Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Bob Eklund has had a lifelong love affair with the sky, having been raised by a grandfather working at a major astronomical observatory in Wisconsin. For many years he has helped the Mount Wilson Observatory with their public education and outreach programs. Bob is the author of a book of poetry and essays about astronomy, First Star I See Tonight. Following a corporate career as an editor and business communicator, he now assists local residents with their business and personal writing/editing/proofreading needs. See www.bobeklund.com.

Looking Up – Bob Eklund

October 15, 2015 0

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has returned the best color and the highest resolution images yet of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon—and these pictures show a surprisingly complex and violent history. At half the diameter of Pluto, …[READ MORE]

Looking Up – Bob Eklund

October 8, 2015 0

Images from a NASA Mars orbiter’s telescopic camera reveal details of real regions on Mars where the new Hollywood movie, “The Martian,” places future astronaut adventures. The novel of the same name, originally self-published by …[READ MORE]

Looking Up – Bob Eklund

October 1, 2015 0

New findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars. Using an imaging spectrometer on MRO, researchers detected signatures of hydrated minerals on slopes …[READ MORE]

Looking Up – Bob Eklund

September 25, 2015 0

MOONLIGHT AND MUSIC MERGE AS GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY HOSTS LUNAR ECLIPSE SUNDAY, SEPT. 27. Griffith Observatory will host a free public event to view the total lunar eclipse on Sunday, Sept. 27, from 6:45 p.m. to …[READ MORE]

Looking Up – Bob Eklund

September 17, 2015 0

Every square inch of Saturn’s small moon Enceladus overlies a potentially habitable ocean. Observations of Enceladus’ slight wobble as it orbits Saturn can only be explained if the outer crust floats freely from the inner …[READ MORE]

Looking Up – Bob Eklund

September 10, 2015 0

The bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres gleam with mystery in new views delivered by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft from an altitude of 950 miles. These closest-yet views of Occator crater, with a resolution of 450 …[READ MORE]

Looking Up – Bob Eklund

September 3, 2015 0

NASA has selected the potential next destination for the New Horizons mission to visit after its historic July 14 flyby of the Pluto system. The destination is a small Kuiper Belt object (KBO) known as …[READ MORE]

Looking Up – Bob Eklund

August 27, 2015 0

Striking 3-D detail highlights a towering mountain, the brightest spots and other features on dwarf planet Ceres in a new video from NASA’s Dawn mission. The video is available at: www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1392 A prominent mountain with …[READ MORE]

Looking Up – Bob Eklund

August 20, 2015 0

Using a powerful new imaging device, astronomers have espied a Jupiter-like exoplanet 100 light-years distant in the constellation of Eridanus. Unlike most planets found around other stars, 51 Eri b has been seen directly. The …[READ MORE]

Looking Up – Bob Eklund

August 12, 2015 0

A team led by scientists from the University of Hawaii has developed a new approach to searching for life on other planets. The team has measured various biological photosynthetic pigments in the laboratory. They absorb …[READ MORE]