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Rogue Planets?
The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes recently reported on its discovery of more than 70 new planets without a parent star: Using observations and archival data from several telescopes around the world and in orbit, including the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT), astronomers have discovered at least 70 new free-floating planets (FFPs) — planets that wander…
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Space Investments are No Guarantee
The recent initial public offering for Virgin Orbit, a commercial space launch company that spun-off from Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, did not go as well as planned. IG International reported that Virgin Orbit had hoped to raise $483 million as part of the public offering, but only raised $228 million. Moreover, the stock is down about…
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Meteor Watch: Time to Look Up
Looking up may have been useless the other day in Pennsylvania because of the cloud cover, but shaking houses were evidence enough of a meteor exploding in the atmosphere. On New Year’s Day, the incoming meteor exploded over southwestern Pennsylvania with the force of 30 tons of TNT. The Facebook page for the National Weather…
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Has Star Trek Gone Negative?
If you are a Trekkie, you have probably gained inspiration from the multitude of Star Trek series spawned from the original 1966 show. Star Trek: The Next Generation continues to be my favorite, yet I have also enjoyed all of the other earlier series and made it through at least one season of the latest…
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National Science Fiction Day
January 2nd is National Science Fiction Day, or at least it is recorded as such on the nationaltoday.com website. Whatever you think about such national days, it is nice to consider the role of science fiction in creating interest in science overall. Here are a few facts recorded on the official page for this special…
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Movies: Look Up at NASA’s Work
You may have already watched the star-studded movie Don’t Look Up released by Netflix over the holidays about a comet on its way to destroy our planet. It is an amusing film. Hopefully, it will also move people towards NASA and away from politicians, not that politicians really have much of a following. The more…
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The James Webb Space Telescope is Off!
It was quite the Christmas present – a new space telescope. NASA’s press release about the launch on December 25, 2021 of the James Webb Space Telescope stated: The world’s largest and most complex space science observatory will now begin six months of commissioning in space. At the end of commissioning, Webb will deliver its…
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The Start of a New Adventure
This site was created to discuss a variety of space-related issues in various ways, from scientific to cultural, and even political. We are all seeking something greater than ourselves, and it is already there. Just look outside your window (or, better yet, through a telescope) and you will find more than your imagination can comprehend.…
