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When does the day end? »

By Candice on Oct 3, 2008 in Astronomy, Science | 1 Comment

To some, it may seem as though I’ve already failed in my mission to post once per day for the entire month of October. But when you only wake up at 8pm, when does the day really end? I will probably go to bed sometime around 1pm or 2pm tomorrow. I won’t be held down [...]

The sun is essplode! »

By Candice on Sep 10, 2005 in Astronomy, Science | Comments Off

SpaceTramp brought my attention to the current increase in solar activity that’s been happening over the last few days. According to SpaceWeather.com, Wednesday’s X17 flare was the fifth largest ever recorded!
A quick search on Technorati for other posts about the solar storm brought me to Astinus’ Blog where I found a couple of amazing [...]

Similes and Metaphors »

By Candice on Jul 9, 2005 in Astronomy, Conspiracy Theories, Signifies all that is wrong in the world..., This is unacceptable... | 5 Comments

I’ve never been fond of them, except when employed by Douglas Adams.
I don’t have any particular reason for my distaste, I just find them generally annoying. But here’s a good argument for avoiding them (if you didn’t already clue in to the danger after all of that Gulag nonsense): if you use a simile [...]

Maybe instead of instant gratification… »

By Candice on Jul 7, 2005 in Astronomy, Bullshit, Science | Comments Off

…NASA actually wants to wait for the dust to clear, and to have some time to analyze data before releasing results. You fucking loon!
I am so satisfied. Look’s like Hoagland’s blog is starting out, at least, to be all that I hoped for. Regularly updated psychoceramics. A laugh and a half, [...]

More spacey stuff »

By Candice on Jun 22, 2005 in Astronomy, Science | 1 Comment

Spectacular Conjunction
This weekend Mercury, Venus and Saturn are going to crowd together in a patch of sky no bigger than your thumb. Astronomers call it a “conjunction” and it’s going to be spectacular.
And possibly visible to me, for once. The weather predicts that the skies will be clear around these parts this weekend.

Cosmos1 Video Feed »

By Candice on Jun 22, 2005 in Astronomy, Science | Comments Off

A live feed of Cosmos1 (ya know, the super keen solar sail spacecraft they just launched from a submarine in Russia, yada yada) will be available whenever it crosses over the Clay Center Observatory in Massachusetts via the Cosmos1 Video Site. If you’re interested, first feed should be: Thursday, June 23rd between 21:00:00 - [...]