Tonight I may be wearing something similar to pajamas when the sun sets. I’m thinking some polar fleece when I climb on the roof — there’s a flat bit, don’t worry — to behold the Christmas Star on the winter solstice. The heavens will be putting on a show last…
Category: Science
I write these posts all too often as catastrophe strikes, and it’s heart breaking. Here’s how you can help those in need. Donate to the Red Cross. Mission Statement The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and…
Norman Rockwell, 1965, Oil on canvas Astronauts John Young and Gus Grissom are suited for the first flight of the Gemini program in March 1965. NASA loaned Norman Rockwell a Gemini spacesuit in order to make this painting as accurate as possible. Credit: Courtesy Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.…
I’ve started taking walks just after six a.m. Yesterday, when I turned the corner were my street starts to climb into the foothills, I saw the windows of a Spanish Colonial had all been flung open to catch the (relative) chill. My neighbor was seated at her kick-ass Steinway playing…
The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community An improbable tale of how a British maverick harnessed crowd sourced meteorological discoveries to reveal the poetic wonders of the sky. By JON MOOALLEMMAY 4, 2016 …A cloud is only water, but arranged like no other water on earth.…
The storm — blustery in some places, blinding in others — was a swirling, sprawling mass with a reach of nearly 1,000 miles. It had already largely immobilized Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia on its way to New York. It all but stopped airline and railroad travel, flooded low-lying beaches and…
NASA TV to Provide Live Feed of Sunday’s Supermoon Eclipse For the first time in more than 30 years, you can witness a supermoon in combination with a lunar eclipse. Late on Sept. 27, 2015, in the U.S. and much of the world, a total lunar eclipse will mask the…
This is a picture one of my older brothers texted me on Friday moments before he got a mandatory evacuation order as the western side of the Sierras went up in flames. He said it was getting difficult to breathe. Both my brothers live in the area. If you look…