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Larry Sessions

The infamous Heene hoax was a stunt

The Heene hoax shows us humans tend to favor initial impressions. If the first impression you get of something is that it is an alien spacecraft, it sticks.

Larry Sessions

October 22, 2009

Apollo 11. Four forward. Drifting to the right a little.

Do you remember where you were and what you were doing when Apollo 11 landed on the moon? Most of us who are old enough do remember.

Larry Sessions

July 20, 2009

Preparing to say goodbye to the Shuttle

The Space Shuttle program is mandated to end on September 30, 2010, less than a year and a half from now. I am preparing to say goodbye.

Larry Sessions

April 7, 2009

Hey cutie! Hey cutie!

The Chickadee as harbinger of the growing season was a welcome sound, if not sight, today. So hearing "Hey cutie" wasn't directed at me.

Larry Sessions

March 19, 2009

The Large Hadron Collider – LHC – black holes and energy

The atoms in the body of an average person corresponds to about 1.6 gigatons of TNT in energy. The likelihood of spontaneous explosion is low, similar to that of the Large Hadron Collider to cause any harm.

Larry Sessions

September 9, 2008

Red skies and volcanoes create beauty

Red skies and volcanoes from early Roman stories to today. Learn about unusual conditions that can create beautiful views in our skies at sunrise and sunset.

Larry Sessions

August 31, 2008

Larry Sessions

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Larry Sessions has written many favorite posts in EarthSky's Tonight area. He's a former planetarium director in Little Rock, Fort Worth and Denver and an adjunct faculty member at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He's a longtime member of NASA's Solar System Ambassadors program. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including Space.com, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy and Rolling Stone. His small book on world star lore, Constellations, was published by Running Press.