Category Archives: Astronomy

Covers Astronomy, astrophysics, space travel, maybe geography and cartography.

Italian #33: Giordano Bruno

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Steve

This year we’ve covered an Italian who affected food/candy and another with art, on to Science. If you watched the new Cosmos, you may remember Bruno’s name. He was the Dominican friar who proposed that the stars in the night sky … Continue reading →

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New Horizons made it and the new information is great!

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Steve

I won’t deny being late to the party when it comes to all the Pluto hype. I’ve been busy taking care of my health and cleaning up affairs key to the maintenance of the Maggi Republic. I have been an … Continue reading →

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This month’s theme is Pluto!

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Steve

New Horizons will finally zoom by Pluto, get pictures and other data but I’m confident the whole planet debate will continue. As I’ve said before, I am with the ASU’s position of it is not. The loudest voices in the is camp … Continue reading →

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Dr. Hawking “sings” Monty Python

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Steve

Not the most well-known song by the Pythons but a favorite near the middle of The Meaning of Life. I love all the astronomical facts with it concluding on how we’ve beaten the odds…that we know of.

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Happy Winter Solstice!

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Steve

The source claiming tonight will be the longest night in the Earth’s history has retracted its story already, it was in 1912. But if the human race gets its collective shit together, we may survive to witness the new record … Continue reading →

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Success! Rosetta lands on a comet!

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Steve

A rather cool development since comets tend to be demonized in popular culture; omens of bad things about to happen, a zombie plague originator, an evil empire hiding in it and something which will crash into earth, destroying civilization. I’m … Continue reading →

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Happy 80th Birthday Carl Sagan

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Steve

Had he beaten cancer and carried on, it would’ve been his 80th. Sagan wasn’t always a genial figure since it was disputed about the lawsuits he may or may not have filed against Johnny Carson, Apple, etc. He’s probably also … Continue reading →

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Antares rocket fails after a few seconds but it happens

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Steve

As I recently experienced, you still can learn from mistakes and failure, or at least we used to in America. The ignoramuses who continue to poo poo space travel/exploration will try to exploit this forgetting how often our attempts in … Continue reading →

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Italian #28: Fiorella Terenzi

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Steve

At last, I found another Italian scientist and she’s a lady! What makes Dr. Terenzi even cooler is that she’s an Astronomer, my favorite science. Then again, she may be an Astrophysicist too. These disciplines overlap with Physics so I’m … Continue reading →

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Happy First Day of Fall 2014

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Steve

To me, Labor Day is the official end of Summer and kick off to Fall. Being a Midwesterner, school would agree since its beginning tended to coincide with this arrangement. In Austin, it’s at least a couple weeks away. Phew! The … Continue reading →

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Without my morning caffeine, I go Sagan through the day!

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Steve

A truly fitting dedication to one the greatest spokespeople of Science and I’m glad Dr. deGrasse Tyson was able to carry on the baton alongside Bill Nye. Anyway, the reference is from the original Cosmos show in which Sagan explains how … Continue reading →

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A great interactive demo of the Solar System’s scale

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Steve

The BBC once again demonstrating its superiority over America’s so-called news organizations with this cool page showing you the scale of just the Solar System. There are benchmarks along the way pointing out humanity’s accomplishments and well-known celestial objects. I … Continue reading →

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Happy (belated) Solstice 2013

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Steve

Yesterday marked what is traditionally called the shortest day of the year. With the definition of day meaning the least amount of sunlight we’ll see. It is odd that it’s also when the Earth is closest to the Sun but … Continue reading →

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Italian #20: Franco Malerba

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Steve

Dr. Malerba is Italy’s first astronaut and I decided to kick off with him this year because I’m totally stoked about the release of Gravity at theaters tomorrow. Due to the Stars’ having games both days over the weekend, we will have … Continue reading →

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What better way to celebrate the month of May!

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Steve

Sadly Alamo isn’t doing a Summer of 1983. Not sure why and I won’t press. I may have to come up with my own…right after I watch Blade Runner to conclude 1982, I’ll pretend it’s the 30th anniversary of catching it … Continue reading →

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