Since my responsibilities teaching astronomy at Saddleback College prevented me from visiting Los Angeles to see Space Shuttle Endeavour make her way through the streets, I am planning to see this … [Read more...]
SETI Institute’s Seth Shostak on Search for ET
Search for ET enabled by Dr. Seth Shostak I have long admired Dr. Shostak. To get to do the kind of work he does would be, I think, just about the most fun you could ever have. I had the pleasure of … [Read more...]
Extrasolar Planet Hunter Kepler in ER
The wildly successful Kepler mission, launched in 2009 and which, to date, has found nearly 3000 extrasolar planet candidates, suffered the loss of a second reaction wheel this past spring. Beginning … [Read more...]