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- moon
LRO Sent Back its First Lunar Image
... cratered regions near the moon's Mare Nubium region, as photographed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LROC instrum...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (19:20 UTC) in My Dark Sky
The Guardian Tackles the Moon Landing Hoax... Badly
... despise the so called Moon landing hoax with every fibre of my being, this is probably the reason why I don't write abo...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (08:27 UTC) in Astroengine.com
The First Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Pictures Are Here!
... were taken along the moon's terminator -- the dividing line between day and night -- making us initially unsure of how ...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (00:01 UTC) in Discovery Space: Space Disco
First Images from LRO
Woohoo! NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken its first images of the Moon! There are two cameras on boar...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (18:58 UTC) in Universe Today
Uranium on the moon. Mining the moon?
... the surface of the moon thanks to the gamma-ray spectrometer on board the Japanese mission called Kayuga. I already desc...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (22:41 UTC) in Franck Marchis
Ring around the Moon
Even cloudy night can bring beautiful sights, as I have mentioned before. In this case high, thin clouds have made a col...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (21:03 UTC) in Astroblog
Mars Will NOT Look as Big as the Full Moon, But You Can Watch it Get Closer
or criminy's sake, I just got one of those "Mars as big as the full Moon in August" emails. For one mor...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (16:21 UTC) in Universe Today
First Conclusive Signature for Lunar Uranium
... not seen in previous moon-mapping efforts. In addition to uranium, the Kaguya GRS data also is showing clear signatures...
Posted on Mon 29th Jun 2009 (21:55 UTC) in Universe Today
Birthday Moon
This weekend we had a birthday party for the Bettdeckererschnappender weisle. In between the singing, eating copious amo...
Posted on Mon 29th Jun 2009 (21:20 UTC) in Astroblog
Poll: Should NASA Return to the Moon?
It is currently NASA's plan to return man to the Moon by 2020. It will probably be after that, but that's the plan. Howe...
Posted on Sun 28th Jun 2009 (21:48 UTC) in Discovery Space: Space Disco
NASA Tests Orion Shock Absorbers, Probably a Good Idea
Although there are doubts about Constellation, and NASA recently announced a “plan B” launch option for a re...
Posted on Sun 28th Jun 2009 (01:51 UTC) in Astroengine.com
- science
42 meter diameter telescope
... relating to the type of science it will do, etc... as this sixty symbols episode on the diameter of telescopes illustr...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (09:44 UTC) in astropixie
APOD: Earth’s changing distance to the Sun
Today, the 4th of July, the Earth's elliptical orbit takes our planet to its farthest point from the Sun ('aphelion̵...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (22:45 UTC) in SarahAskew
electromagnetic leaks from earth
how far do our electromagnetic (EM) signals reach in to outer space? lets estimate that we started transmitting EM sign...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (04:49 UTC) in astropixie
Astrology is Taurus feces
Tonight on Showtime, Penn & Teller take on astrology! You can take a peek at the show online here (with the bad word...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (20:00 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
arxiv Find: The Local Density of Dark Matter
One of the big hopes of particle- and astro-physicists over the next few years is to experimentally pin down the nature ...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (18:44 UTC) in Cosmic Variance
Science, is it for smart only?
... win a gold medal in science olympiads. We often heard.. young people in Indonesia are talented and we could compare the...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (16:32 UTC) in Avivah Yamani Riyadi
Device Makes Radio Waves Travel Faster Than Light
... scientist has created a gadget that can make radio waves travel faster than light. Einstein predicted that particles an...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (01:49 UTC) in Universe Today
Neil Tyson on our lack of skepticism
... They're missing some science classes in their training
Posted on Tue 30th Jun 2009 (13:32 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
A kiss and a tweet
As you may recall, my fellow Hive Overminder Sheril Kirshenbaum is writing a book about kissing. She ran an experiment a...
Posted on Mon 29th Jun 2009 (20:04 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Liquid Sand
One of the more fun physics stories that I've seen recently is from an area of research quite removed from my own, but t...
Posted on Mon 29th Jun 2009 (12:57 UTC) in Cosmic Variance
From one moon to another
The Big Picture once again does the International Space Station. My favorite picture? No contest:
Posted on Sun 28th Jun 2009 (13:00 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
- lro
LRO Sent Back its First Lunar Image
... Reconnaissance Orbiter's LROC instrument. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University. Wow! Just look at the details… i...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (19:20 UTC) in My Dark Sky
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: at the Moon and Returning Data!
... was completely delinquent about reporting this due to the craziness that was my June, but the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbi...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (10:41 UTC) in The Martian Chronicles
First Images from LRO
Let me try this again! I originally had this for yesterday, however it seemed to disappear, don’t know what happened...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (18:21 UTC) in Tom's Astronomy Blog
First Images from LRO
... Orbiter Camera, or LROC. They were both activated June 30, and their "first light" images were of a region i...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (18:58 UTC) in Universe Today
- nasa
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: at the Moon and Returning Data!
