Woohoo! Our niece's *debut* middle grade, PHOEBE OGAWA AND THE ART OF NOT CARING, launches from Annick Press Oct. 20th! ♥️🎉 Cover art: ryuvine, designed by Simin Dewji. https://www.annickpress.com/Books/P/Phoebe-Ogawa-and-the-Art-of-Not-Caring #KidLit #BookSky #LibrarySky #MG

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[2] Including fewer werewolves, which are otherwise a major potential risk for infrared astronomy.

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[1] You might technically argue that when Phase I removes the Earth's atmosphere, then scattered light from the full moon will be less of an issue. I do not intend to listen to those arguments and I am sure there will be other benefits anyway[2].

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@theplanetaryguy.com this should be Phase II of our plan to improve ground-based astronomy. Without the moon, we would have nearly twice as much time available for faint-object visible-light astronomy[1].

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so far, 100% of the planets that we've found telescopes on have turned out to be habitable. maybe we should start looking for those 🤔

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