Okay, well actually, despite Chris Martin, the planets don’t move that fast. But I do want to make sure you guys know that if you’re into seeing planets, you don’t want to miss out on observing this summer. This really is going to be the…
October 8, 2015 Hello folks! Welcome to October…and Virginia Science Fest! As part of this wonderful event, our regular monthly star party is going to be extra special! The good folks from NASA Langley will be here, showing us how NASA is “Looking Outward, Looking…
Well hi there! Wow, what a couple of weeks it’s been! Summer has begun with a bang here at the Virginia Living Museum…between summer camps, summer planetarium shows, and many other exciting things going on, I’m not even sure if I’m coming or going anymore. …
Well, this is different. We’ve got a new website here at the Virginia Living Museum, and with that, a new way of hosting our blogs. So welcome to the new version of Cosmic Strings! As usual things are crazy busy here at the museum as…
Quick, my young ward, run outside and view the planets! No seriously! Get outside, soon! There are three planets currently gracing the early evening skies, and you do not want to miss this. I’ve been waiting to post this because we’ve had a serious stretch…
I so need to do that in my everyday life. Well, it’s yet again been a month since I could sit down and write a post. Things have just been flat out crazy here! Between wacky weather swings (including more snow days than I could…
*sigh* No, it’s not the holiday blues…it’s the lack of a comet. Sadly, it looks like Comet ISON did not fare too well in its first ever (and probably last ever!) trip around the Sun. The comet was brightening dramatically as it approached the Sun,…
Greetings, friends. Forgive me, but today, as a native New Yorker, I find it difficult to write a substantive post. So I shall share with you instead two photographs. This is how I will always remember the World Trade Center: The World Trade Center on…
Greetings, astronomy fans! Ah, the summer star party. Sounds like a contradiction, doesn’t it? Actually, we’re really excited about our summer star parties. We’ll have time in the early part of the evening to view the Sun, which is pretty awesome right about now. We’re…
Okay, perhaps not as eloquent or well known as the similar saying about doors…but more relevant to the sky right about now. I do hope you’ve had the chance to look at Jupiter during this Winter/Spring season. For some time now, Jupiter has been the…