AU! What's Out There
Episode VL: A New Start
By Professor Todd Brown / Contributor
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Take a chance, Columbus did
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What’s your sign?
Last week’s eclipse: in case you missed it.By Professor Todd Brown / Contributor
A long time ago, in a mall far, far away, my parents would let me browse through a pre-Barnes & Nobles bookstore while they went shopping. The store always seemed to be run by a generic-looking person that was about my twice my age at the time: a college freshman. For being of the obviously type that was not going to buy something, they were gracious and asked if they could help me. I would ask for the astronomy section and they immediately would guide me to the astrology section. I smiled and thanked them and when they wandered off, I quietly crept to the far right side of the store where I knew my books were. So began my days where astronomy and astrology were closely intertwined. Actually, it reflected history at large: the astrology “section” was browsed first by humanity and then came astronomy.
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The sun god is thirsty for blood
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Global Warming goes to the dogs: Canis Major
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The sky above for the year ahead
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Signs you are dating an astronomer
Ten years ago, I married a woman who was not only a physicist like myself, but had shown, through years of testing, that she could tolerate with a smile my worst trait: an astronomy habit.
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Holy cow, it’s Comet Holmes!
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The coast is clear for Orion the mighty hero
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Comet Halley (partially) returns next week
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