Polymath (n): A person who has extensive knowledge in many different areas
I do hope that all of you got a chance to see the aurora this past weekend. It was certainly impressive from where I was. This was the strongest geomagnetic storm since 2003. I drove out to Camano Island north of Seattle to get a good look (along with a lot of other people). I Read More …
Back in 2017, when I was just getting started blogging, I did a post on sample-return missions. These are space missions designed to bring material back from space so that we can study it here on the Earth. While sample-return missions are complicated, it allows us to use larger and more capable instruments than we Read More …
A couple of weeks ago, on May 19th, Koichi Itagaki, an amateur astronomer in Japan, was taking a picture of the galaxy M101. This galaxy, known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, is a very popular object for astronomers to capture, and it would not be the first time Itagaki took a picture of it. As a Read More …
A few nights ago (March 23rd), I was fortunate enough to be able to witness the most spectacular auroral display I’d ever seen. Granted, I’d only ever seen the aurora once before this, but this experience blew that one out of the water. I’m not going to bury the lede on this one (like I Read More …
This past Wednesday, December 14th, marks the 50th anniversary since humans last set foot on the moon. The Apollo Program, which officially began in 1961, succeeded in putting humans on the moon six times. As we got more experienced with the challenges associated with sending humans to the moon, the missions grew in longevity and Read More …
This week, if you go outdoors at night and look towards the east, you may see a bright red object glowing in the night sky. That’s right, it’s the god of war himself, Mars. This week, Mars has just reached opposition with the Earth. This means that Mars is almost directly opposite the Earth from Read More …
When I was a kid growing up, I loved watching science documentaries of all kinds. A rather popular topic was any variation on DOOM FROM THE SKIES – how we’re going to be destroyed by xyz astronomical event. It’s pretty easy to write a show around how the dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid impact Read More …
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