by Pamela | Jun 28, 2007 | Space Carnival
The 9th Carnival of Space is up at the Planetary Societ Weblog, which is written by Emily Lakdawalla.
by Pamela | Jun 23, 2007 | Observing
Last night I attempted to give a star party for a group of about 50 girl scouts. It was a noble effort, but I have to admit that it devolved into learned old(ish) person speaking before a group of seated in rows youngish people. I’m generally opposed to this...
by Pamela | Jun 21, 2007 | Space Carnival
I hope you are all happily enjoying the first day of the Sun shining directly over the Northern Hemisphere north of the tropic of Cancer (wheee, that’s a mouthfull!). If you are looking for a way to celebrate, let me suggest you take in the Carnival of Space...
by Pamela | Jun 16, 2007 | Space Craft
One of the things that NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency have each proven over and over again is that astro/cosmonauts are the best construction workers in and off this world. In my mind, there is only one reason for us to send people into space for...
by Pamela | Jun 14, 2007 | Space Carnival
It’s that time of the week again – Carnival time! The following is a selection of Space Science reports from all around the Internet. As you read through the following entries, I hope you will find some new content from new voices who will join your daily...
by Pamela | May 31, 2007 | Stars
One of the deeply confusing aspects of our Sun (and other stars) is their temperature structure. Starting in the core, the Sun is millions of degrees kelvin and supports nuclear burning. As you leave the nuclear burning core and climb first into the radiative zone and...
