by Pamela | Aug 9, 2007 | Space Carnival
The traveling show has landed on my little blog for week 15. Please check out all the acts. A Babe in the Universe discusses how the private space industry has long believed that they can explore Space for less cost than NASA. This article discusses a plan that would...
by Pamela | Aug 9, 2007 | Galaxies
One of the great mysteries of our universe is whether there are dark matter galaxies, devoid of stars, haunting the universe. From the COSMOS survey, we know that dark matter and visible matter are not always located in the same place. This implies that there may be...
by Pamela | Aug 7, 2007 | News Roundup
After spending roughly a week away from my press feed, I found myself face to face with a lot of intriguingly titled press releases. One announces: “Astronomers Find Largest Exoplanet to Date,” and another teases “Monster Galaxy Pileup...
by Pamela | Aug 7, 2007 | Travel
Let me preface this by saying I am sometimes a bit crazy. After AAPT and ASP, I decided I needed a brain break. The ASP conference ended at 3pm Sunday, and having checked out of my room at 2pm, I hatched a crazy plan to go to Disney. And I did. I rented a car from...
by Pamela | Aug 5, 2007 | Teaching
Currently, there is a movement to move classroom instruction onto the Internet. Software such as iTunes U and Blackboard both support the distribution of Audio, Video, and PDFs to students in a password protected environment. While this works to protect our personal...
