The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: astronomy

  • The World’s First Computer

    This extremely complex device was made 3000 years ago!

  • Astrology with an Agenda?

    This makes me uncomfortable.

  • The Things We’re Overlooking

    Other things are happening. Miraculous things.

  • Pursuing Comet Neowise

    It takes a lot to get me up at 4 am.

  • 4th of July, 1054

    Once upon a 4th of July, something ELSE happened.

  • Get Your Scientific Groove On

    I love science. Whether it’s anthropology, meteorology, sociology, psychology, chemistry, oceanography, astronomy… you name it, I’m fascinated by it. I wish I realized that as a child. In public school, I viewed science as just another damned subject I had to get through. And my teachers didn’t inspire enthusiasm. I might have taken another path…

  • Five Planets at Once

    Between now and February 20th, about 80 minutes before dawn, you should be able to see Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter in the sky with your naked eye. That is, of course, unless you live in the Pacific Northwest like I do. Then you’re lucky to even see the sky at this time of…

  • Pursuing the Perseid

    The other night the Perseid meteor shower was going to be at its peak around 2 am. I love a good meteor shower. I tried to get a couple of friends to join me, and they all sort of looked at me askance. It made me sad, because I really wasn’t just asking for star-gazing…

  • Cool Science

    Wow! How did I not know about this before? Thanks to the power of the internet, little old me (and little old you, for that matter) can help scientists make some pretty amazing breakthroughs. Seriously, you have to check out the Zooniverse website. From there, you can link in to any number of amazing projects.…