by Pamela | Dec 10, 2007 | Astronomy, Observing
The other night, while driving home, I saw the constellation Orion looming large over the horizon. This leaning ancient warrior was fighting off Taurus the Bull as he does every winter from here in the Northern Hemisphere. The return of this particular set of stars to...
by Pamela | Dec 5, 2007 | Astronomy
Tonight at my home university (SIUE) we have a special guest speaker, Dr. Christopher Sorensen of Kansas State University, giving a talk on his research (more on that below). I’m currently sitting in the audience waiting through the 10 million distinguished...
by Pamela | Dec 5, 2007 | Astronomy
As the semester seems to rush to a close, everyone is raising around, desperately trying to get things down. There are papers to write, papers to grade, tests to write, tests to grade, and a never ending parade of end of semester functions to enjoy and suffer through...
by Pamela | Dec 4, 2007 | Astronomy, Space Carnival
This is the last week of the semester, which means my students have sucked all the physical and emotional energy out of me (which is only fair – I’ll suck it back when I give them an exam later this week). I’m trying very hard not to get sick, and...
