space exploration
SONG: Planet of Diamonds
SONG: “Planet of Diamonds”. (To download: double right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “Scientists Discover the First Carbon-Rich Planet – Which May […]
Sing for space
NASA wants a few good space songs. Really. Just like this site, only, you know, on a much bigger scale (with a slightly narrower focus). […]
Arsenic, aliens and science writers
The Guardian takes a good look at what we can really learn from NASA’s arsenic-eating aliens this week: But to focus on the researchers would […]
Saturn’s friendly moon.
Pack up your things! Discover reports that the Cassini Saturn probe has found an oxygen atmosphere around Rhea: Other atmospheres known to exist throughout the […]
SONG: Beyond the Ends of the Earth
SONG: “Beyond the Ends of the Earth”. (To download: double right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “100 Year Starship: Nasa’s plan to […]
One-way ticket out
Feeling tied down? Need a permanent change of scenery? The First Post recommends you sign up with NASA and the Pentagon and start over on […]
Science Art: IMAGE_7222, EarthKAM Spring 2010 Mission.
Click to embiggen This is what a chunk of Northwest Australia looks like from the International Space Station. It was created as part of the […]
Rover Spirit: Down, but still discovering.
Last year, the Mars Rover Spirit got stuck in the dirt and NASA couldn’t get it out. But today, it still manages to deliver. Under […]
Etsy partners with NASA. Gives away prizes.
You’ve been reading these updates for some time, so of course you know of my deep and profound love for bringing scientific research and homemade […]
A word from the Vatican Observatory….
“Any entity – no matter how many tentacles it has – has a soul.” – Papal astronomer Guy Consolmagno, SJ, speaking with Guardian before appearing […]
Science Art: Two-Dimensional Low-Turbulence Tunnel
Click to embiggen NASA has a new collection on Flickr Commons. It’s pretty awesome. So is this wind tunnel, also known as the “ice tunnel” […]
Destination Venus.
Or, as Discovery News puts it, RETURN TO HELL: We have a lot of unanswered questions about Venus that warrant a return surface visit. Venus […]
Science Art: Venus and the Ark, by Anne Sexton
The missile to launch a missile was almost a secret. Two male Ph.D.’s were picked and primed to fill it and one hundred carefully counted […]
Put your face in space.
Seriously. NASA wants to take you into orbit. Or at least a likeness of you. It’s their way of celebrating the final two shuttle missions. […]