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Random Thought 4

Do not try to navigate by the stars while walking some place that moles live. Locate the direction. Locate the mole hole. Only walk after doing both. We have moles. Lots of moles. And a bunch of trees blocking the southern horizon. Clearly a telescope pier on the roof...

Carnival of Space #7

It’s that time of the week again – Carnival time! The following is a selection of Space Science reports from all around the Internet. As you read through the following entries, I hope you will find some new content from new voices who will join your daily...

Eris Gets Mass Up-sizing

This week astronomer Mike Brown and graduate student Emily Schaller released new results showing the Kuiper Belt object Eris is 27% more massive then Pluto (which is a few more percentage points more massive than was previously known. Neither object is a planet....

Shuttle wing hit?

I have to admit that I’m a msnbc junky. It is a stupid guilty pleasure of a news source that let’s me know both what matters (War updates) and what doesn’t (Paris, anyone?). Just flicked over and there and found a “Breaking News” headline...