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Having just written this post on Eta Carinae and the possibility of that explosion, some 7,500 light years distant, destroying all life on Earth, I became inspired to write a bit more about this topic.
I should mention that 7,500 light years is a bit far for a supernova to affect us, but under the right […]
Many people have already written about the latest image (pictured here) from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory released yesterday depicting the x-ray emissions produced as material is thrown off of the star and into surrounding gas a dust.
Eta Carinae is an extremely unstable nearby star that is very near its death and because of its mass, […]
More than any other article I have ever written, How I Overcame My Math Blocks on my DeepAstronomy.com site has been the most popular. That story really hit a nerve, I get the most touching emails from people who’ve read it and been profoundly affected by it. The experience has been very humbling.
Every […]
Venus has been really amazing to watch in the western sky lately. From Colorado, it has been a blazing pinpoint of light high above the mountains after sunset. Because of the position of Venus in its orbit relative to ours, this has been an extraordinarily good time to view Venus in a telescope […]
AstroProf is a teacher I really wish I had had when I was in college. Reading his blog is one of the highlights of my day, his insights into teaching are what I value the most.
Apparently, he’s teaching this summer and he’s written a good post about what it’s like to teach these summer […]
This whole Pluto business cracks me up. I really don’t give a fig what the damn thing is called, but every time someone finds out something new about Pluto that affects it’s status and what we call it, it makes the news.
I was listening to NPR on Thursday when it was mentioned on one […]
{Poor excuse for a blogger: I’ve been swamped this month with travel, telescopes, observing and lots of other things that have converged this month. I am still finishing part two of my last post entitled Telescopes and Solitude and should have that up tomorrow. This post is one of my older ones, recycled […]
BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP!!!!!
My alarm clock insists that it’s 5am, a time of day I rarely see. At first I don’t believe it but after a few more BEEP’s, I relent and agree. This is the start of the observing day for solar astronomers. As I look up at the ceiling, I think to myself, […]
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