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An Apple World

Short message while I write longer content on this mornings first, galaxy rich, press conference. This I walked into the press conference room and their was a giant, fresh from the press, printed Hubble Heritage image off to the side. Okay that’s cool. What...

The search for Chotchkies and Bling-Bling

One of the odd side activities at AAS meetings is the search for neat give aways from the different space missions, companies, and publishers. These items generally take the form of lanyards, pens, and posters. I picked up something kind of new and neat and just in...

Getting to Hawaii is…

…made easier when the airline over compensates for mistakes by bumping you to first class …made less pleasant by the lack of outlets in St Louis and LA airports …made easier with good astronomy on the other end …made harder by the need to...

AAS: T minus 1-week and counting

Just a heads up: I will be attending the American Astronomical Societies Summer meeting in Honolulu next week. Expect lots of news and interviews. Anyone wanting to meeting up can find me at 6:20pm on Monday (after the Cannon lecture) outside of registration....

Between the Romans and the Lions

The other day I had an Astronomy Cast fan send me an email asking where I fall on the Dawkin’s Continuum. He was referring to the belief scale that Richard Dawkins laid out in his new book, The God Delusion. Within this system, individuals are divided by their...

AAS – Austin, TX

I get to go (subject to funding) and be the proud academic parent as at least 1, and possibly 2, of my students present their first papers.