Oops. Uh, sorry, Martians.
“Oops,” of course, is a word that means science is going about its job correctly, because by discovering mistakes we learn what works and what […]
space exploration
Paul Calle’s Apollo sketches
In 1969, NASA artist Paul Calle followed the Apollo astronauts as they prepared to climb into a capsule and ride a rocket to the moon. […]
Science Art: S125-E-007900 (Canary Islands Vortices), STS-125 Shuttle Mission Imagery
Click to embiggen vastly June marks the official beginning of hurricane season. Here’s where they start from, whirling spirals off the coast of North Africa. […]
Their Spock probably has a beard, too.
Have you ever really looked at the logo for China’s space agency? Seem familiar? Yes, you have seen it before.
Spirit in the sand.
The Mars Rover Spirit could use a couple two-by-fours, the LA Times reports, because its wheels are spinning in place… a very faraway place: Over […]
Science Art: Mars & Beyond, directed by Ward Kimball, 1957
What might life on Mars be like? That’s the question Disney was asking TV viewers in 1957. This has to be seen to be believed…. […]
RIP, Eilene Galloway.
You should know who she is. She made NASA.
The satellite feels.
BBC News reports on a new kind of observational satellite overhead. It’s not looking down at us – it’s feeling our weight: As Goce “bumps” […]
Moon Flowers.
Peggy Lee, Santana and Hugh Lofting all predicted, in their own ways, what MSNBC’s Cosmic Log is reporting as news… about Paragon Space Development Corp’s […]
The view from there.
Item 1: The Telegraph reports on a group of teenagers who used a <$100 camera and a balloon to take some great pictures of space: […]
Google Mars gets better.
Discover’s Bad Astronomy blog highlights some keen new ways to look at the Red Planet: One is an overlay that shows old historical maps, like […]
Science Art: Exploration Imagery: S88-29653, the Project Pathfinder Autonomous Lander
Click to embiggen vastly This was what space was going to be in 1988. All acrylic paints and spindly legs. You can read more about […]
Science Art: The Dry Frost of Mars.
Click to embiggen. On Mars, the polar ice caps grow and shrink with the seasons, just like on Earth. But unlike Earth, the Martian ice […]
Big Boom. Boom. Boom.
NASA likes listening to space, because it’s kind of noisy up there. Somewhere in the background there are echoes of the Big Bang, and if […]
Beyond the Twittering Phoenix.
It’s hard to imagine the Mercury Seven swapping SuperPokes, but today’s space agency is a different kind of organization. Maybe. You can find out yourself […]