astronomy
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Stars on a Page, Bathrooms for Everybody, Shiny New Exoplanets and more!
Sunday Funny: Pro and con. (via PHD Comics) Teen Skepchick What Is It? Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Mindy teaches you how to read a plot. It’s more interesting than it sounds. Mad Art Lab Mind Your Own Genitals Amy creates art in support of bathroom access and trans* rights. Visit the Glorious Trappist-1 System Meet the habitable zone planets of the Trappist-1…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Peculiar Galaxies, Design Fails, Political Art, and more!
Sunday Funny: A gift from God. (via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) Teen Skepchick Hello Teen Skepchick! Meet Alex, one of Teen Skepchick’s new contributors! What Is That? Hoag-Type Galaxies Hoag-type galaxies have made news lately. But what the heck are they? The Year to Come New Teen Skepchick contributor Savannah contemplates the new year and the challenges ahead. Mad Art…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! #safetyfirst, 350,000 Stars, the Status of English, and more!
Sunday Funny: A Good Thing (via Poorly Drawn Lines) Mad Art Lab It’s #safetyfirst, #sexysecond Insufficient safety gear isn’t the only thing that’s wrong with this picture. She Filled the Sky: The Iron Astronomy of Annie Jump Cannon This ground-breaking astronomer made sense of stars during her more than four decades at the Harvard Observatory. 2nd Thing I Learned: Unsolicited…
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It’s the Sundaylies! Hitting Things with Hammers, the Legacy of Caroline Herschel, and Good and Bad Kids Toys
Sunday Funny: Fruity (via Safely Endangered) Mad Art Lab 8 Comets, 2500 Nebulae: Caroline Herschel’s Century of Astronomy Dale documents Caroline Herschel’s incredible astronomical legacy. Armoring for Cosplay 1 – Hitting Things with Hammers Ryan makes his first tutorial on how to make costume armor. Earth Rising Amy has created a gorgeous painting based on an image from the Lunar…
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Feminism
Prominent Astronomer Named in Sexual Harassment Case, and We’re Not Gunna Take It Anymore
Sometime on Friday the news broke: famous astronomer and discoverer of exoplanets Geoff Marcy has been accused of sexually harassing female students for years. (See UPDATE below for how you can help!) (UPDATE 2: Geoff Marcy has resigned. See below.) This news came as a surprise to some. It was a sigh of “FINALLY!” for others. Me, I wasn’t surprised,…
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Activism
Stick to the Science! Or, Why I am Deeply Annoyed at Some Fellow Astronomers
All too often when a public (or semi-public) discourse involves many facets of a problem, someone is going to make a point to tell scientists to “stick to the science!” And all too often, this is used as a way to shut down someone saying something rather uncomfortable. Here’s why I’m not going to abide by that statement. Over the…
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It’s the Sundaylies, with a Little Scientology, a Pinch of Sexual Assault Prevention, and a Dash of Pink Robots
Sunday Funny: Schlub Actually (via Tree Lobsters!) Mad Art Lab Computing Venus: The Astronomy of Maria Mitchell Meet the woman who put American astronomy on the map. Mad Art Cast: Going Clear The gang talks about the Scientology documentary, “Going Clear.” Escéptica Gods! Cerridwen (en español) Silvia tells us about the really weird story of the Celtic goddess Cerridwen. Queereka…
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Events
Party with the Stars
And by stars, I mean the REAL stars. Like those ones full of hydrogen and helium and a little bit of everything else? We’ll be partying with those astronomical bodies in Atlanta once again the night before Dragon*Con. You’re invited! The Sixth Annual Atlanta Star Party is being held at Emory University’s Math and Science Center at 7pm on August…
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