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Comets 3: New-School Cometary Theory

6 Aug
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Tales from the Observatory

22 Mar
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Old-school Cometary Theory: Above or Below the Moon?

5 Jan

How Do We Know if Something is “Above the Moon”?

Where do comets come from? Other than the sins of human beings rising every hour until the stench and horror turns into a comet (a reference to Andreas Celichius, The Theological Reminder of the New Comet, 1578).

So, Oort Cloud? Human sin? It could go either way.

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Comets of DOOM

24 Jun

Full original text for Comets of DOOM video:

[Shinedown: “I just saw Halley’s Comet she waved…”]

Listen Brent, you didn’t see Halley’s Comet.

Not in 2007.

Be reasonable.

…It was Comet McNaught.

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How to Find Exoplanets (Transit Method)

17 May

How do astronomers find planets outside of the solar system? With the cunning use of spectroscopy.

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How To Find An Extrasolar Planet (Using Radial Velocity)

8 Apr

Finding extrasolar planets is hard.  But humans are pretty dang clever.

You’re no match for us, space.

Just give up.