Dark matter, dinosaurs, and super-massive black holes

One of the storylines in Solar Prime revolves around the dinosaur extinction event. The quest itself is called KT Crossing in the book. That is a reference to the geological boundary between the Cretaceous (K) and Tertiary (T) periods. Current theory is that a meteoroid hit Earth where the  Chicxulub…

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Where did it start?

As an Air Force Test Pilot, I spent a lot of time in the Mojave Desert. Close to Barstow, there was a thing called Solar One. Solar One - Wikipedia photo A large tower with a circular array of mirrors that focused the reflected sunlight on a central point atop…

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