Dear Friends, Forty years ago today, Apollo 17 Moon walkers Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt finished their lunar excursion and blasted back off from the Moon’s surface. For them, it was the beginning of their journey home (after rendezvous in lunar orbit with the command module and its pilot Ronald Evans). For the human race, […]
Dear Friends, The shock of any unspeakable tragedy can be felt around the world, but the shooting in Aurora hit particularly close to home, since I live not too far from there, nor far from Columbine. I had students who lost friends at Columbine, and almost certainly know someone who knew someone from Aurora. Last […]
Dear Friends, We usually think about scientists primarily in terms of their scientific work; that is, in terms of the work they do in helping us make sense of what we observe in the natural world around us. However, a key part of science is a willingness to follow the facts, and to be willing […]
Dear Friends, Have you all been watching the evening sky for the beautiful views of Venus and Jupiter? They are currently the two brightest “stars” in the evening sky in the west, with Venus the brighter of the two. If you haven’t been watching, check them out soon. Meanwhile, this will be a short update, […]
Dear Friends, The primary purpose of this e-mail is to alert you to this Saturday morning’s total lunar eclipse, which will be visible in the western United States, Hawaii, Oceania, and Asia. See item 1 below for details; be sure to set your alarm on Friday night, since the eclipse (in the U.S.) will be […]
Dear Friends, My apologies for the long delays between posts, but you know how it goes. Space News topics for this e-mail are: 1. Leonid Meteor Shower – Nov. 17 2. China’s Space Program 3. Unexpected Rise in Carbon Dioxide Emissions 4. SOFIA Educator Program 5. Mission Links 6. Upcoming Events: San Francisco, Houston, Washington […]
Dear Friends, Hope everyone is enjoying the summer (or winter, for those readers in the Southern Hemisphere), and a big welcome to the approximately 120 new subscribers, including all the “Teachers of the Year” that I had the privilege to speak with at Space Camp last week. Space News topics for this e-mail are: 1. […]
Those of you who subscribe to my newsletter (use form above) have received occasional updates, but as you can see, I have not had time to anything to this blog for nearly two years. Fortunately, there’s a quick and easy source for the major updates: Beyond UFOs has just been released in paperback and e-book […]
Dear Friends, I’ve noticed an increase in this list’s number of subscribers, so welcome to all of you who are new! The revolutions spreading across the Middle East make clear that this is a momentous time in human history. But political change is not the only major change that is currently happening. On the scientific […]
Dear Friends, It’s been an exciting year in space science, and my apologies for the delay in getting the latest news to you. But a couple recent developments have gotten a lot of press, so I want to update you on those, as well as on the upcoming total lunar eclipse, which will be visible […]
