http://carmemily.com Carmen and Emily have been friends for a really long time, but they rarely get to see each other because they live so far apart. This causes them great sadness and so they have started this blog - which is somewhat odd because they are both quiet, introverted weirdos. They have decided to invite the world into their friendship and you are welcome to participate in this experience with them. (However, to shield themselves from this potentially uncomfortable exposure, they will continue to refer to themselves, and their blog, in the third person.) Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:43:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://carmemily.com/2009/08/21/bodes-galaxy/ http://carmemily.com/2009/08/21/bodes-galaxy/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:06:20 +0000 Carmen http://carmemily.com/?p=878 This can be seen by the naked eye, living in the constellation of the Great Bear. Only 11.6 million light years away!  There’s gotta be some aliens in there.

]]> http://carmemily.com/2009/08/21/bodes-galaxy/feed/ 0 http://carmemily.com/2009/08/19/the-crossroads-where-japanese-history-meets-deep-space/ http://carmemily.com/2009/08/19/the-crossroads-where-japanese-history-meets-deep-space/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:40:09 +0000 Carmen http://carmemily.com/?p=848 I read this article a while ago and have been thinking about it ever since.  It describes how these researchers, using a variety of telescopes pointing into deep space, found an object that they can’t explain.  But they do know some very interesting tidbits about this object that make it very intriguing.  For example, they know that it is one of the oldest blobs that they have been able to capture on film.  They say that this object existed when the universe was only a little baby – 800 million years old.  To state this one assertion, however, brings up a whole host of questions.  Like, really? You know how old the universe is?  And I know this is a widely accepted theory (that the universe had a beginning) but I’m not on board with this theory just yet.  So, they are very surprised to see something so bright at such a stage of the universe.  And this is another interesting tidbit – this “stage” of the universe is commonly known as a transition point in the evolution of the universe called the “reionization epoch”. (what!) Yeah.  Put that in your long term memory just in case you play a game of Trivial Pursuit – Universe Edition. OH! and here’s where it meets Japanese history – they named this blob Himiko after a mysterious Japanese Queen.  And thats all they had to say to get me to look her up.  Apparently she ruled her particular kingdom through shamanism and sorcery!  Of course, details are kind of spotty because she lived so very long ago (yeah, just like the blob!).  And keep in mind the intrigue doesn’t stop there – just imagine that this picture of Himiko is reaching you after travelling across space for 12.9 billion light years!  Imagine what it looks like now…woah.

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