Posted in Science, Stuff, Travel on May 6th, 2013 by glennm
A rather cool-looking solar eclipse. Wish I could be there.
How to Catch This Week’s ‘Ring of Fire’ Annular Eclipse | Science.
Tags: eclipse, space, TravelPosted in Photography, Science on January 19th, 2012 by glennm
It would be absolutely fantastic if scientists could actually take a picture of the event horizon of a black hole. Since as we now know, even Hawking was wrong in hypothesizing that nothing escapes…
Taking a picture of a black hole, an object so gravitationally bound that not even photons of light can escape, sounds like an oxymoron, but astronomers this week will attempt to do just that. What they’re hoping to glimpse is something called the “event horizon” — the swirl of matter and energy that are visible around the rim of the black hole just before it falls into the abyss.
Astronomers Aim To Take First Picture of Black Hole | Discovery News.
Tags: black holes, Hawking, photos, physics, spacePosted in Photography, Science, Stuff on December 9th, 2011 by glennm
At 7:45am EST, this Saturday morning’s upcoming lunar eclipse may be a little late for me. So California friends, please watch and report!!
“For people in the western United States, the eclipse is deepest just before local dawn,” NASA scientists said in a statement. “Face west to see the red moon sinking into the horizonas the sun rises behind your back. It’s a rare way to begin your day.”
Dec. 10 Total Lunar Eclipse | Eclipse Viewing & Skywatching | Space.com.
Tags: photos, spacePosted in Cyberspace, Science on September 20th, 2011 by glennm
This is a tremendous video clip. I want to orbit the Earth, too!
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Tags: Science, space, video, YouTubePosted in Politically Incorrect, Tech Bytes, Wonder Wonder on January 9th, 2004 by glennm
President Bush is set to announce that he will challenge NASA — in Kennedy-esque fashion — to develop a permanent manned outpost on the Moon and land human beings on Mars within a decade.
Conservatives are lauding this. Says Adam Keiper in the National Review Online, “the president is going to give NASA what it needs most: a vision worthy of America.” Whether or not they are genuine, these sentiments may reflect an emerging consensus that America’s space efforts need to be focused less on hauling stuff into orbit (read, “Space Shuttle”) and more on exploring new worlds (read, “Mission to Mars”). Captain Kirk can’t be that far behind after all.
Tags: Mars, NASA, politics, space, WPosted in Stuff, Tech Bytes on January 5th, 2004 by glennm
With the successful landing of the “Spirit” spacecraft rover on Mars, we are once again, at long last, treated to the thrill of NASA getting it right. The rover beat dismal odds and landed inside an ancient Connecticut-sized crater on the planet late Saturday night. The touchdown sparks the most ambitious search yet for life on Mars and has the potential to reinvigorate NASA, which has come under stinging criticism for a string of failures.It’s especially delightful since the British/EU probe “Beagle” still has not responded from the Martian surface, suggesting it was destroyed on entry.
Tags: Mars, NASA, spacePosted in Science, Tech Bytes on December 23rd, 2003 by glennm
The new Spitzer Space Telescope, successfully launched by NASA last August, is very cool. It photographs the infrared spectrum, getting behind the dust of space to capture images the naked eye never sees. Check out this sampling from the first release of Spitzer images.
Tags: photos, Science, space, telescopePosted in Science, Stuff, Tech Bytes on November 7th, 2003 by glennm
After traveling for more than 20 years, the Voyager I spacecraft is now nearing the edge of our solar system and is about to pass into interstellar space. [usatoday.com]. It is 8.37 billion miles from the Sun, three times further away than the planet Pluto. Not a bad ride. There’s only 44,000 years left to the next star, and after that we’re into the realm of “V’Ger” from Star Trek. Very cool stuff.
Tags: space, Star Trek, VoyagerPosted in Science, Wonder Wonder on May 22nd, 2003 by glennm
First Picture of Earth From Mars. Sure makes you humble about one’s place in the universe.
Tags: Earth, Mars, photos, space
Many thanks to Doonesbury for the illustration and the late Hunter S. Thompson for the gonzo inspiration.
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