by Pamela | Nov 16, 2007 | Astrophysics
Sometimes, in science, English is abused in ways that make one giggle while learning. Earlier today I read an abstract that was so fascinatingly unnatural that I had to read the article. “Once a parity is introduced in unparticle physics, under which unparticle...
by Pamela | Nov 4, 2007 | Astronomy, Technology
Long day. Tired day. Great ending. Jordan Raddick is currently talking about using the internet to advance science. He is addressing how we are moving into a new paradigm for doing science as our data is reaching the point of petabyte data sets. The old paradigm has...
by Pamela | Nov 2, 2007 | Astronomy, Meetups, Personal, Travel
1 good dinner + 1 good martini + 1 calmed brain = ready to blog less panicy Dennis di Cicco is giving a talk on the history the building we are all sitting in. This is actually way more exciting than one might expect. Dennis is an editor at Sky & Telescope...
by Pamela | Nov 2, 2007 | Astronomy, Observing, Personal
I’m currently at the AAVSO meeting in Cambridge, MA. I just had one of the most terrifying experience of my public speaking life. I attached my laptop to the overhead projector cable and my CPU DIED. Died died died died died. I paniced (and hopefully hid it...
by Pamela | Oct 30, 2007 | Astronomy, People, Space Craft
The last time man walked on the moon I wasn’t alive. Hopefully I won’t be able to say that for too much longer. Several different nations are gearing up to make manned assaults on the surface of the Moon. Before the people, there is a wave of explorer...
by Pamela | Oct 28, 2007 | Astronomy, Observing
If the Sun is down and you are in the northern hemisphere, look at the finder chart here and then go outside and look at this object. Now. This website will still be here when you get back. Hi there. Have a good time? No one quite knows what happened. This normally...
