Peace on Earth

Michele from the Earth and Weather Space has beat me to the punch on a great Christmas-related article. Dwight D. Eisenhower transmitted the first broadcast through space on December 19th, 1958 from the Atlas satellite.
Check out the Earth and Weather Space to find out what he said!

Ursid Meteor Shower

Referring back to our brief post on Comet 8/P Tuttle I actually forgot something very important about that comet; we are only two days from passing through the debris left along the path of the comet. The radiant will be in the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor), near Polaris.

The Ursid meteor shwoer has been quite dull [...]

Sorry for Slow Postings

I’d just like to apologize for the lack of posts recently. I’m going through a bit of a crisis with my home; I’ve lost water pressure in my well! I’ve been using all my non-work time to try and fix this problem. You never realize how devastating water-loss can be; no dishwashing, showers, flushing toilets, [...]