Godzilla, Warrior Princess 9/21/13  Dan Goodman, 1720 Como Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414.  dsgood at iphouse.com or at gmail.com.  612-298-2354

Saturday September 21, 2013  Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers

"Ask the Astrophysicist

"Lucy Fortson has been a professor at the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota since 2010. She studies galaxy evolution and is involved with Zooniverse, a project that lets regular people help scientists with large data sets. Come to ask her everything you ever wanted to know about outer space, but were afraid to ask!"

I had one question answered without having to ask it.  The term "normal matter" (as distinguished from dark matter) seemed ripe for replacement, now that our kind of matter turns out to be a very small part of the universe.  Turns out the current preferred term is "baryonic matter."

At one time, galaxies outside ours were called "island universes."  If there's strong evidence that our universe is actually part of what's now called a multiverse, I expect there will be another change in terminology.

Cosmology is getting strange these days.

***Bought vitamin A at the Wedge Coop.

Years ago, I realized I need large amounts of vitamin A and at least some of the B vitamins.  I could get what I needed from liver -- but I can't eat liver every day.

***Mnstf meeting at Scott and Irene Raun's.  Enjoyed.