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I’ve been thinking about cancer a lot more than I used to. Mojo was diagnosed with a small but clinically significant prostate cancer in September 2009. And that’s when I needed to know more about cancer. His diagnosis began with a routine blood test during his annual physical which indicated an elevated PSA (prostate [...] I’m putting my hands inside the neophrene gloves, which are now filled with nitrogen Jane and JPL outreach colleagues give 3 lunar samples a thumbs up. While attending the 41st Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference in The Woodlands, TX (a suburb of Houston) in early March 2010, I was lucky enough to visit the Johnson [...] Unique vehicles abound at JPL I saw this car parked in front of my building at JPL last week Checking out the Tesla’s trunk Back at work after my 20 minute Tesla drive Nikola Tesla’s laboratory, circa 1900 My favorite sign at JPL is this Rover Xing sign. It is not unusual to see [...] ** Inspired by the poem A Visit From St. Nicholas, written by Major Henry Twas the night after Solstice, and the world did not end, Meanwhile, [...] IC 405 and AE Aurigae Stardate: Saturday November 14, 2009. Mojo and I try to head out to our favorite dark sky observing spot every new moon Saturday night. Usually several of our Old [...] Hauling a telescope across the streets of San Francisco Jane-Orion plus Canis Major and Canis Minor Mojo demonstrating where to find Jupiter’s moons Getting some eye candy Sidewalk Astronomers have been setting up telescopes on Halloween as long as there have been sidewalk astronomers! When we lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, we’d cross the [...] The ghoul on the moon NGC 246 the Skull Nebula IC 2118 Witch Head Nebula It’s time to get out the Milky Way and Mars candy bars, the Moon Pies and the Starburst chews. It’s Halloween! The moon — just past first quarter — will greet your trick or treaters this year. A first quarter [...] |
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