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September 29, 2010
Category: Solar System
"Goldilocks was hungry. She tasted the porridge from the first bowl. 'This porridge is too hot!' she exclaimed. So, she tasted the porridge from the second bowl. 'This porridge is too cold,' she said. So, she tasted the last bowl...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 8:20 PM • 49 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 27, 2010
Category: Physics
"I know all about neutrinos, and my friend here knows about everything else in astrophysics." -John Bahcall Neutrinos are the most poorly understood particles in the standard model. Remember the standard model? The standard model of elementary particles tells us...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 8:05 PM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 26, 2010
Category: Random Stuff
"You lost your way I tried to find it for you A brighter day to clear your name The thing is where you are and Where you're going is the same" -Storyhill Those of you who've been listening to the...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 11:51 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 24, 2010
Category: Galaxies
"Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." -Drew Carey When you think of a galaxy, you probably think of a bright, dense...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 7:50 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 23, 2010
Category: Astronomy
"But now it's gettin' late And the moon is climbin' high. I want to celebrate See it shinin' in your eye." -Neil Young The full Moon, beautiful as it is, isn't really all that rare! Once every 29-30 days, the...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 8:40 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 22, 2010
Category: Astronomy
"Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules." -Douglas Adams Every once in a while, a star in our own galaxy can do something to surprise us. Over in the constellation...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 8:17 PM • 61 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 19, 2010
Category: Education
"On the chess-board lies and hypocrisy do not survive long." -Emanuel Lasker Along with art, music, math, and sports, it's well known that the game of Chess is one of the best activities a child can engage in to develop...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 1:29 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 17, 2010
Category: Physics
"I feel the earth move under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down I feel my heart start to trembling Whenever you're around" -Carole King I had so much fun earlier this week telling you about how we know...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 7:53 PM • 36 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 15, 2010
Category: Astronomy
"It doesn't matter what temperature the room is, it's always room temperature." -Steven Wright Far and away, one of the greatest things the Universe has ever created are dense clusters of galaxies! The Coma Cluster, shown above, is a classic...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 8:03 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 13, 2010
Category: Astronomy
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." -Galileo Galilei While practically every scientist (and 79% of Americans) accept that the...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 8:13 PM • 88 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
