UPDATE (8/17/17): As the date gets closer, please check out my “Procrastinator’s Guide to the Solar Eclipse” on Skepchick! I’m pretty darn excited. I’ve never seen a total solar eclipse, and I’m getting my first chance to do so, along…
The Solar Dynamics Observatory launched last week for the thrilled scientists and engineers who have worked for years on this mission, some happy #SDOisGO TweetUp participants, and countless other space fans around the world. (The who? The wha? Oh, pretty!)…
Today, we could finally, honestly, say… SDO is GO!!! The Solar Dynamics Observatory launched today at 10:23am EST by an Atlas V from Kennedy Space Center. (The wha? The this! And this!) And there’s video of it as well. I…
I am such a happy girl right now. After some 13 hours in the car, (more for some!) George, Aleya, James and I made it to Titusville, Florida. We are here for the SDOisGO TweepUp event, and we’re catching the…
I had a lovely weekend away from the computer (and new iPhone even!) celebrating the beginning of summer. The solstice occurred at 1:45 am EDT (summer for us in the North, winter in the South!) and is the time in…
“… a gigantic nuclear furnace!” The Bad Astronomer presents the next installment of his “10 Things You Don’t Know About…” and this one is all about our parent star, the Sun. Okay, so you may know a fair number of…