“Alan had an extraordinary intuitive grasp of spatial relationships, and could just look at a plan of an ancient site, or the relative placing of two or more on the globe, and tell what the significance was.”
Alan C. Evans, 1941 – 2021
Ed Buckley (1940-2021)
Ed Buckley with Scorpius mural, ASTRA rooms, Hamilton. 1971, photo by David Adams
The Fermi Paradox, Part 3
Interstellar space probe launches, ‘Man & the Stars’ Plate 11, Duncan Lunan continues his exploration of the scenarios for other space faring cultures
‘Children From The Sky’
“It’s partly an historical novel – albeit an intensely factual one.”
The Fermi Paradox, Part 2
“In 1974 Prof. Gerard O’Neill published his proposals for large free-flying settlements in space, following earlier suggestions by Tsiolkovsky, Bernal and others.”
The Sky Above You – May 2022
What can be seen in the night sky in May
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
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.”
