Stream of consciousness Bird in flight 18 Aug 20197 Aug 2019 Why do I think of SUVAT equations now? © 2019 Alexander Biebricher All Rights Reserved.
Stream of consciousness Direct imaging of an exoplanet 27 Jun 201928 Jun 2019 Read that. Slowly. Then remember what you know about the universe. Read it again. More slowly... I have no words of any significance, to be honest. Image credit and source…
Stream of consciousness Storm in the teacup (quasar) 23 May 201923 May 2019 This is a good example of a galaxy which we know pretty well, but keep probing further into. Does that make sense to you? See, it's a quasar. That's fine.…
Stream of consciousness Imagine living on a planet in one of these galaxies! 9 May 201929 Apr 2019 You know what this is about? Tidal interactions between two galaxies... ...it took me a while to realise what that meant: The smaller galaxy most likely passed through the larger…
Stream of consciousness Do you know why ski jump hills are so steep? 5 May 20195 May 2019 Do yourself the favour and stand in front of a K120 (or larger) ski jump hill - if you have the opportunity that is. I took the above image at…
Nerdy stuff #makekindnessgoviral: One can dream… 30 Apr 20191 May 2019 I dream of a world in which #kindness is trending and oodles of examples for it flood the internets. :) Here, I'll start: When my daughter realized... 1) that some…
Stream of consciousness Exoplanetary science 11 Apr 201911 Apr 2019 You have no idea just how far away exoplanets are. Really, you don't. Yes, you may have constructed for yourself the illusion of knowing - by means of ever larger…
Nerdy stuff The “ingredients” of the Northern Lights 29 Jan 201928 Jan 2019 People are a little facetious when describing the Northern Lights. They dance and stuff, you know. The lights, I mean, not the people, although they may do that, too. It's…
Stream of consciousness Man, JUNO is one h… of a mission 17 Jan 20196 Jan 2019 Images taken by space probes can sometimes be, well, "composed to a lower standard than one would expect". However, if you happen to be someone who may be able to…
