We had a great response at the Toy Fair, London Olympia in January, and especially in the DemoZone where we had a definite thumbs up for Ephemeris! It was astronomical fun and a great venue for launching the new board game. We will be starting our production process at the end of March-April 2015 … so watch this space!
The 950km-wide object, known as Ceres, has been pictured at a resolution that exceeds anything seen previously by telescopes, even Hubble.
Nasa’s Dawn spacecraft can see details on the icy rock’s surface down to a scale of 22km per pixel. The new picture was taken on Monday, January 26th from a distance of 237,000km – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31009791
The missing Mars robot Beagle2 has been found on the surface of the Red Planet, apparently intact. High-resolution images taken from orbit have identified its landing location, and it looks to be in one piece – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30784886
There could be at least two unknown planets hidden well beyond Pluto, whose gravitational influence determines the orbits and strange distribution of objects observed beyond Neptune. This has been revealed by numerical calculations made by researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Cambridge. – http://phys.org/news/2015-01-trans-neptunian-planets-solar.html
We have had fun extending the Ephemeris Original game with Ephemeris Original+ a challenging extra for up to 4 players with coloured dice to control your planet moves.
We’ve also been trawling for questions to tease you and maybe test your knowledge of the planets and stars above you with our SOLAR SYSTEM QUIZ GAME.
Watch this space
An intriguing astronomy game and a quiz game based on the movements of the planets through the solar system