Andrew ShieldsJan 13
A white-dwarf day with Ja’net Danielo, James Joyce, and Wikipedia. #111Words #WhiteDwarf #JanetDanielo #JamesJoyce #FinnegansWake #WilliamHerschel #WillemLuyten #EridaniB #Poetry #Fiction #Astronomy https://111-words.ghost.io/a-white-dwarf-day-with-janet-danielo-james-joyce-and-wikipedia/
A white-dwarf day with Ja’net Danielo, James Joyce, and Wikipedia

Yesterday was a white-dwarf day. First, I read a poem by Ja'net Danielo that begins with one: "All last year, I waited for a white dwarf". Later, I read a passage from James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" that mentions one: "The giant sun is in his emanence but which is chief

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Ansgar Schmidt Jun 2, 2024
Sorry Spock, But “Vulcan” Isn’t a Planet After All https://www.universetoday.com/167161/sorry-spock-but-vulcan-isnt-a-planet-after-all/ #radialvelocitymethod #spectrometry #spectroscopy #exoplanets #astronomy #eridanib #startrek #hd26965 #vulcan #spock #stars
Sorry Spock, But "Vulcan" Isn't a Planet After All

In 2018, astronomers detected an exoplanet around the star 40 Eridani. It’s about 16 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The discovery generated a wave of interest for a couple of reasons. Not only is it the closest Super-Earth around a star similar to our Sun, but the star system is the fictional home of … Continue reading "Sorry Spock, But “Vulcan” Isn’t a Planet After All"

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