Cosmos:
Leavitt Henrietta Swan Leavitt You were born on this day in 1868, in Lancaster, Massachuetts. You figured out how to use Cepheids with the ultimate result of understanding the size and, in the end, the fundemental nature of the Cosmos. The Big Bang theory...
Posted on July 4, 2008 9:50 AM • 4 Comments •
The Earth Today The Earth has moved as far from the sun as it typically gets, and like a ball that has been thrown into the air, stopping at its maximum height before plummeting back to earth, The Earth has slowed down to as...
Posted on July 4, 2008 5:50 AM • 3 Comments •
.... died on this day in 1971. They were Soviet cosmonauts. A breech in the capsule they were riding in occurred as it was separated from another part of the rocket during the initial phases of re-entry. The capsule depressurized and they were killed. Apparently,...
Posted on July 1, 2008 10:49 PM • 0 Comments •
Given the limited and limiting nature of the discussion of the Large Hadron Collider firing up in a very short time, which could then destroy this corner of the solar system according to some, I have been hoping that blogger Jennifer Ouellette would chime in...
Posted on June 25, 2008 4:56 PM • 2 Comments •
An utterly incomprehensible paper has been produced by a team of physicists, designed to make everyone feel better about the possibility that the Large Hadron Collider will produce black holes that will suck the Earth into themselves. There is no effort whatsoever in this paper...
Posted on June 24, 2008 6:42 PM • 25 Comments •
Remember a while ago, I joked that NASA is twittering Phoenix? Well, either they were listening to me, I'm psychic, or .... or maybe it is just a totally obvious thing to do. Point is ... THEY ARE! Here....
Posted on June 21, 2008 10:05 AM • 3 Comments •
To stop this obnoxious flashing, just hit the ESC key! It's like gold, but better. It's ice! On Mars! If there's ice, there is water. If there is water, there cold be life. Maybe. I'm pretty sure the presence of H2O on Mars is...
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Posted on June 20, 2008 10:54 PM • 8 Comments •
Jason-1 Will Make its 30,000th Orbit The Jason-1 spacecraft will make its 30,000th science orbit this week. Revolution number 30,000 will begin at 10:27 UTC (3:27 a.m. PDT) on June 14th, 2008 and will be completed at 12:19 UTC (5:19 a.m. PDT). From its vantage...
Posted on June 15, 2008 9:02 AM • 1 Comments •
What are the chances that life evolved on other planets? 100%. What are the chances that some of THAT life evolved "intelligence"? Say 0.00001%. What is the chance that that life form is beaming messages to us? Zero. Nada. Zilch. But......
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Posted on June 14, 2008 10:04 AM • 7 Comments •
"We are going to visit a living, breathing star for the first time," says program scientist Lika Guhathakurta of NASA Headquarters. "This is an unexplored region of the solar system and the possibilities for discovery are off the charts." The best job you'll ever...
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Posted on June 13, 2008 7:44 PM • 6 Comments •
