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Category Archives: Astronomy
Carnivalia — 11/02 – 11/08
The past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for your reading fun…
Carnivalia — 10/19 – 10/25
The past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for your reading fun…
Carnivalia — 10/12 – 10/18
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Casual Friday — a global map of Saturn’s moon Titan
As Cassini has been orbiting the planet Saturn, from time to time it’s had the opportunity to fly past Titan and take a peek. Over six years, this has added up to 78 flybys, each with different viewing geometry and … Continue reading
Carnivalia — 10/05 – 10/11
A slightly skinny crop of science-related blog carnivals this week, but still plenty of good reading material to be had…
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Humanity, Space
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Carnivalia 9/28 – 10/04
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Carnivalia 9/21 – 9/27
A day late (if not a dollar short), here’s the past week’s selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for you
Carnivalia — 9/14 – 9/20
The past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for your reading enjoyment…
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Casual Friday — how big are “massive” solar flares?
The press love to use the word “massive” when talking about solar flares. They do this partly, I suppose, because they’re trying to get people’s attention. But I suspect they’re also just running to the end of what language alone can describe. So how big is a solar flare?