Near Earth Objects; the database designed to save humanity
The media love natural disasters, even those that don’t exist. Last week (early October, 2017), dramatic footage of a (simulated) […]
Planetary geology
The origin of life: Panspermia, meteorites, and a bit of luck
In the opening scenes of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Space Odyssey (1968), Neanderthal-like folk are scrounging for food, squabbling with a neighbouring
The intriguing paradox of global warming piggybacking on global cooling
Flood, fire, drought … We have, by luck and muddled management, thwarted pestilence, but it seems that changing weather patterns
Io; Zeus’s fancy and Jupiter’s moon
Zeus, the head-honcho of assorted Greek gods, heroes, nymphs, and mortals, was chiefly the God of the Sky, or Heavens.
Life on Mars; what are we searching for?
I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has
Which satellite is that? What does it measure?
Space may well be the final frontier (there are one or two on earth that still require some work), but
Volcanism does not cause glaciations; let’s turn this statement on its head
Is there a relationship between volcanism and glaciation? It is almost a truism that volcanic eruptions influence climate. Cold winters
A measure of the universe; Renaissance slide-rules and Heavenly spheres
Measurement is a cornerstone of science, in fact of pretty well everything we do: How far? How fast? How long?
Galileo’s finger
“Their final resting place…” a sepulchral phrase, redolent of a fate that awaits us all. There is no doubt as
A Watery Mars; Canals, a duped radio audience, and geological excursions
Deceptive news is the art of pulling wool over the eyes of the populace, a tool (recently resurrected by certain