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How Fast Was I Going, Officer?
Your morning isn’t off to a great start.
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Combing the Desert
The movie Spaceballs is fantastic.
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Dark Stars
In a letter to Henry Cavendish, a philosopher of the time named John Michell wrote about an intriguing idea, something very few people had ever…
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Andrew Smith
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You Can't Make This Stuff Up
Mark Twain was born in 1835, the same year Haley’s comet appeared in the sky.
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Andrew Smith
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Big Numbers
Think about all the grains of sand in all the deserts and beaches on the planet.
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Andrew Smith
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Isotropy
Imagine being in a giant sphere filled with translucent beads.
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Thanks, Theia!
Four and a half billion years ago, the little proto-Earth was minding its own business, orbiting the Sun, and living its best little Earth life.
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Seasons
It’s starting to get warmer here in Virginia!
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Lagrange
Around 1750, Leonhard Euler figured out something really cool.
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When a Day Is Longer Than a Year
Ever have one of those days where seconds seem like hours?
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Fortnight
“Fortnight” is such an interesting word.
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Driving to the Moon
For several years, any time I had trouble falling asleep, I would take a moment to run thought experiments in my head.
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