Feb 18, 2026

Swept Off My Feet

The Witch’s Broom Nebula (NGC 6960), located in the constellation Cygnus, is part of the vast Veil Nebula or Cygnus Loop complex. This is a supernova remnant—the aftermath of a massive star that spewed its enriched material into the cosmic soup. You are looking at the western portion of this complex. The statistics are mind-boggling: […]

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Feb 11, 2026

Conscious AI and the Turing Test

I am getting inundated with posts about “conscious” AI and end-of-humanity scenarios involving a machine take-over à la Skynet. Can machines be intelligent in the human sense? Yes, they can—maybe even more intelligent by several metrics. Did you ever have a conversation online and wonder if you’re actually chatting with a real person, or some […]

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Feb 4, 2026

Sister

I remember the first time I saw the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) with my naked eyes. A fuzzy patch of sky, like a ghostly whisper in the night floating in the Andromeda constellation adjacent to Pegasus the flying horse. I could not fathom the idea that my eyes are catching photons that have travelled millions of […]

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Jan 25, 2026

Era of the Agent

… Or, as I like to call it, ‘How to Revamp a Website‘. The website you are currently browsing is a redesign started around November of 2025. Before this my WordPress website was “meh” — a downloaded theme, with some configuration and page edits. Not very interesting — frankly, it was just OK. Since AI […]

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Jan 18, 2026

A Wizard Casts a Spell

The Wizard Nebula is so named due to the likeness of a wizard bedecked with a robe, pointed hat and outstretched hands as if casting a spell. The spell worked because its hard not to be mesmerized by this deep sky beauty bathed in red and blue, lit by the cluster that is the source […]

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