Tag Archives: Cosmos
Sunspot pictures
Hand me down the thesaurus, Molly. These pictures of sunspots from the ROYAC Solar Group in Stockholm will require some attempt at variation on “impressive”. Lemme see now… affecting, august, awe-inspiring, awesome, commanding, distinguished, evocative, exciting, formidable, grand, grandiose, great, … more…
Hubble Spots the Biggest World Since Pluto
Hubble Spots the Biggest World Since Pluto Scrabble players the world over will be rejoicing at the news that a new planet Kuiper Belt Object, I beg your pardon, the largest of the 400-odd KBOs identified to date, has been … more…
New view of Moon
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | New view of Moon The biggest crater in this picture is called Taruntius. It’s 56Km across. Which means it won’t be too long before we’ll be able to read the road-signs on the moon if, … more…
Life on Mars?
“She could spit in the eyes of fools As they ask her to focus on Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man! Look at those cavemen go It’s the freakiest show Take a look at the law man Beating … more…
new picture of the Eagle Nebula
Panoramic View of ‘Pillars of Creation’ Unveiled this new picture of the Eagle Nebula is literally awesome. I am put in mind of certain painted baroque ceilings, but this outdoes them all. (Yahoo news – high res images here)
Images of Mars
JPL Images – Mars – rather lovely pictures of Mars including those which suggest to some that there’s lots of ice just a few feet under the dust… (via Robot Wisdom)
An alternative to the Big Bang
New Theory Proposed by Paul Steinhardt and Neil Turok Provides Alternative to Big Bang: Department of Physics, Princeton University – new cosmologies always welcome! (via Rebecca’s Pocket and csmonitor)
Contact
Back in May, according to AMO.NET, we made Contact. With extraterrestrial life, that is. This page is long and detailed, and I have no opinion as to its reliability. A good read, though…. (via blogjam)