Photo of the Earth taken from Artemis II, courtesy NASA

from the moment
of my birth
she has
nourished
and held me

i hope only
that i might
cherish her
even half as well
as she has
cared for
me

Happy #EarthDay 🌱🌎💫

#♡ᝰ.🖋️
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#poetrycommunity
photo courtesy: NASA

Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot YouTube video by carlsagandotcom

Today is a good day to remember Carl Sagan's words concerning our "Pale Blue Dot."

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#EarthDay

Artemis II: She’s Not Like Other Missions It’s been a couple weeks since Artemis II went to space, looped around the Moon, and returned safely to Earth.  One thing really surprised me during this mission: I didn’t hear many people whining …

NASA is expensive. People always gripe about that whenever NASA's in the news, but during Artemis II? Not so much! I've been trying to figure out why Artemis II was different.

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#space #science #NASA #ArtemisII

I won't lie, I do want a city on Mars someday, but not if you-know-who gets to write that city's constitution or make up any of its laws.

IWSG: Not Because It Is Easy, But Because It Is Hard Later today, if all goes according to plan, NASA’s Artemis II Mission will launch fro Kennedy Space Center, carrying four astronauts on a ten-day voyage around the Moon and back again.  Aretemis II…

It's Insecure Writers' Support Group day! Today's also the day Artemis II is supposed to launch, which seems appropriate, because I've always felt the space program is a perfect metaphor for writing.

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#IWSG #writingcommunity #space #ArtemisII

I, for one, am thankful for your reviews. I really enjoyed Starfleet Academy, and it was a big relief to know somebody else enjoyed it, too.

Holly Hunter was my favorite part. I felt like she's not only a great actor but also the kind of actor who brings out the best in every actor around her.

Aliens Don’t Exist Today, I’d like to tell you a little about my 6th grade science teacher.  Oh, I remember him well!  Just not for the best of reasons.  For the purposes of this blog post, let’s call him Mr. M.…

Today on the blog: the most important lesson I learned from my 6th grade science teacher (it was not the lesson he intended to teach).

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#space #science #SETI #alienlife

Heard a fan theory the other day that Nahla Ake's parents named her after Nahla from The Lion King. Based on what we know about Lanthanites in general and Nahla Ake in particular, that seems plausible to me.

#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy #headcanonaccepted

Yeah, I was not expecting to like this show as much as I did. I was worried they were going to turn Star Trek into a high school drama. Instead, I felt like they turned a high school drama into Star Trek.

It is a really neat effect!

IWSG: Why Aren’t You Doing Something Useful with Your Life? I’m not a scientist, I’m not an engineer, and I don’t work for NASA.  I’m just some guy on the Internet who loves space.  In my last few IWSG posts, I talked about how I sometimes worry that I’m no…

For this month's meeting of the Insecure Writers' Support Group: "Your art/writing/whatever is good, but why aren’t you doing something more useful with your life?"

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#IWSG #writingcommunity #amwriting #stopaskingmethisquestion

Legitimately not sure how many of those things are real things.

Burlesque performers & scientists

Lost my voice tonight at the astronomy-themed burlesque show. Each performance was paired with actual scientific research! Yes it was me screaming “woooo brown dwarfs!” during a quiet moment, that’s what I studied for my PhD so it’s cool lol.

Wow! What a wonderful thing! The world needs more. More scientific research presented artistically, please!

You know what, the world is too negative, to spread some love, when I’m out and I see a ‘how am I driving’ sticker on the back of a van, I’ll call it and tell them that they’re driving like a Boss.

I know someone who's been asking to see the manager, then telling the manager how such-and-such employee is doing a great job. It's a little thing, to be sure, but when these little things start adding up, that's what's going to change the world for the better.

Oh, I get it now! Sorry. Still, it's really fascinating to me how everybody's eyes saw slightly different things that day.

Must have been pretty small books.

The people I was with said they saw red. Even after I showed them my drawing, they insisted they saw red, not magenta. It's really interesting that different people saw different colors. There must be something about different people's retinas, or something, causing us all to see different colors.

Yes and yes. And the day after the eclipse, I drew it from memory in colored pencil, before my memory could be influenced by any photos. Ended up making the solar prominences way bigger than the really were. They just seemed so much bigger than I expected, so that's how I remembered them.

Personally, in these unsettling times, I think we need art more than ever. Keep putting some beauty back into the world!

"Ice Volcano" Eruption Makes Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Shine After a recent explosive outburst, Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is bright enough to see in a medium-sized telescope.

Meanwhile, there's a comet volcanically erupting in space. Apparently it's caused by chemical reactions inside the comet, not internal heat, which kind of reminds me of those foam volcanoes kids make in school.

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#space #science #Comet29P

IWSG: An Insecure Science Communicator Each month, IWSG asks members a question. The question is optional. I usually skip it, but this month’s question stirred up some deep feelings and some deep insecurities, so I thought I’d better ad…

For this month's meeting of the Insecure Writers' Support Group: how do you feel about rereading your own older writing?

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#IWSG #writingcommunity #sciencecommunication

I'm really surprised to learn that Hubble and JWST cost about the same amount of money (making JWST much cheaper after adjusting for inflation). I was somehow under the impression that JWST cost way, way more.

Betelgeuse and Siwarha I love space, but I also love language and words and names, and I especially love it when people put thought and care into the naming of things.  Betelgeuse is a super famous supergiant star in the…

I love Betelgeuse, and I love that Betelgeuse is now known to have a little binary companion star, which astronomers have (very aptly) named Siwarha.

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#space #science #Betelgeuse #Siwarha

Geordi La Forge meme, with Geordi rejecting "Getting excited about the supermoon" and endorsing "Getting excited about the supermoon AND Jupiter."

Opened social media, posted my nice art video I am proud of, scroll, see what horrible things happened today. Ughhhh fuck.

Yeah, that was basically my day today, too.

IWSG: Answering My Inner Critic Each month, IWSG asks members a question. Answering the monthly question is not required. It’s totally optional, which is good news for me, because there’s a different question plaguing my thoughts…

Sometimes, my inner critic shames me into not writing.

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#IWSG #writingcommunity

My doctor's office asked if I wanted a flu shot, and I said yes (of course), and they were super happy and excited that somebody actually said yes to that question. Made me wonder how many people must be saying no right now.