Recent news reports about a predicted decline in the sun's magnetic activity pose the question, asking if the earth will be cooling off because of it. Let's ask the Bad Astronomer, Dr. Phil Plait. The answer — spoiler...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/17/are-we-headed-for-a-new-ice-age/(YouTube link) One thing we should always remember is that the the earth is spinning around while the stars stay relatively constant in the sky. YouTube member bulletpeople took a beautiful existing time-lapse video...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/29/earth-rotating-against-the-stars/The following is an article from the science humor... ...viewed April 8, 2009. Alfraganus, Elements of Astronomy , 833. Al-Khwarizimi, Zij al-Sindh (Persian), 8... ..., September 13, 2006. Hatchard. First Steps to Astronomy and Geography, Hatchard & Son: Piccadilly, Lo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/limited-lifetime-of-the-solar-system/I just learned a lot about sunspots from Dr. Phil... ...bs. Now I'm excited, too! Watch the video at Bad Astronomy . Link (Image credit: NASA/SDO)
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/19/birth-of-a-sunspot-cluster/Steve D took an offhand comment from Twitter and ran with it, creating an actual box of Astronom O's, “The Breakfast of People Who Stay Up All Night”. The oat cereal contains marshmallow moons and stars, and the box...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/18/astrom-os/(YouTube link) I knew this, but only because I recall the approximate the number of miles to the moon, and the circumference of the earth. Those near my age might also remember that a fast rocket ship takes three da...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/22/how-far-away-is-the-moon/This magnificent photo taken in Switzerland shows the expanse of the Milky Way galaxy across the heavens. This small size really doesn't do it justice; click on the link to view a much larger image. Hovering over t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/21/milky-way-over-switzerland/Like most trust-fund party boys, astronomer Tycho... ...he started making good on his promise of becoming astronomy 's newest superstar. On August 17, 1563, he record... ...Rostock to undertake further studies in math and astronomy . There, the 20-year-old famously fought a duel wi... ...uild the greatest obs...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/17/tycho-brahe-the-drinking-mans-thinking-man/Phil Plait at Bad Astronomy Blog has a collection of astronomical images that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/14/space-valentines/(YouTube link) Today, for the first time in h... ...ow NASA did this, and why it is important, at Bad Astronomy . Link
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/06/the-whole-sun/
