothes – but not her school clothes – she didn’t have to go to school today as it was Saturday. As everyone knows, Saturday is a day for playing. Holly looked around for her
Travel Diamonds, Wild Desert Horses and a Ghost Town Clutching freshly stamped passports we pass through the Namibian border post and onto the desert highway. There is a stop sign implanted in the sand ahead, together with a vague white line across the dusty road. Police officers are dealing with another driver, obviously leaving Namibia, and glance in my
Travel A San Experience One of the Western Cape's best kept secrets actually lies about 75km north of Cape Town, close to Yzerfontein, on a hillside just off the R27 West Coast road. !khwa ttu, which means “water-pan” in /Xam, is an oasis of peace just outside the city. It is
