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| Url: | http://blog.professorastronomy.com |
| Author(s): | Kurtis Williams |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | astronomy, space, science |
| Description: | Professor Astronomy discusses astronomy, current news in the science, and the day-to-day life of an astronomer at a level appropriate for the general public. |
| Ratings |  (3 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 34 Followers |
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My visit to Montreal
| The latter half of last week found me in Montréal, Canada. I was invited by colleagues in the astrophysics group at the Université de Montréal to give a talk on my research.Wednesday I boarde...more |
2009-11-22
Get your shots!
| Image Credit: Patuxent Widlife Research Center, USGSWhen I was a kid, I thought that whooping cough was a disease caused by whooping cranes (pictured above). But, it isn't. It's caused ...more |
2009-11-18
It's the size of Earth with lots of oxygen, but not a nice place to be.
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Image Credit: Sloan Digital Sky SurveySome acquaintances of mine in the United Kingdom have discovered two white dwarf stars that have a lot of oxygen in their atmospheres. One of them, with ...more |
2009-11-16
Planets come and planets go, but not in 2012
| Image Credit: NASA / Don DavisToday, the movie 2012 opens in theaters. The basic plot is that the Mayan calendar ends on the solstice in 2012, portending doom for all on this planet. I'...more |
2009-11-13
Water, water, everywhere.
| Last month, after NASA's LCROSS spacecraft failed to make a noticeable splash when landing on the moon, I blogged about how it could take months for the data to be analyzed. Well, it took onl...more |
2009-11-13
Congratulations Steve!
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Image Credit: Steven DeGennaroToday, we astronomers are honored to welcome yet another newly-minted PhD into our midst: Steven DeGennaro. Steve is a graduate student here at the University of...more |
2009-11-06
Begging for money
| The past several weeks I've been working on funding proposals for the National Science Foundation. This just means I'm asking the government for money to do research. And, despite what ...more |
2009-11-05
A bitter retirement
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Image Credit: James Liebert Those of you who regularly read my blog know that I often write about colleagues who are moving on to the next step in their careers, be it postdoctoral researchers who ...more |
2009-11-04
A prized lecture
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Image Credit: McDonald ObservatoryToday we were treated to a lecture in memory of Antoinette de Vaucouleurs, who was an astronomer here at the University of Texas at Austin for 25 years. She ...more |
2009-10-28
Clear Skies Abundant
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Image Credit: McDonald ObservatoryCrystal clear skies. Maybe even clearer. This is how I like my observing runs. I'm finishing the 10th night of a 13-night observing run dedicated ...more |
2009-10-24
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