by Pamela | Jun 29, 2007 | Personal
This is the second part in what I had originally seen as a two part series on what may be the neatest tools in astronomy’s tool belt for indirectly examining the stuff of the universe. I say originally thought, because as I sit here writing, I’m thinking...
by Pamela | Jun 27, 2007 | Personal
I just want to drop you, my gentle readers, a message to say that yes, I do read all your comments. Sometimes (like this week), I get frustrated that I don’t have the time to respond to all of you. I want to write in response to all your emails, but doing...
by Pamela | Jun 27, 2007 | Personal
Astronomers on Earth are limited in how they can look at the universe. We basically have three tools. We can detect light across a broad spectrum of colors. We can capture high energy particles – cosmic rays – that are flung at us from distant events. We...
by Pamela | Jun 25, 2007 | Personal
I just finished taking a tour through the latest papers posted on the astronomy preprint server. In general, few things do more to attract a my attention than a good title. One title in particular stopped my casual scrolling dead on its pixels: Redshifted formaldehyde...
by Pamela | Jun 24, 2007 | Random
I just looked over my podcast stats (a self hating act if there ever was one). My numbers have been slowly creeping up about 10 readers per week since I went daily at the beginning of May. It is sad, but it is encouraging. I see growth. It’s just slow. If you...
by Pamela | Jun 24, 2007 | Personal
Just last week, it seems, Venus was in Gemini and Saturn stood half a sky away in Leo. Seeing Venus and Saturn side-by-side in Leo the past couple days makes me wonder where the days have gone. When you really watch the sky, it is truly amazing how fast things can...
