by Pamela Gay | Mar 4, 2024 | Personal, Politics
N.B. This series has nothing to do with astronomy, but the future of science requires a nation with the capacity and the will to support science and nurture a highly educated populace. This year, 2024, is a presidential election year here in the United States. There...
by Pamela | Jan 15, 2009 | Personal
Hi Everyone, Okay, I officially forfeit. The International Year of Astronomy pwnd me. I am her eager slave and I willingly sacrifice all my spare moments to helping her succeed. I am looking for time to blog. It will happen. Eventually. In the interium, if you are in...
by Pamela | Mar 15, 2008 | Astronomy, Planets
Here are summaries of a few brief stories that combine Earth data and elsewhere data to get neat understandings of other worlds 1) Carrizozo Lava Flow (image: Google): Looking at Mars, we keep finding beautify lava flows that stream across the surface and end in...
by Pamela | Sep 23, 2007 | Astronomy, Planets
I’ve decided Mars is the taunting red planet. She hangs up there, red and provocative, reveling here poles and captivating us with her canyons. She plays a careful game of peek-a-boo with her here-today, gone-tomorrow sand storms. She spikes our curiosity with...
by Pamela | Oct 18, 2006 | Gifted and Talented, Personal
A friend once sent me the following quote from Pearl S. Buck. “The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him… a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy...
