I am flabbergasted that anyone would have thought that a Trump administration would be sympathetic to the plight of Palestenians in Gaza and that they would even attempt to achieve some level of peace in the region.

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Every so often I see someone who doubts the Apollo moon landings actually happened. I get enormously angry at such people. They are basically belittling the efforts of hundreds of thousands of people during the 1960s for no other reason than to make themselves feel special. They may say that they are basing their opinions on evidence, but the evidence they put forward are almost always so laughably flimsy that I can only think they are being willfully ignorant.

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Today I learned what color an infinitely hot black body would have.

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What is the value of 1-1+1-1+1-1+…? Depending on how exactly one defines the question, there are different answers. This should not mean everyone should argue what the answer is. It just means people need to be clear on what they are asking.

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Yesterday’s Astronomy Picture of the Day fascinates me endlessly. It is a time lapse video of a rocket launch in 2018 as taken from the International Space Station. Not only is it not difficult to see the rocket itself as it rises above the atmosphere, but you can also see the vehicle fire its thrusters while a spent rocket stage reenters the atmosphere.