All of us have a certain amount of rubber necker inside us. We all turn to see the wrecked car, and as kids we paused to watch the fights in the school yard. As an adult, I have to admit to taking a secret (well, maybe not so secret anymore) thrill in watching the occasional [...]
Archive for the 'Time' Category
Black Holes don’t exist ? Black Holes do exist!
Published July 18th, 2007 in Bizarre, Space and Time. 4 CommentsTime is T + 500,000,000 years. Stars - Go, Galaxies - Go. Keck, De-ionization is underway
Published July 10th, 2007 in Science, Space and Time. 5 CommentsIn what is to me the most scientifically important paper of the year, astronomers today announced the discovery of 2 galaxies at redshifts > 10 and 4 galaxies with redshifts >7.7. The most distant of these galaxies was forming stars just 500,000,000 years after the Big Bang, and contributed to the re-ionizing the universe after [...]
You are the Center of the Universe (and so am I)
Published June 20th, 2007 in Science, Space and Time. 16 CommentsOne of the concepts that confuses people most about the Universe is the Earth’s location relative to the Big Bang. People constantly ask, “Where is the center of the Universe?” and “Where was the Big Bang relative to us today?” and perhaps the most articulate of all, “Why does the Cosmic Microwave Background appear in [...]
Last May, I took my blog, Star Stryder, daily and gave it the tag line “Blogging one sidereal day at a time.” Everyday, as I read and explore astronomy, science and academics, I attempt to throw something on my little site. And here, on my brand new shiny Earth and Sky blog, I’m going to [...]