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Category Archives: Astronomy
Earth reaches its 2022 perihelion!
Despite it being Winter in the Northern Hemisphere and colder than Hell lately, Earth passed through its closest point to the Sun. I always thought this coincided with the Winter Solstice back in December but that is when our planet’s … Continue reading
Italian #57: Licia Troisi
For starters, her name is pronounced LEE-cha TRO-easy, not, what I’m predicting from lazy American English, LEE-sia TROY-see. I’m also going to be upfront, I don’t know much about Mrs. Troisi other than I was thrilled to find a person … Continue reading
Made it to the Solstice 2021
Jennifer isn’t a fan of the Sun since she prefers to hit the sack around the same time old people prefer to. It’s mostly due to her job as a nurse; she wakes around 3:30 AM and shows up by … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Science & Technology
Tagged Holiday
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RIP Michael Collins
I’m glad that when the show For All Mankind covered the Apollo XI landing, they kept the names of the real astronauts, including the late Michael Collins who would then be in the alternate universe’s Apollo XV (sic) disaster…spoiler alert, he survived. Rather sucks. … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Science & Technology
Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Cold War, NASA, Sixties, The Moon
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Octavia Butler gets some overdue love!
Although it will require the International Astronomical Union to make it official, the brilliant people at NASA have named/dedicated Perseverance‘s landing site to Sci-Fi author Octavia Butler. It’s a shame she didn’t live to receive this, she passed away in 2006. … Continue reading
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Tagged Science Fiction
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Martian sunset or sunrise?
Somebody posted this on Twitter. It’s probably from a probe with functioning cameras. The three bright dots in the Martian sky are Venus, Earth and Jupiter. Given that Mars’ atmosphere is one percent the density of ours, it’s probably easier … Continue reading
If alien civilizations exist, we may not hear each other
Two Scientists (I couldn’t get their specialities) have taken Drake’s Equation further and have concluded that between four to 211 other SETI-capable civilizations may be present in the Milky Way. They did come to 36 as the most likely number. Sounds … Continue reading
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Tagged Alien Civilizations
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Space X must’ve docked
The news has been riddled with more riots over the unnecessary murder of George Floyd and since American Media goes with if it bleeds, it leads…everything went according to plan with Space X docking at ISS. At least one funny thing … Continue reading
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Tagged Space Exploration
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Space X was successful, part one
The rocket is on its way to put the two astronauts into orbit, this only takes less than 20 minutes. Now will come the tense 19 hours for the capsule to sync up with the ISS and succeed at docking. … Continue reading
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Tagged Space Exploration
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Space X launch delayed
With minutes to go, Florida’s infamous weather scrubbed the launch of America’s first attempt to put people into space in a decade. The Libertarian hard-on will have to wait as they celebrate the privatization of space travel. Even if Ego … Continue reading
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Tagged Space Exploration
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For All Mankind: one season
This was the first show I was interested in watching on Apple’s new TV/Movie network and I was also a little apprehensive. Whenever a former Star Trek producer is involved, it’s a warning that the show might be craptacular. Let’s face it, … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Bingewatch, Math, Physics, Science & Technology, TV
Tagged 20th Century, Alternate Reality, Apple+, Bingewatch, Cold War, NASA, Opinion, Politics, Space Travel
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1970: Apollo 13 launched
The Apollo 13 mission was a demonstration of what happens when you plan and prepare for the worst. It was NASA’s finest hour back then. Hard to believe it happened when the GOP was in the White House since we lost two … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, History, Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Current Events, NASA, Seventies, Space Exploration
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An Astronomy headline the copyeditor did on purpose!
Unless the headline writer was thinking/utilizing the post-Eighties pronunciation of the seventh planet (YUR-in-us), they thought this was fine. However, everybody, including little kids still use the humorous ones the Romans never imagined. If you don’t know or recall, watch … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Science & Technology
Tagged Low Brow Humor
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Count Rugan is probably behind DST
Two days in and I’m still exhausted but thanks to coronavirus, getting rid of this stupid, agricultural society remnant will have to wait. Thanks to Debbie for the gag.
Posted in Astronomy, Movies, Science & Technology
Tagged Eighties, Humor, The Princess Bride
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RIP Katherine Johnson
Farewell to a great American and a person who was vital to our (as in the World, not just America) success at landing on the Moon. Without Katherine’s brilliance and mathematical skills, I have a feeling there could’ve been delays. … Continue reading
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Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Space Exploration
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