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Among the lay public, probably one of the most misunderstood astronomical terms that has recently come into common use has to be “super-Earth”. All too often, […]
Among the small fleet of interplanetary spacecraft scattered around the Solar System is NASA’s Dawn mission to the largest asteroids Vesta and Ceres. What makes this […]
While I have had a long-time interest in lunar and planetary exploration both as a scientist and a historian, for the past quarter of a century […]
On July 14, 2015 NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will make its closest approach to the dwarf planet Pluto after a long voyage of 9½ years. Even […]
During the past few days, word has started to spread about the latest study that has resulted in the “disappearance” of a pair of planets that […]
It can be argued that one of the key advances in making miniature satellite technology more readily available to a wider range of potential users has […]
I bet a lot of space enthusiasts can recall a single event that sparked their interest in space exploration. I know I certainly can but it […]
I readily admit that one of my pet peeves going back almost 20 years to the discovery of the first extrasolar planets has been overblown claims […]
The original motivation behind NASA’s Kepler mission (and, indeed, the primary driver of the design of its hardware) was to detect Earth-size planets orbiting Sun-like stars […]
The second part of my latest article, “Planetary Orbit Insertion Failures Part II”, has been published on line in The Space Review. With a half a […]
I find it hard to believe, but ten years ago today I was finishing preparations for my last of what seemed to have been countless business […]
One of the most destructive natural phenomena known are powerful tropical cyclones (better known in the US as “hurricanes” when they originate in the Atlantic or […]
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