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...]
Colossus telescope could find theorized Dyson Sphere
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 … [Read more...]
June 5 Transit of Venus – Location
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 … [Read more...]
