Dengue is nicknamed “breakbone fever” because of the excruciating pain it causes. Continue reading “Science and Counter-Science”
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Blue-in-a-Sense Moon
You may have read that the Full Moon of yesterday, July 31, was a Blue Moon, because there was also a Full Moon on July 2. I return from Continue reading “Blue-in-a-Sense Moon”
Hurtling Through the Sky, a Baby with Enamel Bottom
How about a little light relief from astronomy? One of the ways I waste my time Continue reading “Hurtling Through the Sky, a Baby with Enamel Bottom”
Four-body problem
A changing pattern made by two or three celestial bodies that move past each other at angles or in curves can be quite complex; what about four?
At Pluto at last
Venus reminder
Though Venus was at its greatest eastern elongation Continue reading “Venus reminder”
Fishing village and waterfall
July 11 is the anniversary of the great eclipse of 1991, the almost-overhead, Continue reading “Fishing village and waterfall”
Too early for breakfast
Report of a walk in Spain
This may be the first draft of my cover picture story for Astronomical Calendar 2016, Continue reading “Report of a walk in Spain”
Triple Act, Part One
Yes, I was away during the best planetary conjunction of the year.
