Saturn ‘On Razor’s Edge’ at Opposition for 2025

Saturn

It seems like most of the planets have fled the evening scene. 2025 sees a decided lack of planetary action after sunset, just when many observers are out skywatching. Jupiter hangs high at dawn, and the crescent Moon is making its sunward dive this week, towards a rare triple conjunction with Regulus and Venus on Friday the 19th. […]

Will We Ever Make it to Mars?

Mar's Surface

You know, if you take away the lack of air and water, the weaker Sun, the lower gravity, and the toxic soil, Mars isn’t all that bad of a place to live. And there are certainly worse places to live, like, I don’t know, Ohio (I’m allowed to say that because I grew up there). […]

Practicing for Mars Here on Earth

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Before we get to Mars, we’re going to have to practice. And develop radical leaps in technology, but also in practice. A Mars mission will be utterly unlike anything attempted by humanity. We’re talking about a group of settlers, maybe as few as an initial team of four, travelling over a hundred million miles away […]