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Tag Archives: comets
The Audacity of Exploration
Originally posted on Write Science:
by Shane L. Larson We are perhaps the most audacious species to ever inhabit the Earth. Our audacity is not defined by our weird physical features (as perhaps defines our cousin the duck-billed platypus), nor…
We Love Comets… but it wasn’t always that way
So, today we kissed a comet. Many of us shared the excitement of the European Space Agency’s successful landing. Something built on the Earth is now sitting on a comet, traveling at 135,000 kilometres an hour, heading towards an even … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Engineering, Exploration, History, Religion, Science Education, Space
Tagged comets, Edmond Halley, European Space Agency, Halley, history, Immanuel Velikovsky, myths, Philae, Rosetta, Whiston
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