Posted on May 29, 2024 (Updated on July 12, 2025)
Accessible Atmospheric Modeling Tools for Personal Applications in Earth Science and Astronomy
Space & NavigationDiving into the Atmosphere: Accessible Modeling Tools for Everyone Remember when atmospheric modeling felt like something only NASA scientists could do? Well, those days are over! Now, thanks to beefier computers and a wave of open-source software, anyone with a passion for Earth science or astronomy can get their hands dirty exploring the atmosphere. Let’s
Posted on May 28, 2024 (Updated on July 12, 2025)
Estimating Uncertainties in Measuring Geomagnetic Anomalies with the IGRF Model
Space & NavigationDecoding Earth’s Hidden Secrets: How Accurate is Our Magnetic Map? Ever wonder what lies beneath our feet? Geomagnetic anomalies – those subtle wobbles in Earth’s magnetic field – can give us clues. Think of them as whispers from the Earth, hinting at everything from hidden mineral deposits to long-lost buried treasure. But to hear those
Posted on May 28, 2024 (Updated on July 12, 2025)
The Impact of Axial Tilt on Solar Radiation: Exploring the Role of Obliquity
Space & NavigationThe Wobbly Earth: How a Tilt Gives Us Seasons (and More!) Ever wonder why we have seasons? It all boils down to something called axial tilt, or obliquity, which is basically the Earth’s lean on its axis. Imagine the Earth spinning like a top, but instead of standing straight up, it’s tilted a bit to
Posted on May 28, 2024 (Updated on July 12, 2025)
The Grammatical Debate: Should the Imilac Meteorite be Singular or Plural?
Space & NavigationThe Imilac Meteorite: One Rock, or a Shower of Space Gems? Okay, let’s talk about the Imilac meteorite. Or should I say, meteorites? This space rock, discovered way back in 1822 in Chile’s Atacama Desert, throws up a surprisingly tricky question: do we talk about it like it’s one thing, or many? Turns out, there’s
Posted on May 28, 2024 (Updated on July 12, 2025)
The Influence of Earth’s Elliptical Orbit on its Climate
Space & NavigationThe Earth’s Wobbly Dance: How Our Not-So-Perfect Orbit Messes With the Climate Okay, so we all know about climate change, right? But what if I told you there’s another, more subtle player in the game, something that’s been shaping our planet’s weather for eons? It’s the Earth’s orbit – that slightly squashed circle we trace
Posted on May 28, 2024 (Updated on July 12, 2025)
Tracing Earth’s Celestial Path: A Journey Through the Sun-Earth Distance
Space & NavigationEarth’s Wobbly Dance with the Sun: More Than Just Seasons We all know the Earth goes around the Sun. It’s grade school stuff, right? But what if I told you that this journey isn’t a smooth, circular ride? It’s more like a wobbly dance, with the distance between us and our star constantly changing. And