Posted in Astronomy on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
A couple weeks ago at a meeting of my local astronomy club I heard a talk about the upcoming International Year of Astronomy 2009. This reminds me of the famous International Geophysical Year when the U.S. and Russia first launched satellites into orbit back in 1957-1958 and brought about the Space Age and the amazing [...]
Posted in Astronomy on April 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There are few things in this world that has more sense-of-wonder impact than standing out in the dark nighttime and seeing the Milky Way. Now, the key word here is dark. You can’t do this from the city, so that means most people have never experienced this wonderful view of the night sky. One of [...]
Posted in Astronomy, Science on February 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The other night while waiting to visit Slumberland, I lay in my bed thinking about Einstein. Long ago before people knew the Earth was round, people imagined our world to be a vast plane. Some people imagined the plane to be infinite in all directions and others speculated finding the edge and falling off. Then [...]
Posted in Astronomy on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I wrote “The Lights in the Sky are Stars” I was trying to remind people we live in this far out universe but most people fail to look up and notice. Sadly, light pollution has destroyed the impact of the night sky thus diminishing our sense of wonder. Now I’m reading Einstein by Walter [...]
Posted in Astronomy, Philosophy on February 10, 2007 | 4 Comments »
“Because something is happening here, but you don’t know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?” – Bob Dylan
I think people forget we live in a fantastically large universe. We’re bacteria living in a drop of water and imagine the few molecules we swim in are the crown of creation, the darling of God’s [...]
