Author Archives: drgrundstrom

For my 2015 class…

Posted on January 5, 2015 by drgrundstrom

If you’re in my 2015 Solar System class, please put a comment here showing that you’ve found my blog and that you’re following it :)  Please include your first name and last name initial.  Note that you MUST be logged in to your own WordPress blog when commenting or else you’re doing it wrong! Also […] Continue reading →

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The 2017 Nashville Eclipse!

Posted on January 28, 2014 by drgrundstrom

In class yesterday we talked about eclipses and so here’s the post about it! The totally awesome (and very dedicated) Mr. Eclipse (i.e., The Ultimate Resource for Eclipse Photography) is a favorite of NASA so they use his diagrams on their eclipse website. The foremost resource for the 2017 eclipse is eclipse2017.org.  The Interactive Google […] Continue reading →

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For my 2014 class…

Posted on January 7, 2014 by drgrundstrom

If you’re in my 2014 Solar System class, please put a comment here showing that you’ve found my blog and that you’re following it :)  Please include your first name and last name initial.  Note that you MUST be logged in to your own WordPress blog when commenting! Also make sure you have bookmarked the […] Continue reading →

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The whole asteroid thing!

Posted on February 16, 2013 by drgrundstrom

There have been some pretty amazing things going on with asteroids the past couple of days, namely the passing of Asteroid 2012 DA14 and the Russian Meteor Event.   But they were completely unrelated!  Here is an excellent infographic for you (click to make bigger): We weren’t going to be seeing that little 50-foot asteroid […] Continue reading →

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Moon Landing Evidence! :)

Posted on February 6, 2013 by drgrundstrom

In class today (Wednesday), I showed some of the lunar landing footage available to we, denizens of the Internet, for FREE!  NASA is a public entity and as such, happily will show us many awesome things and has given us the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal (ALSJ).  Much of the text was written by former astronauts […] Continue reading →

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Hypatia – Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on January 31, 2013 by drgrundstrom

<note to students: I went farther than you need to because no one can use Hypatia as their historical figure> Hypatia was the first woman KNOWN to contribute to mathematics and science.  Her father, Theon of Alexandria, was a well-known academic and taught his daughter to follow in his footsteps.  Remarkably, she was the head […] Continue reading →

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For my 2013 class…

Posted on January 8, 2013 by drgrundstrom

If you’re in my Solar System class, please put a comment here showing that you’ve found my blog and that you’re following it.  Please include your first name and last name initial – let’s not have last names :) Also make sure you have bookmarked the big class blog aggregator: Astro201 – The Solar System.  […] Continue reading →

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Slime molds are smart?

Posted on April 20, 2012 by drgrundstrom

During class on Wednesday, I promised that I would post this story that I read on slime molds following the interstate system.  By the way, this is related to astronomy because “astrobiology” is part of astronomy :) Photographic evidence! The scholarly journal article is from the preprint server called arXiv – Are motorways rational from […] Continue reading →

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Astronomically, it IS an early spring!!

Posted on March 20, 2012 by drgrundstrom

So I read this article and I had to share it with you – I think it’s very good :) Article:  Spring Arrives With Equinox Tuesday, Earliest in Over a Century by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist As an introduction, here in Nashville, we’ve been experiencing a really mild spring – personally, I’m pretty happy […] Continue reading →

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Awesome Planetary Formation Videos

Posted on March 14, 2012 by drgrundstrom

In class on Monday, I showed a whole bunch of videos that show planetary formation – some showed certain parts better than others but they all are pretty awesome.  Just in case anyone wanted to look at them again, here they are: Short, beginning of formation (from gas cloud to disk) from ESA – here […] Continue reading →

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