Whats Up in the Sky March, 2006 The Eyes of the Virgin Readers from my generation may recall the TV series That Was The Week That Was. I recently experienced a very remarkable and memorable week. This paper recently ran an article about a Global Village trip sponsored by Habitat for Humanity International in which …
Category Archive: What’s Up In The Sky
Peter Burkey's monthly news articles from the Holland Sentinel
Feb 01
February 2006
Whats Up in the Sky February, 2006 The excitement of discovering new planets There has been much in the news lately about the discovery of new planets, both in our own solar system and orbiting other stars. Since Saturday is the birthday of Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto, I thought it would be fun …
Dec 01
December 2005
Whats Up in the Sky December, 2005 Japan Space Program Japanese automakers have been in the news lately, but Ive seen little about an incredible spacecraft launched by Japans space agency, JAXA, in May of 2003. It is called Hayabusa (which means œfalcon in Japanese) and, as of this writing, it has successfully landed on …
Sep 01
September 2005
Whats Up in the Sky September 2005 Mars myth is online malarkey When I was in college I read a book called “Chariots of the Gods,” which claimed that certain religious artifacts and cultural customs were proof that we had been visited by extraterrestrials in UFOs. I remember one example was the Nazca plain …
Jun 01
June 2005
Whats Up in the Sky June 2005 June Summer arrives and we look forward to finally being able to go out and observe the sky without freezing or being clouded out. But, alas, we come to find that we have to wait until 11:00 p.m. before it is dark enough to see anything through our …
Clear Sky Clock
Hemlock Crossing Public Observatory
