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On the Road: See you in Boulder and/or Austin!
Just got home from a whirlwind of family holiday travel, and I’m not even going to put my suitcase away. In a few days, I’ll be leaving again for the National Radio Sciences Meeting of URSI in Boulder, Colorado. I give a talk there on Wednesday afternoon, then I fly out to Austin two days…
December’s “Peek into my Brain”… or, at least, RSS feed
Apparently my weekly updates are now… monthly. Or of some periodicity that is too long for this to be considered a consistent blog. Or something. But it’s my website and I’ll post if I want to, right? Interesting Things on the Internet Carnival(s) of Space 224 (Smaller Questions), 225 (me!), 226 (Dear Astronomer), and 227…
Oh my, it’s already November…
Even though it’s been a few weeks, I still want to bring attention to some of the interesting stuff on the internet that has caught my attention… Earth had a visitor of the rocky kind in YU55 which passed within the distance of the Moon’s orbit. See the radar video from NASA and get your…
Thanks and Hugs
Hello, all. Checking in to say GGEEEAAAAGGGGGHHH. Between #NaTheWriMo, aka National Thesis Writing Month, or several months really, and #willastronomfornoms, aka my search for a job after said thesis is finished, I’m a wee bit stressed. BUT, I did run all you lovely donators for the VA Earthquake victims through a random number generator for…
For Bob Rood, one of the coolest people I know
Update: The family has set up a public Facebook page where you can share your favorite Bob Rood stories and memories. Also, the current astronomy department chair wrote this in remembrance of Bob. Update 2: A public memorial service will be held at 4pm on November 10th at the University of Virginia chapel. It will…
Black holes, Homeopathy, and Robots… Stuff I’ve Missed
Last weekend I had lovely time at Women Thinking Free Foundation’s “Skeptics Under the Stars.” We had a meteor shower! And marshmallows! And comets! And the Yerkes Observatory! I took a few pictures of the observatory and the campsite and also around Chicago as Jamie, the skeptical ninja of WTFF, gave me a lovely tour.…
Quakes and Hugs
Update 2: I’ve been totally MIA this past week and have a deadline coming up October 31, so I’m extending my offer until November 5th. Which is also the day of the NRAO open house! (Hope to see you there.) Also, you can donate to the Housing Foundation linked below, or to the Louisa Education…
News, Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Headed
It’s Friday, not Monday, which means I’m going to load up part 1 of the “stuff that interests me” from the past few weeks. Since I… I missed a couple of Mondays there. Obviously, big news in the tech world… Steve Jobs has died. Amanda Bauer’s blog brought his 2005 Stanford speech to my attention,…
Help CosmoQuest
On March 22, 2013 we found out that many NASA EPO programs will be suspended as a direct result of US budgetary sequestration. We are proactively working to raise money to make sure that CosmoQuest can continue to support its staff and its programs.
Your donation will support science education that produces science!
Total Raised: $3,385 (as of 2pm CDT, 4/18/2012)
About Nicole Gugliucci
I’m a brand new post-doc in astronomy working as part of the CosmoQuest team. My thesis focused on radio astronomy instrumentation. That means, I got to build cool telescopes that will open up new frontiers in the universe. I also love to teach, both in a classroom setting and informally. I'm happy to talk about the universe with anyone who will listen, and I am skeptically curious about all things.Also blogging at…
