by Richard Easther | Apr 29, 2017 | Bad Science, Physics
When I saw this on Twitter I mentally noted several predictions. And when I read the article, all of them turned out to be right… Check out the Science Alert article...
by Richard Easther | Apr 25, 2017 | Astronomy, New Zealand
Last night my twitter feed carried a string of “what’s that in the western sky” queries, including this picture from Rachael King @rachaelking70… Balloon in the Christchurch sky… There’s a clear disk showing in this snapshot, so we can immediately rule out...
by Richard Easther | Apr 2, 2017 | Astronomy, New Zealand, Science in Our Lives
This year is the 60th anniversary of the first satellite launch, Sputnik 1, in 1957. Since then over 8000 objects have followed it into orbit and most people alive today were born after the Space Age began. But despite being commonplace,...
