NASA Saturn V Owners’ Workshop Manual: 1967-1973 (Apollo 4 To Apollo 17 And Skylab by W. David Woods (book review)
Back in the early 1960s, America decided that they would need a big rocket if ever they wanted to go
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Nearest habitable world found around Proxima Centauri, well within generation ship range.
Astronomers using ESO telescopes and other facilities have found clear evidence of a planet orbiting the closest star to Earth,
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The Physics And Astronomy Of Science Fiction by Steven D. Bloom (book review).
The sub-title of Steven D. Bloom’s book, ‘The Physics And Astronomy Of Science Fiction’ is ‘Understanding Interstellar Travel, Teleportation, Time
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The God Problem: How A Godless Cosmos Creates by Howard Bloom (book review).
Very, very occasionally, I will look at a book with a massive page count and wonder at either the subject
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Climate Trauma: Foreseeing The Future In Dystopian Film And Fiction by E. Ann Kaplan (book review).
On the top of E. Ann Kaplan’s hit list in her introduction to her book, ‘Climate Trauma: Foreseeing The Future
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The Scientific Secrets Of Doctor Who by Simon Guerruer and Dr. Marek Kukula (book review)
Talk about edging your bets. ‘The Scientific Secrets Of Doctor Who’ by Simon Guerruer and Dr. Marek Kukula cross-matches real
Read MoreAlien worlds spotted by NASA: life possible.
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have conducted the first search for atmospheres around temperate, Earth-sized planets beyond our solar
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Complexity by William C. Burger (book review)
Given a choice of titles, the shorter ‘Complexity’ could mean anything. The extended title, ‘The Future Of Earth’s Biodiversity And
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By Jupiter! Juno space probe arrives at the big’un.
After an almost five-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit during a
Read MoreRising Tides (2016) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
This is a generally well-made documentary examining the rising of sea level, the land erosion it causes and how the
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