The love bug is back!The origins of Valentine’s Day date all the way back to the middle ages, when a saint named Valentine signed a card saying, “Farewell from your Valentine.” Centuries later, the day became a time for romantic love to be expressed and this included giving your loved ones chocolates, flowers and cards.Many […]
The ability to see things far beyond human vision has always fascinated people. Since the invention of the telescope over 400 years ago, they have been built in many shapes and sizes, and for many different uses.Not many people know this, but the first telescopes were created by the Dutch around 1600 and were used […]
500 million miles away, as it hurtles through space in the darkest reaches of our Solar System, an alarm clock goes off. It wakes a small spacecraft from it’s two and a half year slumber.This little spacecraft is called Rosetta. After travelling through space for almost 10 years and covering over 800 million kilometres, Rosetta […]
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS star Shay Mitchell recently volunteered on a trip to Kenya to help build a school for local students. The trip was a part of the amazing work that Free The Children and Me to We have done since 1995, when Free The Children was founded by Craig Kielburger.Free The Children’s mission is […]
The Universe makes sure we never get bored by providing a constant stream of mysteries and surprises. Last week the surprise for astronomers was that a single galaxy, which has been observed many times, turned out to be two separate galaxies! The pair seen in this picture are lined-up almost perfectly on the sky, which […]
On 5th November every year, thousands of giant bonfires are lit all across the United Kingdom. This is a tradition to remember the night a man called Guy Fawkes was caught trying to blow up the UK parliament and kill the King, around 400 years ago.Although the celebration of Guy Fawkes’ failure only takes place […]
While out on a fishing trip, a group of Japanese fisherman found a giant squid in the cold water. The squid weighed 360 pounds and was about eight metres long! Not only is that heavier that then average pig, but also taller than the average giraffe!Up until this sighting, the largest squid that had ever […]
Astronomers cannot see what our Galaxy (which is called the Milky Way) looks like because we are on the inside looking out. But they can work out its shape by carefully studying its stars and working out their distances from us. By doing this, astronomers have reasoned that the Milky Way is spiral-shaped, with many […]
Happy New Year, MAG fans!Another amazing year has wrapped up and we can’t wait for 2014!From THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 to THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1, this year’s lineup of movies looks incredible. And let’s not forgot all the new books, albums, television shows and games coming out! You’ll definitely want to pick […]
Another 12 months have come and gone and now it’s time to look back on who were the biggest names in 2013. Here are THE MAG’s picks for the most noteworthy people of the year!10) Ariana GrandeNickelodeon star Ariana Grande jumped into the music scene this year. She released her debut album, ‘Yours Truly,’ opened […]