My thought process is increasingly random as the holiday approaches, so I’ll celebrate that with some random links from the past week or so…
First, the ISS turns 10 years old at Big Pictures of the Boston Globe. So pretty! And quite a spectacular sight to watch it grow in these pictures. First seen in a tweet by Phlebas, thanks!
Cosmic rays have been all over the news. Check out tantalizing hints of weird astrophysical phenomena and dark matter at Universe Today (and here) and SarahAskew.
Another exoplanet imaged? Great coverage on beta Pic at Astroengine.
Brian Cox was named one of People magazine’s sexiest men alive, as reported at Bad Astronomy. Oh boy do I agree.
Speaking of Bad Astronomy… I got my copy of Death from the Skies from JREF today! Sweet. I’m looking forward to the read. Maybe I can use some facts to amaze the 4th graders I’ll be talking to in December!
The last Journal Club meeting in my department was on the newly photographed exoplanets, and I got a lot out of reading the papers. I am planning to write a cool post on it! As soon as my brain starts working again…
Happy Turkey Day, everyone!
Nicole
Tim
