““I was looking for something else in my photo folders when I came across this”
‘I Think, Therefore I Am’ – René Descartes
Have You Been Stargazing for Dark Sky Week?
“And high overhead and all moving about,/There were thousands of millions of stars.”
The Fermi Paradox Part 1
Alan Bean ‘Where is everybody’, read more as Duncan Lunan continues his astronomy series with ‘The Fermi Paradox’
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Breakthrough Listen Robot, Green Bank to find out more read Duncan Lunan’s latest article
Largest Comet Nucleus Ever Seen
This diagram compares the size of the icy, solid nucleus of comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) to several other comets.
Why is the moon two faced?
A new study published in the journal Science Advances shows that the impact that formed the Moon’s giant South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin would have created a massive plume of heat that propagated through the lunar interior.
Sighthill Observations
“The Sighthill circle was built under the Glasgow Parks Dept. Astronomy Project, which was part of the Jobs Creation Scheme in 1978-79. “
Alexander Thom Star Dates
“The only epoch in which standing stones are meaningfully aligned with the bright stars is c.2000 BC, with a spread of at most 200 years both before and after.”
The Sky Above You – April 2022
“Venus is brilliant in the morning sky through the month.”
Time by the Stars
” The Sun doesn’t rise or set, it shines all the time while the Earth turns under it; and your watch isn’t fast or slow, it’s just that you’re standing too far east or west.”
