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October 31, 2025
HomeLooking Up by Bob Eklund

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 by Bob Eklund

Ultima Thule in View: New Horizons Makes First Detection of Kuiper Belt Flyby Target

September 6, 2018 0
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has made its first detection of its next flyby target, the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima …[READ MORE]
Looking Up by Bob Eklund

OSIRIS-REx Captures First Glimpse Of Asteroid Bennu

August 30, 2018 0
After an almost two-year journey through space, NASA’s asteroid sampling spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, caught its first glimpse of asteroid Bennu last …[READ MORE]
Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Spooky Action at a Distance?

August 23, 2018 0
Last year, physicists at MIT, the University of Vienna, and elsewhere provided strong support for quantum entanglement, the seemingly far-out …[READ MORE]
Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Arecibo Observatory to Get $5.8 Million Upgrade to Expand View

August 16, 2018 0
The National Science Foundation has awarded a team of scientists $5.8 million to design and mount a supersensitive antenna at …[READ MORE]
Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Journey to Touch the Sun Launching August 11

August 9, 2018 0
When NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launches into space from the Kennedy Space Center August 11, it will begin its journey …[READ MORE]
Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Evidence of Subsurface Martian Liquid Water Bolstered

August 2, 2018 0
The recent announcement of the presence of liquid water beneath the surface of Martian poles validates research published by Planetary …[READ MORE]
Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Twenty Years of Planetary Defense: NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies Enters Third Decade

July 26, 2018 0
On March 11, 1998, asteroid astronomers around the world received an ominous message: new observational data on the recently discovered …[READ MORE]
Looking Up by Bob Eklund

NASA’s Juno Mission Provides Infrared Tour of Jupiter’s North Pole

July 19, 2018 0
Scientists working on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter shared a 3-D infrared movie depicting densely packed cyclones and anticyclones that …[READ MORE]
Looking Up by Bob Eklund

A New Telescope Expands Big Bear Solar Observatory’s View of the Sun

July 12, 2018 0
A solar telescope that captures images of the entire disk of the Sun, monitoring eruptions taking place simultaneously in different …[READ MORE]
Looking Up by Bob Eklund

“City of Astronomy” to Host Gathering of International Space Experts:

July 5, 2018 0
From July 14 to 22, the world’s leading experts in space science will gather in Pasadena, informally known as the …[READ MORE]

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    October 29, 2025 0
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CULVER CITY COMMUNITY CALENDAR

  • New Exhibitions to Open at the Wende Museum: The Sextant, Intersections, Red Woodstock
    Opening November 8
  • Culver City Symphony 'Summon the Heroes, Salute the Heroes'
    November 15
  • CCHS/AVPA Carnival and Halloween Concert
    October 29
  • City to Host Open House for Fox Hills Plan
    October 28
  • The Blue Door - Late Nite at the Puppet Asylum
    November 8
  • GUAC - The Play
    Through November 2
  • The People's Party to Host Civics Festival - Nov. 1 & 2
    November 1 & 2
  • Veterans Film Festival to Showcase Short Films - Nov. 8
    Nov. 8
  • Saved By a Story @ The Wende
    Ongoing - meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month
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