Cosmic happenings have been at the top of the news over the last six months. In January we heard about the brightest supernova ever recorded. At its peak the ASASSN-14lh supernova was 20 times brighter than the combined light of all the stars in our galaxy. Also in January researchers… Read more“Map Monday, cosmic flight paths through the Solar System”
Map Monday, Navigating the Pentagon
The Pentagon is located in Arlington, Virginia. Other than highways, parking lots, and the DC metro it’s most notable neighbors are a lagoon in the Potomac river (built during the Pentagon’s construction) and Arlington National Cemetery. When it was completed in 1943 its 6,600,000 square feet (3,705,793 square feet of… Read more“Map Monday, Navigating the Pentagon”
Map Monday, Where’s the closest solar eclipse in the next 25 years?
Eclipses have always fascinated me. My first recollection of a solar eclipse doesn’t come from witnessing one, but rather from a movie. As a child Saturdays meant watching cartoons in the morning then running around outside until dinner, except when it rained. On rainy days my siblings and I would… Read more“Map Monday, Where’s the closest solar eclipse in the next 25 years?”