Terraforming Venus
When the topic of terraforming is discussed, the planets that make for the best opportunities with current technology make Venus or Mars the best targets. Although humanity could land on the surface of Mars, the…
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Terraforming Mars: How Likely?
Terraforming Mars is a hypothetical process of planetary engineering by which the surface and climate of Mars would be deliberately changed to make large areas of the environment hospitable to humans, thus making the colonization of Mars safer and sustainable. There are quite…
Near Earth Objects
According to the Centre For Near Earth Object Studies, “Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the…
National Monuments In Totality For The 2024 Solar Eclipse
We have previously looked at US National Parks, and other public lands in the path of totality for the 2024 total solar eclipse. Let’s extend the concept to the US National Monuments located in the…
Aquila
Aquila is a constellation on the celestial equator, with a Latin name meaning ‘Eagle’. Aquila represents the bird that carried Zeus/Jupiter’s thunderbolts in Greek-Roman mythology. Its brightest star, Altair, is one vertex of the Summer…
Pictor
Pictor is a constellation located in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere, which can be found between the star Canopus and the Large Magellanic Cloud. The name of the constellation means Painter in Latin and is an abbreviation of the older name of the…
Chamaeleon
Chamaeleon is a small constellation in the southern sky, and is is named after the chameleon. First created in the 16th century, chamaeleon was one of many constellations created by European explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries out…
Dorado
Located on the South Ecliptic pole in the Southern Hemisphere, the constellation Dorado is often depicted as a swordfish or a dolphinfish. Created in the late 16th century, Dorado is not visible in the Pacific…
Volans
Volans is a constellation in the southern sky that is not visible from the Pacific Northwest. The name Volans is a shortened form of the origin anew of Piscis Volans. Volans was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from…
Oregon State Parks 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse In Annularity
The 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse passes through a plethora of state parks in Oregon on its trip through the US, Mexico, and a few other Central American countries. Come learn about some of these Oregon…