“Venus ‘terraformed’ with shallow seas, by Gavin Roberts, 1975” Duncan Lunan examines the prospect of Life on other worlds
Life on Other Worlds
Comets Part 4. Comets and Spacecraft
“Prof. Freeman Dyson advanced the idea that genetically engineered trees could be planted on comets and grow to such size that their foliage could sustain photosynthesis even at the distances from the Sun of the Kuiper Belt or the Oort Cloud. “
The Sky Above You – January 2022
The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on the night of January 3rd/4th, and will be well seen this year, with no moonlight to spoil it.
Comets Part 3. Cometary Impacts
Duncan Lunan continues his exploration of Comets
Comets Part 2
“The astronomical highlight of 1066 was the return of Halley’s Comet”
A cometary air-burst over South America 12 thousand years ago
“Nicolas Blanco of the Universidad Santo Tomás in Santiago, Chile, found slabs made of glassy material up to half a metre across”
Comets
‘The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes’ (H6003; Julius Caesar, Act II Scene 2)
The Kuiper Belt
“New Horizons is travelling towards the Galactic Centre in Sagittarius, a very interesting direction.”
The Sky Above You – December 2021
“The Geminid meteor shower from the mysterious asteroid Phaeton (the only one of its kind) begins on December 3rd and peaks on the night of December 13th/14th, and will be best seen after midnight, once the Moon is down.”
Pluto
“Percival Lowell, famous or infamous for the ‘canals’ on Mars, also started the search which led to the discovery of Pluto. “
