A glimpse of the Eye of God, 650 light years away

By on    AstroDad: Our Universe by Max Corneau, Guest columns, Heath, Rockwall  

(March 25, 2013) It’s that time of the year, when the trees explode in the skies above Rockwall and our school children in just about all grades begin studying the wonders of our Universe. Chances are better than 50/50 that if one of your children passed through the Rockwall ISD in the past decade, they […]

AstroDad shares insight on Curiosity’s successful Mars landing

By on    AstroDad: Our Universe by Max Corneau, Heath, Rockwall  

AstroDad shares insight on Curiosity’s successful Mars landing

August 7, 2012 – The modern world seemed to get a hitch in its giddy-up late Sunday night through early Sunday morning as mankind’s largest ever planetary explorer hurtled toward the Red Planet, Mars, at a top speed of 13,201 mph. Throughout the weekend anxiety increased as rapidly as the Mars Science Lab’s velocity to […]