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Dennis Danielson, author of Paradise Lost and the Cosmological Revolution takes a look at the effect of astronomical discovery on the writings of John Milton.
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If you've been enjoying this amazing month in astronomy—from the Super Moon to the Perseid Meteor Shower—Ian Morison has some more tips for you. The author of An Amateur's Guide to Observing and Imaging the Heavens offers advice on what to look for in the summer sky.
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With this forthcoming addition to our astronomy list, the authors take you on a journey to our Sun, revealing the compelling science behind our Nearest Star and what it reveals about our Universe.
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George Greenstein, author of the textbook Understanding the Universe, argues that we need to change the way we teach science—and that means rethinking traditional textbooks.
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As yesterday afternoon wore on, the Tucson area was enveloped in a strange cloud pattern called the Pineapple express—a very long, thin band of clouds stretching all the way from Hawaii. Over Los Angeles the rain had been pouring for days, and we heard late in the afternoon from our dear friends Bobbi and Larry […]
Read MoreIf the sky is clear early Tuesday morning December 21st beginning just before midnight (and the forecast expects it to be at least partially so) there will be a beautiful total eclipse of the Moon, the first in 2 ½ years. It will be my 79th eclipse, which includes all total solar and lunar eclipses, even the shallow penumbral lunar eclipses. It will be an event that brings me back to the great lunar eclipse of December 30, 1963 (my 4th eclipse) which is something I will never forget.
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As director of the BEYOND Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Paul Davies has had a busy few weeks. First, he announced a key discovery that would impact the search for intelligent life. Then, he proposed a solution to space travel that might make future exploration—and potentially even space colonization—possible.
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Point of trivia: Lunokhod means moon walker in Russian. The Lunokhod 2 was a Russian Rover that landed on the moon in 1973, and to this day holds the record for the longest distance of surface travel on the moon. It was intended to survey sites for later manned landings and lunar bases; in June of 1973, the mission was declared completed. Many speculated that this was due to mechanical failure and the Lunokhod was never recovered from the moon. Fast forward to 1993. Richard Garriott (a.k.a. Lord British) purchases “ownership” of the Lunokhod landers for $68,500 from the Lavochkin Association, a Russian aerospace company. Even though the landers were still on the moon. Now this is where it gets cool. Fast forward to this past Wednesday. 2010 - 37 years after the Lunokhod mission, Cambridge author and astronomer Phil Stooke found it neatly tucked in a crater. From CTV/Canada a.m. : “By comparing the newly released images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter with pictures from his own recently published reference book on moon geography, The International Atlas of Lunar Exploration, he was able to find the tracks the old Soviet rover left in the moon dust.” Check out the interview here on CTV… On the moon, "there are no waves or wind on the moon to wash or blow them away, like footprints on a beach. They could be there for millions of years." Kudos to Wired for my favorite caption thus far: "Game developer's lost Russian rover is found." And to the Vancouver Sun for nicknaming Stooke a "lunar sleuth." Intrepid, exotic, outstanding. I may have to find a new career... [Above image: Lunokhod 2. The large white arrow indicates the rover, the smaller white arrows indicate its tracks, and the black arrow indicates the crater where it picked up its fatal load of lunar dust.]
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