by Pamela | May 31, 2007 | Stars
One of the deeply confusing aspects of our Sun (and other stars) is their temperature structure. Starting in the core, the Sun is millions of degrees kelvin and supports nuclear burning. As you leave the nuclear burning core and climb first into the radiative zone and...
by Pamela | May 31, 2007 | Meetups
Tonight there will be a celebration of community building involving cocktails. To get details, just get Out of the Rain. (or look at the card at left)
by Pamela | May 30, 2007 | People
There is an excellant collection of photos from the conference (including one of yours truly) over at the 808scenezine.com that were taken by Katie Whitman. I’m still running around a bit madly, but I’ll be adding pictures to things. For now, get your...
by Pamela | May 29, 2007 | Entertainment, Television
A new player has emerged on the science special scene. The History Channel is premiering “The Universe” tonight. You can watch “The Universe” Tuesdays at 8pm/9c. The first episode is on “The Sun.” Here is what they plan to talk...
by Pamela | May 29, 2007 | News Roundup
Here’s highlights of the news I’ll be talking about later: Scientists have (again) found new tidal streams of material around the galaxy from a previously unknown, now shredded galaxy Scientists have (again) found a new explanation of how the Sun heats its...
