by Pamela | May 27, 2007 | Personal
One of the odd side activities at AAS meetings is the search for neat give aways from the different space missions, companies, and publishers. These items generally take the form of lanyards, pens, and posters. I picked up something kind of new and neat and just in...
by Pamela | May 27, 2007 | Observing, Teaching
Today, while in a meeting for the International Year of Astronomy, someone mentioned hearing someone state that we need a goal of no child left inside. Instead of just showing them imaged stars with robot telescopes across the Internet, we need to send them outside to...
by Pamela | May 26, 2007 | Travel
…made easier when the airline over compensates for mistakes by bumping you to first class …made less pleasant by the lack of outlets in St Louis and LA airports …made easier with good astronomy on the other end …made harder by the need to...
by Pamela | May 24, 2007 | Space Carnival
It’s that time of week again: There is a Space Carnival in progress over at Universe Today. Make sure you get there while the news is fresh and check out all the free links – Some of them just might take you out of the universe. I’ll be hosting one...
by Pamela | May 23, 2007 | Astrophysics, Stars
Opening my press release email folder this morning, I found what could have been the beginning of a good joke if I were actually a skilled humorist. So a black hole and a brown dwarf both start to form. As the black hole consumes his parent star, he shots powerful...
