During the school year time is scarce. It has to be hunted for and captured like an elusive animal. However, despite this crisis of time, I still managed to go to a three hour lecture given by astronaut John M. Grunsfeld at a local hotel. It was worth every second. Grunsfeld and his team had [...]

Today I gave a small, fun presentation in Science class on meteorites. More importantly, I used Scratch to make a meteorite trajectory simulation. A few years ago MIT created a simple program called Scratch that kids could use to create games, animations, etc. This program was what first got me interested in programming, and inspired [...]

I know its been far too long since my last update, however we all need a break every once in a while. According to the polls, a slight majority of readers wanted more posts on Astronomy, which honestly surprised me. So, I took a look at what I could do that would be fun, interesting, [...]

NASA’s Phoenix lander just found water on Mars, a huge step forward for NASA. The water was found in solid form (ice) in tiny chunks that would evaporate into gas. This will hopefully stimulate more funding and exploration into NASA’s space program. See the CBS piece written here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/31/tech/main4312431.shtml

A few years ago, I was given perhaps the kindest and most cruel gift I had ever gotten, a SLOOH 50 minute time card. With a few clicks of the mouse I was able to harness extremely powerful dome telescopes and use them live. I witnessed some of the most beautiful and remarkable masses that [...]