400 years ago today, Galileo discovered four moons around Jupiter.
Happy quadricentennial, modern astronomy!
In other, only loosely related news, the last space shuttle is landing in Florida in September of this year. I was at OMSI's all night party to watch the first one launch, and have never got around to seeing any of them live. I think I'll go watch this one land. Anyone want to come with?
Happy quadricentennial, modern astronomy!
In other, only loosely related news, the last space shuttle is landing in Florida in September of this year. I was at OMSI's all night party to watch the first one launch, and have never got around to seeing any of them live. I think I'll go watch this one land. Anyone want to come with?