Because its out there
We can’t see in infrared. For better or worse, our eyes rods and cones just do not have sensitivity to those longish wavelengths of light. What would we see if we could suddenly see in infrared? It would be wild! Everything and
Space is a cold mistress. When we venture up, higher and higher into the atmosphere it just keeps getting colder and colder. At 29,035 feet it’s never warm at the peak of Mount Everest, with temperatures staying well below zero F all
Our Sun has a strong magnetic field but there are stars out there with much strong magnetic fields, way beyond what they should have. Stars many times the size and mass of the Sun are expected to have proportionally larger magnetic fields,
It’s everywhere, except maybe in super clean rooms where the air is constantly filtered. Dust mostly comes from the breakdown of bigger stuff like rocks, planets, stars, people, pets. Nancy and I live with a dust machine. Her name is Blanca and
Do you own property? Has it been surveyed? Has it been surveyed again? Did the surveys agree? In my experience the possibility of two surveys not agreeing is good. Why? Change. Change in how surveys are done, change in technology, sometimes a
Why should I care about it? What difference does it make? It doesn’t make a difference for my cozy life in the comfort of mid-sized normalcy. I like it here but it’s fun to explore the extremes, no? Our universe is unimaginably
In my October 8, 2017 article I wrote about the suspected existence of a planet beyond the orbit of Neptune. It was called planet nine in light of Pluto having been demoted to Dwarf Planet status. There has been considerable interest in