Stream of consciousness Exoplanetary science 11 Apr 201911 Apr 2019 You have no idea just how far away exoplanets are. Really, you don't. Yes, you may have constructed for yourself the illusion of knowing - by means of ever larger…
Stream of consciousness Astronaut’s glory 4 Apr 20194 Apr 2019 Click through to the source. I can give you the gist, but can't do it justice: A pilot's glory is a circular rainbow. Sun in the back, you look down…
Stream of consciousness I’m going to bed now 31 Mar 2019 It's part of my daily routine. If I'm at home and the weather permits it, I'm on my way outside to find stories. Sometimes, these stories can be quite elaborate,…
Stream of consciousness It ain’t freezing 21 Mar 201921 Mar 2019 No, it's not (necessarily) a climate change thing. In fact, if we keep up what we do right now, this ocean along the Norwegian coast has a better chance of…
Stream of consciousness 8-micron green 7 Mar 20196 Mar 2019 Messier 81 - the Green Monster of the universe. Or is it the Green Lantern of the universe? Green oasis? Green party? Other green things? Ok, seriously now. You probably…
Stream of consciousness “Super-Earth orbiting Barnard’s star” 28 Feb 201927 Feb 2019 "Super-Earth orbiting Barnard's star" it says at the source of this image (link below). As a writer, I can feel the pain here. I have my fair share of these…
Stream of consciousness Ever wondered how we know all this? 14 Feb 201911 Feb 2019 This is what you see in this image: Upper atmosphere, top clouds. Atmosphere consisting of hydrogen, helium, and methane gas. Mantle consisting of water, ammonia, and methane ices. Core consisting…
Stream of consciousness German winter 3 Feb 201924 Jan 2019 In Germany, where I grew up, there is a certain kind of novel which almost exclusively plays in landscapes like this. Those stories have a tendency to be a little…
Stream of consciousness A sky full of stars 31 Jan 201919 Jan 2019 When growing up, I thought accountancy was boring. Becoming a researcher, spending nights looking at lines and points on screens during experiments, I realised that accountancy was probably really exciting,…
