Nerdy stuff Kindness in all situations? 1 Oct 20191 Oct 2019 I appreciate that those of you who have asked the question I am about to discuss, have done so in direct messages. It gives me the opportunity to talk in…
Stream of consciousness Technically, we still haven’t imaged the actual black hole… 26 Sep 201924 Sep 2019 Alright, that's not just nitpicking, that's misunderstanding what language is for. This, right there, with its global network of collaborators turning their telescopes on the same object at given times,…
Stream of consciousness Make no mistake, we’re serious about this 19 Sep 201910 Sep 2019 Yes. We are on our way back. We have lost much of the knowledge that brought us there in the first place, but we are on our way back. When…
Stream of consciousness Spooky beach 15 Sep 20197 Sep 2019 All powerful sun, lighting up a solar system...and here I stand, under a tiny cloud, as I apparently must, not getting its full blast in my face. Not that I…
Stream of consciousness Remember a piece of history 12 Sep 20194 Sep 2019 The very first photograph of a solar eclipse: From the source: Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski made the first solar eclipse photograph on July 28, 1851, also using the daguerrotype process,…
Science Storytelling Photographing the sunset 7 Sep 20195 Aug 2019 There are moments you treasure for the rest of your life. When I sat there the other day, at that little place I once facetiously called the least spectacular beach…
Stream of consciousness When “up” and “down” lose their meaning… 5 Sep 201927 Aug 2019 You know, I can't wrap my head around the idea that "up" and "down" may lose their meaning. I mean, you'll still be there thinking of your scalp as the…
Stream of consciousness When nature applies a warm-color-filter 1 Sep 201931 Aug 2019 It's actually Rayleigh-scatter we are talking about here. During the day, it gives you your blue sky, or at least it contributes to it. In the evening, however, a lot…
Stream of consciousness The balance of forces 29 Aug 201927 Aug 2019 A star. Our star. The Sun. Something pushing inwards, something pushing outwards. The balance between those two things is such that the Sun looks like (or close to) this to…
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