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Amateur Astronomer Catches Jupiter Collision
It was big news yesterday — an amateur astronomer snapped a picture of the aftermath of a major collision with Jupiter. I asked our amateur astronomy guru Paul Kinzer about this. He replies: “Jupiter is an effective vacuum cleaner, too, protecting us from the ‘rear’, where most of the potentially hazardous comets and asteroids come from.”
Darwin Letter Friday
I love this letter. It’s a very cool peek into colonial Australia (Tasmania, really) through the eyes of Charles Darwin, of all people.
Darwin is amazed that the level of social refinement in Hobart Town. There are fancy balls, all attended to by convicts. Beautiful furnishings, stately homes — it’s the perfect place, Darwin says, for [...]
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