by Joseph A'Hearn | Mar 14, 2018 | Astronomy, Basics, Featured, Science & Faith
The first day of spring and the first day of fall happen on equinoxes, when the plane of Earth’s equator passes through the Sun’s center. Day and night are appoximately (but not exactly) of equal length. Before Julius Caesar introduced his calendar in 45...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Nov 11, 2017 | Astronomy, Basics, Cosmology, Featured, Science & Faith
Last month I spoke at the Vandal Catholic Encounter on the topic of the Church’s role in science. Here is a link to the video recording. I apologize for how much you’ll have to strain to listen and see. In the future I hope to write an article to revisit...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Aug 25, 2017 | Astronomy, Basics, Eclipse, Featured, Observational Astronomy
The two minutes and six seconds of totality I experienced were otherworldly. Time had paused and I was submerged into an ethereal reality. I had spent so much time preparing for this, and yet it passed by so quickly. As the Moon’s shadow had approached...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Jul 25, 2017 | Astronomy, Basics, Eclipse, News, Observational Astronomy
To scale or not to scale, that is the question; Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of disproportions Or to take a ruler to that sea of troubles And, by measuring, correctly depict them. … ...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Jul 24, 2017 | Astronomy, Basics, Eclipse, News, Observational Astronomy
Looking at the Sun is usually a bad idea. Over the weekend I chatted with an optometrist, and he made it clear that permanent damage can be done to your eyes even if you don’t feel any pain. Safe ways to observe the solar eclipse include making a pinhole...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Jul 8, 2017 | Astronomy, Basics, Eclipse, News, Observational Astronomy
Oh wow! This August 21, the Moon’s shadow, a mere 60 to 70 miles wide, will flee across the United States in a reverse-Oregon-trail and continue through Charleston, South Carolina. If you are in the path of totality for this solar eclipse, you’ll see the...
