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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
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Tag Archives: astronomy
Exoplanets, Iron, Evolution and Strange Geochemistry
Science stories and topics have been piling up in my ‘to do’ list for more than a year. This week, I’m catching up on what we’re learning about life here on Earth; and developments in the ongoing search for extraterrestrial … Continue reading
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Posted in Exoplanets and Aliens, Science News, Series
Tagged astrobiology, astronomy, biology, evolution, exomoons, exoplanets, geology, science, stars
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Big Planet, Wide Orbit, Unsolved Mystery: b Centauri(AB)b
Scientists in Sweden, taking part in 2019’s BEAST program that used SPHERE on the VLT discovered an ‘it might be an exoplanet.’ In 2021, they got confirmation. They’d spotted an exoplanet. And SPHERE on the VLT1 has an picture of … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, exoplanets, planets, science
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A Star by Any Other Name, and a Galilean Interlude
I started writing about stars, names, designations and how we got to a point where Sirius is also known as BD-16°1591, ADS 5423 and GJ 244. That started me thinking about telescopes, Galileo, Aristotle and Dante. One Star, Many Names: … Continue reading
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Posted in Discursive Detours
Tagged astronomy, cosmology, getting a grip, history, science, stars
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