Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
As usual, some interesting news from space and technology (yes, I know, it’s difficult to remain positive when we look at the news. Keep faith, people). Links included if you want more. Complex chemistry in Saturn’s moon Titan’s atmosphere –…
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Now that I’m deep down in Artemis (I’ve mentioned it in another post) I realised that whenever I read a book set in one of the Solar System’s celestial bodies I regularly check the places mentioned in the novels on…
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by…
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Here’s the usual summary of interesting space news of the week – with some stunning images from our Solar Systems. Have you ever wondered how stargazing from Jupiter would possibly be? Here’s the answer. This photo is a first from…
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This week I’m going for another space summary, simply because there were so many interesting headlines that they deserve to be at least mentioned here. As usual, references and the links just after the general description. The first and most disquieting…
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One of the good things about living in Edinburgh is the events you have access to. Tonight is a good example – we have in town Professor Brian Cox for a theatre session of astrophysics and related topics. [If you…
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Again, that’s the moment of my summary of space news worth discussing this week (and in the past few, since I haven’t done it in a while). This time there are not amazing discoveries but some quite interesting subjects. As…
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This should read more as the space news of the month, both for timing and relevance. Yes, because in these last days we heard a lot about some (surprising is the mildest adjective I can use) discoveries and other interesting…
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What Hubble Space Telescope is, everybody knows – it’s the first major optical telescope to be placed in space, back in 1990. As explained on NASA’s website, being “above the distortion of the atmosphere, far far above rain clouds and…
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Today is the moment of my periodic summary of space news worth discussing this week (and in the past few, since I haven’t done it in a while). This one features a startling discovery and other interesting topics. As usual,…
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