The Holy Grail of searching extrasolar planets – planets orbiting stars other than our sun – it to be able to find one roughly the size and mass of planet earth. News today indicates that it might well have happened. … Continue reading
“Building bridges is the most radical thing you could do right now”. This is what a filmmaker I know told me with great insight a couple of years back after I was relating my difficulty in raising money from organizations. … Continue reading
One of the things I hope comes out of focusing attention on the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn with “Outside In” is that exploration is more than just “wham, bam, thank you ma’am.” This recent story on discovery of methane on … Continue reading
If you need a break from yet more economic doom and gloom, Cassini keeps turning amazing evidence for liquid water on Enceladus. This moon could end up being the most famous place in our solar system one day. Read more … Continue reading
When I started working on this project, I was amazed by how few people knew that the Cassini spacecraft was at Saturn, and horrified to find that almost no-one outside of the space field knew about the Huygens lander on … Continue reading
This is pretty cool – yet another new planet discovered and yes, not a big news story. But one of these days, there is a great chance that one of this little blurbs will be a precursor to the biggest … Continue reading
With a presidential election and global financial crisis, this has zero chance of news, but it Cassini just completed a ultra-close flyby of the very interesting moon of Saturn, Enceladus. Buzzing just 25 kilometers above the surface at 40,000 kph … Continue reading
irst, I’m back online after my wife Marie had major but routine surgery. She is still home recovering but starting to get around a bit, so I’m returning somewhat to normal myself. Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming. “Why … Continue reading
Though it won’t make any kind of national news, Cassini actual is doing something I think is more spectacular than anything Olympic-wise. Earlier today, Cassini buzzed the surface of Enceladus, the icy moon of Saturn that surprised everyone with its … Continue reading