Science > Written History > Fortune Telling
One of the reasons I love science is that it actually does allow us to look into the past and future, beyond our existence in the present. Written history gives us a perspective of a person who was...
View ArticleA Direct Black Hole
How did supermassive black holes form in the early epochs of the universe? More importantly, how did they have enough time to grow as large as they did? The answer requires a very different universe....
View ArticleMeasuring Dark Energy Like a BOSS
When you start to think about the most massive and extreme ‘stuff’ in the universe, you inevitably go to Dark Matter and Dark Energy. They exist as opposites, one with incredible gravity holding the...
View ArticleEinstein’s Final Riddle
Why does the Universe expand the way it does? Why does it accelerate? Einstein’s equations offer an explanation of gravity that works on the scale we know, but do they work on the grandest scales of...
View ArticleThe Eclipse Feeling
It was like someone turned down the Sun with a dimmer switch. The tempurate dropped quickly, enhanced by the lack of moisture in the dry mountain air. In a span of an hour, the Sun looked the same,...
View ArticleLooking Closer and Testing Theories
Last week, while looking at some of the best images from the Cassini spacecraft, I commented on the fact that the smooth rings of Saturn are small, varied chunks of ice and rock when you get down to...
View ArticleThe Gravity Wave Era
I saw an article last night about gravitational waves, that a black hole merger was detected by not just the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO), but by another project...
View ArticleDouble Post: Mini Stars & Morning Micrometeorites on Mercury
Alliteration is accessible to all! Okay I’m done. Start some science! Really done this time. Today’s double post covers the smallest of stars, still larger than most planets, and the only weather...
View ArticlePodcasting about Astronomy
I love working on different projects every day. Some days I present planetarium shows, some days I do a radio show, some days I’m doing video conference calls with school children, and some days I’m...
View ArticleSummer Astrophotography – A Passion Project
I love being a science communicator, being with people and sharing my knowledge of the universe. However, I have a personal fascination with the universe, and although this helps me learn more and...
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