This photo was actually taken pointing vaguely west and at sunset. So essentially, pointing towards the sun. And yet there is a distinct shadow of my telescope on the wall. I like noticing silly little things like this. The sun was shining over the top…
I hate mathematics and love mathematics in equal measure. Arguably, in infinite measure. I went to work this morning. I walked from my home to the bus stop. I waited for a few minutes, got on the bus, journeyed to approximately the correct location, and…
I have seen the shadow of the Earth on the moon, and I have more faith in the shadow than in the church. Ferdinand Magellan
The first captured glance of another solar system that is, at least in part, similar to our own. Although astronomers have long glimpsed at other stars, many have very few planets orbiting them, often perhaps only one. Or those that have multiple planets, but orbiting…
