Especially within our industry, we are constantly aware of how others may perceive us. Even though ‘public image’ is a term I would associate with celebrities, it’s becoming something that’s applicable to most with the rise of social media. Ninety percent of the people that I follow on...
Would a star of magnitude -2.0 be brighter than Sirius or less bright than Sirius? During which phase(s) can the Moon be seen high up in the sky during the day? (To answer the question, consider the central period of the day: 10 am to 2 pm) Why does the sky see...
Why does chemical composition change most rapidly in the center of a star? What might happen if the bright star Sirius exploded in a supernova? How long would it be before we found out that it had happened? Everyone realizes how dependent we ...
and nowhere is that more apparent than in car dashboards. This makes it easy to understand why auto manufacturers would prefer to rely on a small handful of well-funded tech savvy companies, like Apple and Spotify and SiriusXM, instead of waiting for thousands of radio stations to get their...
or cut down trees for more land for agriculture). For a while, the economy would expand, but eventually a mismatch would arise between resources and population. Either resources would fall too low (perhaps because of erosion or salt deposits in the soil), or population would rise too high ...
Although through much of April it does not rise until after the start of morning twilight, during the last week of the month it finally rises in a dark sky, at the same time it is attaining its maximum brilliance for this morning apparition. Also, during that final week of April, use ...