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We’ve been on a bit of a space kick recently, but, hey, there’s a lot of interesting stuff out there! This Friday, September 15 (about 1 day and 20 hours from now as I’m writing at 11:00am central time), NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will be concluding what’s been coined its “Grand Finale.” It will begin its final approach of Saturn then, this time on a direct collision course with its atmosphere where it will relay data back to us for as long as its antenna can point towards Earth before burning up like a meteor. These images will begin pouring in...

Monday was finally the big day. The solar eclipse was, without a doubt, one of the most awe-inspiring moments of my life. For one minute and forty-four seconds, the sun in the sky transformed into a bright, twinkling circle, and then, as quick as it came, returned to normal. My heart was inexplicably racing the entire time, and, once totality had passed, I sat and watched the receding partial eclipse wishing the moon would reverse direction.   Eclipse time lapse created from my photos.   On Sunday night, I sat anxiously refreshing the page on Weather.com, comparing my map of the...

I’m not sure that I can get across exactly how excited I am for the total solar eclipse this upcoming Monday. When we think of nature and its awesome sights, we often think about the weather, or geography, or the animal kingdom. We rarely, however, give second thought to the natural world outside of our own atmosphere. We might occasionally marvel at a comet or a meteor shower if we’re able and inclined to go outside at night, but the sun, beautiful in its own right, most often falls into the background of our day-to-day lives. That will not be...

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