astronomy

Solve your astronomical woes by temporarily promoting Pluto (and other dwarf planets) back to Full Planet status! A limited time opportunity.

Jul 31, 2023

Culture

astrology, astronomical phenomena, astronomy, dwarf planet, full planet, planet, pluto

Background: In addition to the currently-8 “full-status” planets, there are approximately 9 more ”B-tier“ planets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet), two of which were even considered “planets” in previous decades: The Issue: In order to get funding, astronomers benefit from the public being interested in their discoveries. Thus, the field of astronomy made a financially-catastrophic mistake in 2006 when…
Carve a backup of human knowledge into the Moon: a “moon-cyclopedia,” if you will.

Jun 12, 2023

Design, Education

apocalypse, astronomy, human knowledge, moon, moon encyclopedia

Background: From the perspective of a person on the Earth’s surface, the Moon is a more-or-less featureless white circle in the sky. Even with a telescope, what information can a layman glean? Perhaps “here are some craters, and some gray splotches, I guess?” The Issue: The Moon (Fig. 1) might as well be a blank…