July 26th, 2007
According to the anthropic prinicple, the universe is finely tuned for the existence of life. The problem with that idea is (one of many), is that if you look at the universe, most of it is pretty damned inhospitable and will kill all life in less than a second. Most of the universe […]
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July 9th, 2007
Here’s a cool video about calculus. Like someone said in one of the comments:
It’s like learning only fun.
I love promoting stuff like this, these kids put a lot of effort into it and it shows.
“No no drama, no no no drama…” Sorry, the tune’s kinda catchy.
Here’s one more video asking the timeless question, […]
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July 6th, 2007
Well, this isn’t surprising at all.
Surprise, surprise the upcoming movie Sunshine, the movie that tries to fix the part of the sun that is dying, isn’t any good.
It’s harder to forgive the lapses of logic and plausibility that I imagine arise from the filmmakers’ unfamiliarity with basic astronomy and physics and astronautics — what I […]
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July 1st, 2007
Umm, Okay.
Have you guys seen this?
I guess Lisa Nowak did make some bathroom stops on the way. The diapers were for her toddlers, not her, according to her attorney.
It doesn’t matter Lisa, I’ll still be your valentine.
Here are the “media lies” he’s talking about:
Thanks to Julie for the MSN link!
Technorati Tags: astronauts in diapers, […]
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June 26th, 2007
Photo Credit: Bill Keel
Well I’ll be dipped in mercury, it WAS true.
AstroGeek posted a comment on my last post with this link from Bill Keel showing the bullet holes in the primary of the 107-inch Harlan J. Smith telescope. It wasn’t an astronomer that did it though, it was a new employee who […]
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May 17th, 2007
I just found out about this from a posting in Solar News. This observatory is operated by the Astronomy Dept. of the Universidad de Sonora at Hermosillo, Mexico. Here’s a description from the Solar News announcement:
The “Carl Sagan” Solar Observatory began regular daily-basis operations this year with two apochromatic 16 cm telescopes with […]
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May 2nd, 2007
Wow, first I hear about AstronomyBuzz, an astronomy community site designed to allow content creators to publish astronomy stuff. Now I learn there’s another site dedicated to astronomy, but seems exclusively designed for sharing videos.
AstroShorts.com is a new site (no, it’s not something I would wear to the beach) that lets you upload and […]
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April 26th, 2007
The first edition of Carnival of Space is now up. Sadly, I didn’t have the time to write a post for it, I hope to get to it next time.
Thanks to Henry Cate from Why Homeschool for letting us know.
Don’t forget to let me know if you have something astronomy-related you’d like to let […]
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April 20th, 2007
I’ve decided to start a new category designed to help my readers get the word out about things that interest them in astronomy. I realize this blog isn’t the most widely read astronomy blog, but at least I’m relatively accessible and am very interesting providing my readers with a blog they can use.
So, with […]
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