I remember when Voyagers 1 and 2 were launched by NASA in separate months in the summer of 1977 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. As originally designed, they were to conduct closeup studies of Jupiter and Saturn, Saturn’s rings, and the larger moons of the two planets. To accomplish their two-planet mission, the spacecraft were built to last five years. But as we see, they achieved all their objectives and then some!
I read an incredibly interesting article entitled, Kids Should be Taught to Think Logically. I couldn’t agree more. symbolic logic noun : a science of developing and representing logical principles by means of a formalized system consisting of primitive symbols, combinations …
If you haven’t heard about The Kessler Syndrome, it’s a phenomenon in which the amount of junk in orbit around Earth reaches a point where it just creates more and more debris causing huge problems for satellites, astronauts and mission planners. …
Help us classify the shapes of galaxies. Galaxy Zoo Euclid is now LIVE at Zooniverse – Be the first to see these images from the Euclid space telescope. And I’m proud to say, I’m once again taking part in helping …
The sun released an X1.5 solar flare early this morning (2:33 UTC on July 29). This flare, along with many of the M flares over the past two days, has a coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with it. CMEs from …
I keep believing I have a decent grasp on cosmology, only to discover that my knowledge is no longer viable. But I guess it’s comforting knowing that I’m not alone in this. In fact, as far as understanding is concerned, Brian and I might as well be next door neighbors. Party at my house, everyone. BYOT, please – Bring Your Own Theories!
