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Patrick Rizio

Getting closer and closer

Above is an artist's conception of what planet K2-18-B might look like. It is a mere 124 light years away. Not much in cosmic terms. It...

Patrick Rizio

13.8 Billion Years isn't that long

One of the greatest tools ever put together for exploration is responsible for the pictures above. I'm referring, of course, to the James...

Patrick Rizio

UPENDING WHAT WE KNOW

Above are some recent pictures made by the James Webb Telescope. If you follow such things in the news you'll know that they are pictures...

Patrick Rizio

Our Tiny Dot

This internet image is a view of our earth, (arrow), from under the rings of Saturn. Reminiscent of the famous Carl Sagan pale blue dot...

Patrick Rizio

NEW YEAR - NEW BOOK

As we approach the beginning of a new year, (or as I like to say, another trip around the sun), I'm pleased to announce the publication...

Patrick Rizio

Intellectual curiosity

The other day I was asked, why should we subsidize intellectual curiosity? A worldwide pandemic struck 1918. It infected 500 million...

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