Okay, well actually, despite Chris Martin, the planets don’t move that fast. But I do want to make sure you guys know that if you’re into seeing planets, you don’t want to miss out on observing this summer. This really is going to be the…
Hey everyone! I know, I know…I never call, I never write, where have I been? It’s been another crazy summer here at the VLM, with great kids camps and conferences and vacations. But now, it’s time to get back to business. And that business is…
Greetings folks! Tonight you have the chance to see the Moon slide through the Earth’s shadow in what’s known as a lunar eclipse. Because the shadow of the Earth does contain some light (namely, the light from all the sunrises and sunsets occurring around the…
Really! I promise! This is a real post, and not a joke! I wanted to let you all know about a really cool event coming up in a couple weeks…and I’m giving you that much time to prepare, because, well…you might need it. It’s been…
I so need to do that in my everyday life. Well, it’s yet again been a month since I could sit down and write a post. Things have just been flat out crazy here! Between wacky weather swings (including more snow days than I could…
Okay, the title works much better if you think of saying it with a nice Irish accent. We’re going back to the Moon! Okay, it’s with a robot right now, but hey, let’s take what we can get! LADEE, or the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust…
Happy Day Before Thanksgiving! I’m in a food mood, folks. I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving this year. Maybe because I don’t have to do all the cooking myself this time! Or maybe because the Mythbusters took on some classic food myths – including that turkey…
You know…every time he desperately needs to get away in the Falcon, the darn hyperdrive fails. Well, as I was anticipating writing a long, lustrous update this week…circumstances conspired against me again. There’s been major flooding here in our part of the world…including right here…
It’s easy! Just look up! Okay, I’ll stop being a smart aleck. But truly, it is easy to make any vacation astronomical…and looking up really is the key. We’re in vacation mode in my house these days. Spring Break for my daughter’s school is next…
There is no dark side of the Moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark. Pink Floyd had it correct, you know. The Moon doesn’t generate its own light…like all the planets and moons of our solar system, it merely reflects the Sun’s light. But…