Wondering about cold gas giants and white dwarfs; Asking Astronomer Assistant Willow about conic sections; COVID-19 risk assessment tool and search for volunteers

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well, the Exoplanet Demographics 2020 meeting is pretty much over now.  One topic  I meant to listen more to this interesting discussion on photoevaporation of cold gas giant planets by white dwarfs, but unfortunately got interrupted or maybe took a nap.

Starship SN8 completes 1st Static Fire Test; Exoplanet Demographics 2020 Meeting; Post main sequence exoplanets; Finding free floating planets with microlensing

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well here we are just settling in for a week long series of meetings at the online version of Exoplanets Demographics 2020, where we learn all about what is being learned by the ongoing study of all of the exoplanets that have now been discovered, but before that we have a bit of Starship SN8 news.

Hey, the sun has more sunspots!; Nearby stars from which Earth could be seen as an exoplanet; Sources of Fast Radio Bursts identified? Sixteen proposed theories of quantum gravity

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well, now that we have some clearer skies we can look at the sun and see that more sunspots have come into view.  So, get out and take a look now that the sun is starting to wake up.

We will always miss you, Astronomer Assistant Danny!

 Sad greetings from Palmia Observatory

Astronomer Assistant Danny, who joined the observatory staff in 2009, was put down on November 7, after a week of painful suffering.

Hooray, the sun had more spots; Is free discussion still possible on social media? SN8 Starship with 3 engines get ready for test hop; Juno looks inside Jupiter at AAS 52nd annual Division for Planetary Sciences meeting

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well here we are with some sunspots, more news about Starship SN8 and an example of social media freezing out some discussion and we end up with the week at AAS 52 Division of Planetary Science (DPS) meeting.