by Pamela | Jun 29, 2007 | Personal
This evening I’m going avoid saying anything too profound or educational. My evening was spent eating grilled foods, and drinking things I’m sure weren’t healthy as I kicked back with many of the other faculty and their spouses. There is a magical...
by Pamela | Jun 29, 2007 | Personal
This is the second part in what I had originally seen as a two part series on what may be the neatest tools in astronomy’s tool belt for indirectly examining the stuff of the universe. I say originally thought, because as I sit here writing, I’m thinking...
by Pamela | Jun 28, 2007 | Space Carnival
The 9th Carnival of Space is up at the Planetary Societ Weblog, which is written by Emily Lakdawalla.
by Pamela | Jun 27, 2007 | Personal
I just want to drop you, my gentle readers, a message to say that yes, I do read all your comments. Sometimes (like this week), I get frustrated that I don’t have the time to respond to all of you. I want to write in response to all your emails, but doing...
by Pamela | Jun 27, 2007 | Personal
Astronomers on Earth are limited in how they can look at the universe. We basically have three tools. We can detect light across a broad spectrum of colors. We can capture high energy particles – cosmic rays – that are flung at us from distant events. We...
