I came in from working today and my daughter was missing. Understand: the air outside is pretty close to toxic right now. Definitely not anything you should breathe. I looked out the window…and there was my daughter, swinging happily, surrounded by smoke…wearing an N95 mask. I can’t decide if this is a failure of parenting…
I’m long overdue for a blog post. This year was — and probably still is — the year that I intend to start releasing my Spaceport series to the world. As January rolled around, I focused on the first novel…and then the world changed. At first, I admit to hoping the world would return to…
This artist’s concept shows exoplanet Kepler-1649c orbiting around its host red dwarf star. via NASA https://ift.tt/3c61amx
On Saturday, May 30, 2020, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/2XQssbr
The brilliant tapestry of young stars flaring to life resembles a glittering fireworks display in this Hubble Space Telescope image. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Mcw9TG
NASA’s Juno mission captured this look at Jupiter’s tumultuous northern regions during the spacecraft’s close approach to the planet on Feb. 17, 2020. via NASA https://ift.tt/2WwjjWn
This image is one of several global images of the Earth at night released in 2017. via NASA https://ift.tt/3eFAT0Z
A supermoon occurs when the Moon’s orbit is closet (perigee) to Earth. via NASA https://ift.tt/2TCqsCM
In this image, Kenneth Harris II works in the clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. via NASA https://ift.tt/3bC7F1x
Twenty-five years ago in Feb. 1995, astronaut Bernard Harris became the first African American to perform a spacewalk. via NASA https://ift.tt/2SB80sB
TOI 700 d is the first Earth-size habitable-zone planet discovered by TESS, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. via NASA https://ift.tt/2N4R2Rl (artist’s illustration)
In the Phoenix Constellation, astronomers have confirmed the first example of a galaxy cluster where large numbers of stars are being born at its core. via NASA https://ift.tt/2s2szVk