Recent content by chris anderson

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    10 rookie mistakes first-time eclipse-chasers make (and how to avoid them)

    Living in the path of totality (Medina. TX), we are preparing for a ton of human refuge from Austin and San Antonio. Reminder that rural roads are narrow and a one hour trek to San Antonio will take 3.
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    ISS astronauts find tomato that was lost in space for 8 months (video)

    Yea. Where is it? and if was a full-grown tomato, could the seeds be viable for a 2nd generation?
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    '99% totality' does not exist! Why you need to get to the path for April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse

    For once in my life, my family and I live in the PERFECT location: Vanderpool, TX. It is where the "X" is located for the ANNULAR and the TOTALITY path. The Annular was wonderful. We cannot wait until the TOTAL. One observation during the ANNULAR was that the temperature did drop 4 degrees...
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    Introduce yourself! (And show us your swag)

    Been a SPACE.com reader for year. finally decided to make a comment. My life? Worked for Barrios engineering at JSC for several years as a tech making me a "rocket scientist" not really. Waiting for SpaceX to finally schedule a launch in S TX so I can watch a launch closer to my home.
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    Massive 'forbidden planet' orbits a strangely tiny star only 4 times its

    Are we absolutely certain that it is a "rocky" gas giant? Why not a binary star that has failed to form because of a lack of total mass?