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A Universe of Earths
Planet Earth has been a familiar concept for a mere fraction of recorded history. Until about the mid-1600s, most humans thought of Earth as immobile, likely either dim or simply invisible from the Moon or anywhere else in the heavens, and not (like the planets) participating in what Galileo called "the dance of the stars." But almost as soon as humans started to grasp that Earth is a planet, many also began wondering if perhaps the other planets might be earths. This bold conjecture ignited the whole gripping history and literature of space travel, of extraterrestrials, of other worlds.
And yet the thesis that the Universe is full of other worlds like Earth has from the start been fuelled more by imagination than by scientific evidence. For all its appeal, it has consistently been undermined by observations of the actual Universe. This talk will be based on material in the new book from Oxford University Press, A Universe of Earths: Our Planet and Other Worlds, from Copernicus to NASA by Dennis Danielson and Christopher M. Graney, and on their related cover article in the March 2026 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.
Presenter: C.M. Graney, Vatican Observatory
At our March 20, 2026 meeting, Greg Miller will MC his Astro quiz,
Non-members are welcome to attend as well as those with questions about using their telescope. Someone will be willing to help you out.
The meeting will be livestreamed on YouTube at this link https://youtube.com/live/ZstoNzUS1jw?feature=share
Our meeting is at a new venue, The Youth Center at Epiphany Catholic Church on 914 Old Harrods Creek Rd in Anchorage. Here is the Google map code 7C6X+983, Anchorage, KY 40223
We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Crescent Moon will be 11% illuminated and 3 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Jupiter is high in the sky and be visible for observing.
This event is weather dependent so conditions may cause cancellation.
Map to Curby
The LAS welcomes one and all at our Star Parties. If you have a scope and are having trouble figuring out how to use it, please feel free to bring it to our public Star Party.
The LAS is an IRC §501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Donations are welcome.
May your scope and skies be clear at the same time. Hope to see you there.
The Grand Canyon of the SKY
Presenter: Alan Goldstein
We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Gibbous Moon will be 70% illuminated and 8.5 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Jupiter will be available for viewing.
We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the First Quarter Moon will be 52% illuminated and 7.4 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Jupiter will also be visible for viewing tonight.
We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Crescent Moon will be 36% illuminated and 6 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. We might catch a glimpse of Venus in the western sky tonight before it sets.
We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Crescent Moon will be 21% illuminated and 4.5 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Venus will also be visible low in the southwestern sky.
The LAS welcomes one and all at our Star Parties. If you have a scope and are having trouble figuring out how to use it, please feel free to bring it to our public Star Party. LAS members are always invited to setup their telescopes for our Public Star Parties at Curby.
We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Gibbous Moon will be 74% illuminated and 9.7 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. We might catch a glimpse of Venus in the evening twilight before it sets this evening.
We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Gibbous Moon will be 58% illuminated and 8 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Saturn will also be available for observing later this evening.
We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight, the Waxing Crescent Moon will be 40% illuminated and 6.5 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Saturn will also be visible tonight.
We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Crescent Moon will be 25% illuminated and 5 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Saturn will also be visible for viewing tonight.
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