by Pamela | Jul 10, 2007 | Personal
In what is to me the most scientifically important paper of the year, astronomers today announced the discovery of 2 galaxies at redshifts > 10 and 4 galaxies with redshifts >7.7. The most distant of these galaxies was forming stars just 500,000,000 years after...
by Pamela | Jul 10, 2007 | Personal
As we continue to find extra solar planets around increasing numbers of stars and continue to find liquids (water, ammonia, methane…) in increasing places in our own solar system, one has to wonder when will we find life. Answering this question is a complex...
by Pamela | Jul 8, 2007 | Personal
It seems that conferences always come in clusters. This year, back-to-back bookings are becoming a way of life! At the end of July I’ll be at the AAPT meeting in Greensboro, NC, followed by the Cosmos in the Classroom meeting in Pomona, CA. Then I come back for...
by Pamela | Jul 7, 2007 | Space Craft
Yesterday I learned NASA truly is all powerful – They actually postponed Dawn until Monday! Today, however, I was disappointed as I was forced to weed under a hot Sun. Turns out, the only Dawn NASA can delay is the an amusingly monikered mission to the meteors...
by Pamela | Jul 6, 2007 | Space Craft
With the big Live Earth concerts planned for around the globe tomorrow, a lot of people are starting to think about recycling. In our quest for a low impact existence, a paperless office within walking distance of home and a diet of local foods seems like a fabulous...
