The Sun is cool again…

I’ll be writing a lot more about these new images of the Sun – taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory – later, when I get back from work, but in the meantime just have a drool over this… Dear god, look at that… that’s our star, seen in breathtaking detail… SDO is going to revolutionise [...]

Return of the Dragons…

Had a very, very surreal moment going to work yesterday morning. After almost a week of looking up and seeing only beautiful, unbroken, cobalt-blue sky, thanks to the grounding of all aircraft because of the Icelandic volcano’s ash, I looked up and saw this… It was VERY strange, seeing a vapour trail again! I felt [...]