Dan Brandon
Author's posts
Oct 17
Is Proxima Centauri’s ‘Earth-like’ planet actually like Earth at all? : By Ethan Siegel
An artist’s conception of the exoplanet Kepler-452b (R), a possible candidate for Earth 2.0, as compared with Earth (L). Image credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle. Is Proxima Centauri’s ‘Earth-like’ planet actually like Earth at all? By Ethan Siegel Just 25 years ago, scientists didn’t know if any stars—other than our own sun, of course—had planets orbiting …
Oct 03
International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN)
Image Credit: Dan Brandon Come Join RBAC at Annie’s Frozen Custard for International Observe the Moon Night and look through telescopes and enjoy hands on activities before feasting on some delicious frozen treats! International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) is an annual world-wide public engagement program that encourages observation, appreciation, and understanding of our Moon …
Sep 19
One Incredible Galaxy Cluster Yields Two Types of Gravitational Lenses
Galaxy cluster Abell S1063 (left) as imaged with the Hubble Space Telescope as part of the Frontier Fields program. The distorted images of the background galaxies are a consequence of the warped space dues to Einstein’s general relativity; the parallel field (right) shows no such effects. Image credit: NASA, ESA and Jennifer Lotz (STScI) One …
