Hello everyone and welcome back to nightShifted! Imagine my suprise when I learned that this January was a remarkable anniversary for the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)… Space exploration in the early 2000s went through something of a minor renaissance with the launch of the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity along with the Cassini-Huygens Mission…
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Nostalgia with Rose-Colored Glasses
Welcome to the first of what I hope is a series of regular entries here on the blog. I’ve been creating content in one form or another on the internet since 1995 and my hope is that this place will evolve into a place to discuss my own personal thoughts and opinions on various topics…
Campfire Chess Site Migration
My Campfire Chess website is being moved from its host domain at CampfireChess.com to a subdomain here at chess.WesleySurber.com. The move is complete, but I will keep the old site online for a few months while I validate that the information was successfully transferred and that the site is operational. At that time, the CampfireChess.com…
Black Hole “Haloes” Measured
From LiveScience: A team of astronomers has, for the first time, “weighed” dark matter haloes surrounding actively feeding supermassive black holes in the bright hearts of ancient galaxies. These black hole-powered hearts, or quasars, are often brighter than the combined light of every star in the galaxies around them. These super luminous central regions are…
Welcome to nightShifted Astronomy!
Welcome to nightShifted Astronomy, which also doubles as my personal home page. My name is Commander Exorcist and I’ve been creating web content in one form or another since 1995. In 2005 I started blogging about astronomy and science-related topics on my website nightShifted Astronomy. That project lasted until 2014 when I closed it to…