Archive for July, 2010
[Invitation] “I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night” Galileo Galilei 400 years ago, this same day, Galileo Galilei became the first human to observe the rings of Saturn. Today, the centuries-old quest for other worlds like our Earth has been rejuvenated by the intense excitement and popular interest surrounding the [ READ MORE ]
If you’ve any interest in astronomy and space at all then you’re probably aware that there’s been something of a “situation” this past week, involving one of the Kepler mission’s scientists and the Kepler data. To cut a very long story short, one of the Co-Investigators of the Kepler mission, Dimitar Sasselov, gave a public [ READ MORE ]
I’ve been reflecting on the events surrounding the TED lecture by my colleague, Dimitar Sasselov. There is disappointment in the air. People who were misled to believe that Kepler had found many other earths out there now realize that this isn’t the case. I understand how they must feel. I admit that I feel a [ READ MORE ]
One day, from the shores of a new world, we’ll gaze at the sea that took us there. And its waves will be stars[ READ MORE ]
“The Rosetta orbiter, which carries the DLR lander Philae, has completed more than two thirds of its journey to the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The most comprehensive cometary investigation ever, the mission will deliver DLR’s Philae lander to the comet’s surface for in situ studies. The spacecraft and lander are due to close in on 21 Lutetia, [ READ MORE ]
A long, long time ago, in an Earth’s continent, creatures that would gave origin to Mankind, descended from a tree. An event with the known consequences. One crumbling step after the other, we’ve spread ourselves through the orb, but that tree, that tree we once called home, remained alive, following its nature, following the rhythm [ READ MORE ]
It may look like that we are, each one, ultimately, alone in the vastness of the Universe. It may look like that all its secrets and distances will remain elusive, unsurpassable for Mankind. It may look like that we should just accomodate ourselves to this perspective and, calmly, with no questions, just resign to this fate. [ READ MORE ]
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