by Pamela | Jul 18, 2007 | Personal
All of us have a certain amount of rubber necker inside us. We all turn to see the wrecked car, and as kids we paused to watch the fights in the school yard. As an adult, I have to admit to taking a secret (well, maybe not so secret anymore) thrill in watching the...
by Pamela | Jul 17, 2007 | Personal
One of the cooler and least talked about phenomena in astronomy is the light echo. Any time a momentary bright something occurs (supernova, stellar flare, etc…), a packet of light is sent rocketing through space like a “Hallo!” vocally screamed out...
by Pamela | Jul 17, 2007 | Personal
It sometimes seems like the exoplanet folks put out a press release every time anything half way novel or solar system-like is found. What we don’t hear about are the boring discoveries that fill in the details. One recent paper seems to be flying under the...
by Pamela | Jul 15, 2007 | Events
I’ll be at AstroFest hanging out, meeting students, and giving a talk on standard star calibrations. If you’re an an SAO alum, consider coming 🙂 Here’s the info on the talk I’ll be giving: Standard Stars, Standard Colors, and the art of not...
by Pamela | Jul 15, 2007 | Personal
Fraser and I got a great letter from someone who listens to Astronomy Cast. This person noted quite correctly that Carl Sagan was strongly criticized for spending so much time popularizing astronomy. This person asked if things have changed significantly for us today....
