SONG: Planet of Diamonds
SONG: “Planet of Diamonds”. (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
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space exploration
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).
If you got ’em, send ’em to the space scientists!
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:
… Read the rest “Arsenic, aliens and science writers”But to focus on the researchers would be to miss the point really. There may be
Saturn’s friendly moon.
Pack up your things! Discover reports that the Cassini Saturn probe has found an oxygen atmosphere around Rhea:
… Read the rest “Saturn’s friendly moon.”Other atmospheres known to exist throughout the solar system, like that
SONG: Beyond the Ends of the Earth
SONG: “Beyond the Ends of the Earth”. (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
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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 a new planet:
… Read the rest “One-way ticket out”“The human space programme is
Science Art: IMAGE_7222, EarthKAM Spring 2010 Mission.
This is what a chunk of Northwest Australia looks like from the International Space Station.
It was created as part of the EarthKAM project, “Earth Knowledge Acquired… Read the rest “Science Art: IMAGE_7222, EarthKAM Spring 2010 Mission.”
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 those spinning wheels is proof that there’s … Read the rest “Rover Spirit: Down, but still discovering.”
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 creative stuff together. Of course… Read the rest “Etsy partners with NASA. Gives away prizes.”
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 at the British Science… Read the rest “A word from the Vatican Observatory….”
Science Art: Two-Dimensional Low-Turbulence Tunnel
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NASA has a new collection on Flickr Commons.
It’s pretty awesome.
So is this wind tunnel, also known as the “ice tunnel” because it was studying that… Read the rest “Science Art: Two-Dimensional Low-Turbulence Tunnel”
Destination Venus.
Or, as Discovery News puts it, RETURN TO HELL:
… Read the rest “Destination Venus.”We have a lot of unanswered questions about Venus that warrant a return surface visit. Venus might have once had oceans and even incubated life.
Science Art: Venus and the Ark, by Anne Sexton
… Read the rest “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 insects,
three almost new snakes,
coiled in a cube,
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.
It’s also free. And you get a certificate.… Read the rest “Put your face in space.”
Welcome home, Hayabusa.
BBC News reports on the long-awaited return of the first probe to make it out to an asteroid and back:
… Read the rest “Welcome home, Hayabusa.”The Hayabusa pod was picked up by a helicopter team and transferred to a control centre