Although the Cassini mission ended in September 2017, the data collected is still being examined by scientists. So much had been transmitted by the probe that it will take decades to sift through it all. Recently, a science team led by Nozair Khawaja of the Free University of Berlin, were studying some of this data […]Read More
Our home planet. An ecological wonder full of a variety of different types of animal and plant life, vast mountains and plains, and sunsets that awe and inspire. A place we know intimately. But how much do we really know about our own little corner of the universe? There is so much to learn about […]Read More
Do you dream of traveling to space and visiting other worlds? With NASA working hard to get humans to the Moon to stay, one of the goals of this new initiative is to go beyond the moon to the planet Mars. Before the first humans arrive on the Red Planet, though, there is still so […]Read More
Picture it: Our solar system, August 25, 1989. NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft makes a close flyby of Neptune, giving humanity its first close-up look at the solar system’s eighth planet. This event would mark the end of the Voyager mission’s Grand Tour of the four gas giants—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Since that time, no […]Read More
I know you all understand, given the events of late, why it has taken so long for me to put out this next episode. But I hope you’ll join me today, as we travel to our nearest planetary neighbor: Venus. This is a place that has been visited by more than 40 spacecraft. In the […]Read More
Once thought to be a barren wasteland, Mercury proved to be much more dynamic and interesting. With temperature variations that are the most extreme in the solar system, and other surprising facts, there is more to this little world than meets the eye. Continuing our travels through this part of space that we call home, […]Read More
Do you ever wonder how the planets formed and why are they all so different? Perhaps you want to know where comets and asteroids come from? I hope you’ll join me for this special series, where I will be answering those very questions, and more. There are many wonders out in the vast universe. So […]Read More
After the moon-landing level excitement of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo landing this weekend, space enthusiasts were saddened to learn of the passing of a legend in the Space Community. Christopher C. Kraft died Monday, July 22, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Born on February 28, 1924 in Phoebus, Virginia, Kraft attended Virginia Tech where […]Read More
Having been born in 1972 at the exact moment the very last humans were walking on the surface of the moon, I wasn’t there to see the live broadcast of Apollo 11. So, you can imagine how honored I was to receive a screening of 8 Days: To the Moon and Back from PBS. The […]Read More
In this episode I talk about the Season 1 finale of Unidentified, a show that is available on the History Channel. It’s a subject I’m following closely given all the new evidence that’s come to light in the public view recently. Plus, let’s face it, the idea of aliens is just so fascinating. If you’ve […]Read More
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