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Curiosity and exploration

28 Aug 20158 Sep 2019
You have to love science sometimes. People still seem to miss the good old glory days, where major discoveries like DNA or Quantum Mechanics ruled the science news cycle. Nowadays,…
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On science, smartphones and nerds

26 Aug 20157 Sep 2019
I gave a presentation based on the 4 texts about Imagination and Mathematics during Senior Space Camp 2015 at Andøya Space Center and NAROM. After the presentation a participant approached…
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Zombie stars: A few words on how to read NASA (and others)

22 Aug 201530 Aug 2019
I will start with a full disclaimer. I have no idea how NASA is organised internally, and who writes what or in what shape strategies for the digital presence of…
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The Physics of Bleik

18 Aug 201530 Aug 2019
The picture above is of Bleik beach in Andøy in Northern Norway. I will readily admit that I want to bait you to click on the link with that picture.…
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The One Thing I Want To Experience Before I Die

30 May 201529 Aug 2019
If there is one thing that may not be so fantastic about living under the Northern Lights in Gulfstream-warmed Northern Norway, it is that one has to up the ante…
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Aurora explained in under one minute

13 May 20157 Sep 2019
If you are like my wife, and your partner is of a somewhat nerdy persuasion, here is how you can impress him or her: Explain Northern Lights - or Aurora…
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Planetary waves: The biggest coherent pressure structures in the Earth’s atmosphere

22 Apr 201528 Aug 2019
Sometimes, when water vapor content in the Earth's atmosphere is measured from above strange structures appear at around 30 or 60 degrees latitude North or South. Looking at the picture,…
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Noctilucent Clouds

21 Apr 201527 Aug 2019
Noctilucent Clouds (call them NLC for now) are middle atmosphere phenomena connected to icy particles of meteoritic origin, which occur exclusively during the summer months. Why? Because the respective altitude…
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St. Elmo’s Fire – fact or fiction?

18 Apr 201527 Aug 2019
Have you ever heard about St. Elmo's fire? It is rather rare, and truth be told, if you do know about it, chances are you may regard it somewhat uncertainly…

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