Sean Munger
June 18, 1178: The day the Moon blew up.
How five English monks witnessed an extraordinary astronomical event.
The Strait of Magellan: A passage through time and space.
Mr. Spock to the bridge: the real-life search for planet Vulcan.
In 1860, a French astronomer was convinced he'd discovered a planet he called Vulcan. Wait, what?
Saga of the Week: The epic TV miniseries of the 1970s.
In the late 1970s, the world came to a screeching halt when the latest epic miniseries came on network TV.
The long journey to this blog.
Here is how I got here, what came before, and why you might want to read what I write.