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- Astronomy Employment: Past And Future
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I just posted a tweet storm from this week's 215th AAS Conference. The specific session was a workshop on "Astronomy Employment: Past and Future". The panelists were Beryl Benderly (Science Careers journalist), Rachel Ivie (AIP), Jim Ulves ...
Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jan 8 2010 - 4:33pm
- Giant Invisible Space Ribbon
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Where are we? Cosmically, I mean. We have barely made steps to get to the edge of our solar system, via Voyager 1 and 2. It's ironic that we can see back 13 billion years using telescopes, but we have little idea of what 'stuff' is out th ...
Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jan 15 2010 - 9:46pm
- AAS: Starting 2010 on the right foot
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I am not one for New Year's resolutions. January 1st does not particularly stand out to me, frankly. This year, however, I felt the need to turn over a new leaf. And so, amongst the various changes I wish to undertake in my semi-professional life, ...
Blog Post - Camille M. Carlisle - Jan 19 2010 - 10:13am
- Go Higher or Go to Antarctica
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You can (and should) listen to my first ever podcast, at "365 Days of Astronomy", which is either about a) why we put telescopes on mountains and in space or b) why science in Antarctica rocks! From the 365DOA site: Ever wonder why astronomers l ...
Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jan 19 2010 - 11:21am
- AAS day two
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Tuesday, 5 January 2010 There are several ways to spot an exoplanet. The two most common are the radial velocity and transit techniques. Radial velocity measurements detect changes in the star’s light due to its back-and-forth motion in response to its ...
Blog Post - Camille M. Carlisle - Jan 19 2010 - 9:51pm
- On The Trail Of Herschel's Cosmic Cat: NGC 6334
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The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has just released a new image of NGC 6334, an emission nebula discovered by astronomer John Herschel in 1837 and dubbed the Cat's Paw Nebula. This new portrait of the Cat's Paw Nebula was created from imag ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 7:01pm
- Demon Star Rainbow
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University of Iowa (UI) astronomers have made the first clear, rainbow-like, radio telescope images of a distant stellar coronal loop, at the eclipsing, non-nova binary star Algol, found in the constellation Perseus. ...
Blog Post - Anonymous - Jan 20 2010 - 2:19pm
- AAS: The Astronaut and the Astronomer
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Wednesday 6 January 2010 There have been only two standing ovations at the AAS in his memory, said Society president John Huchra, and the other heralded a presenter who later won the Nobel Prize. That’s how astronaut John Grunsfeld’s invited talk ended We ...
Blog Post - Camille M. Carlisle - Jan 20 2010 - 5:35pm
- Science & Social Media (AAS 215)
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I enjoyed presenting on Project Calliope two weeks ago, at the 215th AAS meeting. I have a partial podcast of my talk in preparation, but in the meantime, here are the visual slides from my presentation (and also up as a PDF at ProjectCalliope.com. The m ...
Article - Project Calliope - Jan 22 2010 - 9:38am
- I want to be hit by a crusty meteorite, too!
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A doctor's office in nearby Virginia, just one state down from me, got clobbered by a 'mango-sized' meteorite this week. Where others see disaster, I see envy. My envy. My favorite writeup is from The Register, because they have wit and wr ...
Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jan 22 2010 - 12:17pm
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