Author Archives: philhawkins221

Signing off, at least for now

Posted on April 27, 2016 by philhawkins221

captain’s blog, Stardate 69786.0 Well friends, this is it. This blog has covered a lot of ground and explored a lot of territory. Topics of discussion include the Cosmic Calendar, the theory of relativity, groundbreaking new research in astrophysics, and aliens. Lots of talking about aliens. But I think the most important thing I’ve learned from […] Continue reading →

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Something like acid rain, but a lot worse

Posted on April 10, 2016 by philhawkins221

captain’s blog, Stardate 69741.0 So we’re spending a lot of time talking about moons lately. If I weren’t so well-educated in the astronomy of our Solar System I would maybe think: “you’re just learning about moons, isn’t that kind of boring?” But I AM so well-educated in the astronomy of our Solar System and know […] Continue reading →

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A better understanding of our Universe… and maybe aliens

Posted on April 8, 2016 by philhawkins221

captain’s blog, Stardate 69734.8 In class, we’ve been talking a lot about extrasolar planets, that is, planets that have too many suns. But actually, extrasolar planets, or exoplanets are planets that exist outside our Solar System. Exoplanets are fascinating to learn about because, as much as I love our Solar System, it’s good to get away from […] Continue reading →

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Getting really really lucky, or discovering the secret to warp travel

Posted on March 15, 2016 by philhawkins221

captain’s blog, Stardate 69668.2 This blog post is of the unrestricted variety, so naturally I will take this opportunity to talk about science fiction. One of my favorite things about sci-fi movies is how frequently (and casually) characters from Earth encounter other intelligent species. Or maybe even other species live with us humans here on Earth. […] Continue reading →

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The Sun is still really big and still really hot, in case you forgot

Posted on March 15, 2016 by philhawkins221

captain’s blog, Stardate 69641.9 Spring Break has just ended. And, while I try to reacclimate to school life, my mind naturally drifts back to the days of Spring Break, laying on a beach in Miami without a care in the world. I miss Spring Break. Something I thought about a lot during the week of vacation […] Continue reading →

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I’m not an astrophysicist, but this is still exciting

Posted on February 16, 2016 by philhawkins221

captain’s blog, Stardate 69592.2 This blog post is the first without restrictions. and you know what that means. And because there are no rules, we’re gonna get crazy. This blog post is allowed to be about anything related to astronomy, so I figure why not blog about THE BIGGEST SCIENTIFIC FINDING OF THE YEAR. Yeah. I don’t […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 9, 2016 by philhawkins221

GALILEO 1564-1642 Galileo was extremely crucial to astronomy for many reasons. First of all, he was one of the first astronomers to fully utilize telescopes to observe the sky. As a result, his findings were based completely on his nightly observations – in a time where accepted published works were based largely on conjecture. Important […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 9, 2016 by philhawkins221

GALILEO 1564-1642 Galileo was extremely crucial to astronomy for many reasons. First of all, he was one of the first astronomers to fully utilize telescopes to observe the sky. As a result, his findings were based completely on his nightly observations – in a time where accepted published works were based largely on conjecture. Important […] Continue reading →

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It’s kind of in the name

Posted on January 27, 2016 by philhawkins221

captain’s blog, Stardate 69536.8 you, potentially: “wait Phil, isn’t the Stardate of blog post 2 is pretty close to the Stardate of blog post 1?” me: “Shhhhhhhhh.” This last week we looked deeply into the movement of the sun throughout the year. Without discussing it, we were inherently learning about solstices and equinoxes, a topic […] Continue reading →

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The Big Bang (of this Blog)

Posted on January 21, 2016 by philhawkins221

captain’s blog, Stardate: 69521.8
Welcome to the start of my space blog. Below, you’ll see a completely accurate, undoctored, (appropriately captioned) photo of me!

from Collider
that sure was a *crazy* Christmas party. Continue reading →

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