Tag astrophysics

The JWST Mission – Part 1

With the recent launch almost a year ago of the James Webb Space Telescope [JWST], alongside the beautiful pictures released from this grand telescope, you may have seen some exciting hype around the “premier observatory of the next decade” (NASA…

Three Dog Star Night (Part 2)

Welcome back to our discussion on the Drake Equation and the Fermi Paradox! If you haven’t read part 1 already, it goes without saying that you should start there! This time around, we will be discussing what we know about…

Stephen Hawking Tribute Comic Review

“Tribute: Stephen Hawking” by Michael Lent and Brian McCarthy with art by Zach Bassett and published by Tidalwave Productions, released 2019.   I confess: I never really paid attention to Stephen Hawking. I knew who he was: a popular scientist…

Three Science Haikus

Electrons, protons Wow, I do really love them Talk about atoms! Light years and darkness Supernovas and black holes Space is a wonder The earth is warming Polar ice caps are melting Oh- goodbye penguins 🙁