by Sandy Eulitt | Jul 29, 2013 | Extrasolar Planets, Space News
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 a couple weeks ago, engineers, working very closely with Ball...
by Sandy Eulitt | Jul 12, 2013 | Space News, Telescopes and Missions
On June 8, the magazine SPACE (6/8, Howell) reported about a proposed 77-meter Colossus telescope. I think the very first thing to do here is to attempt to put this into perspective. Currently, the largest ground-based telescopes in operation are the joint 10 meter...
by Sandy Eulitt | Jun 1, 2012 | Archive
Please be sure to arrive before 2:30 pm–and please READ THE INSTRUCTIONS below for important warnings. After hours and hours of scouting locations from the beach to the mountains yesterday, it is clear, and I use that word for a reason, that the viewing location...
by Sandy Eulitt | May 9, 2012 | Involvement, San Diego Astronomy
The San Diego Air and Space Museum (SDASM) Space Day is this Saturday, May 12, 2012. I’ll be joining NASA Astronaut Woody Springs, the San Diego Astronomy Association, San Diego Space Society, Sally Ride Science Festival, Astronaut Teachers Alliance, SPAWAR, and...
by Sandy Eulitt | Feb 22, 2012 | Extrasolar Planets, Space News
Hubble Space Telescope has possibly located the first extrasolar planet with water on it, providing new clues in the search for Earth-like planets, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have come up with...