... was completely delinquent about reporting this due to the craziness that was my June, but the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbi...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (10:41 UTC) in The Martian Chronicles
I See Mars Faces... Everywhere
During my search for material for last week's Wide Angle: Mars Roving on Discovery, I was looking for images snapped by ...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (03:09 UTC) in Astroengine.com
NASA’s Plan B
... to Discovery News, NASA has a "Plan B" program in case something happens with the Constellation program. It's a...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (16:15 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Voices from the Moon
... lot of books are coming out right now to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11. One of the best, called Voices fr...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (22:30 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
LRO First Light images of the Moon!
[Update: Ken Bowley on Facebook clued me in that the LRO camera has a page where you can see the raw images, and zoom in...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (18:13 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
OK, one more volcano awesomeness
Via Ian O'Neill and Richard Drumm I have one more set of shots of the explosive plume from the Russian volcano Saraychev...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (20:30 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
See the ISS over the next week
Orbits can be a bit complicated. As the International Space Station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes or so, the Earth i...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (18:15 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Faster, Cheaper (and Better?) Way to the Moon
... waiting for word from a NASA executive session reconsidering the plan. And perhaps it might have something to do with ...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (15:09 UTC) in Universe Today
NASA, Japan Release Most Complete Topographic Map of Earth
... general public. Now, NASA and Japan have released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of ou...
Posted on Tue 30th Jun 2009 (22:50 UTC) in Universe Today
Buzz Says: Aim for Mars
... about the future of NASA. I'll let you follow this link to the full article, but here are a couple of excerpts:More tha...
Posted on Mon 29th Jun 2009 (03:30 UTC) in The Martian Chronicles
Lost Apollo 11 video tapes found?
On July 20, just weeks from now, it will be the 40th anniversary of the moment a human stepped foot on another world. Yo...
Posted on Sun 28th Jun 2009 (18:00 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
From one moon to another
The Big Picture once again does the International Space Station. My favorite picture? No contest:
Posted on Sun 28th Jun 2009 (13:00 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
NASA Tests Orion Shock Absorbers, Probably a Good Idea
... from: Astroengine. comNASA Tests Orion Shock Absorbers, Probably a Good Ide
Posted on Sun 28th Jun 2009 (01:51 UTC) in Astroengine.com
- humor
Happy 4th of July, Muppet Style
This is transcendently ridiculous. For the many international CV readers, today is the US's Independence Day celebratio...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (19:58 UTC) in Cosmic Variance
The price of freedom…
… is eternal vigilance. Yes, that's Canis Minor. Click to embiggen, and feel free to share it with others. Now I'm o...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (16:14 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Jackolonimbus
The other day while at the gym, the TV was showing CNN. I couldn't see the screen clearly, but the segment was about unu...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (20:34 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Homeopathetic
... can rant and rail against homeopathy, how it's useless, how it's nothing more than water, how there is no real methodol...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (18:00 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
What must E.T. think of us?
What must aliens think of us when they pick up our TV signals? Abstruse Goose decided to figure it out:I wonder what Lrr...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (13:04 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
electromagnetic leaks from earth
how far do our electromagnetic (EM) signals reach in to outer space? lets estimate that we started transmitting EM sign...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (04:49 UTC) in astropixie
Jackodolia
He wasn't the King of Kings of Pop, but he can still thrill a greasy drip pan. Now c'mon, that's pretty good. It looks a ...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (13:30 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
For the bored antiscientist
Are you an exhausted antiscientist? Has railing against the mainstream science paradigm got you down? Making up "fac...
Posted on Tue 30th Jun 2009 (16:47 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Soul proprietor
Some of the secondary and tertiary news sites (the kinds with "Buy your Estonian bride online!" ads) are saying ...
Posted on Mon 29th Jun 2009 (16:30 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
- mars
42 meter diameter telescope
sometimes astronomers have difficulty naming new telescopes. sometimes telescopes are named after famous scientists, o...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (09:44 UTC) in astropixie
I See Mars Faces... Everywhere
During my search for material for last week's Wide Angle: Mars Roving on Discovery, I was looking for images snapped by ...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (03:09 UTC) in Astroengine.com
Perchlorates and Water Make for Potential Habitable Environment on Mars
Scientists say that the Arctic region studied by Phoenix lander may be a favorable environment for microbes. Just-right...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (19:36 UTC) in Universe Today
Phoenix Lander Team: It Snows at Night on Mars
It snows on Mars. This occurs, at least in the northern arctic region where the Phoenix lander set up camp in 2008. Sc...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (18:24 UTC) in Universe Today
Test-Bed Rover is Now Stuck Which is a Good Thing!
Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have intentionally driven their engineering rover into soft soil in a sandbox...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (17:13 UTC) in Universe Today
Mars Will NOT Look as Big as the Full Moon, But You Can Watch it Get Closer
or criminy's sake, I just got one of those "Mars as big as the full Moon in August" emails. For one mor...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (16:21 UTC) in Universe Today
Landforms Indicate "Recent" Warm Weather on Mars
Remember the polygon-shaped landforms at Mars north polar region that the Phoenix lander studied? The polygons are prod...
Posted on Mon 29th Jun 2009 (15:56 UTC) in Universe Today
- speed of light
Paris in the Summer When It Sizzles
... predicts a changing speed of light. Proportion of baryonic matter is predicted as 4. 507034%, where WMAP has found 4. 4 +/...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (10:01 UTC) in GM=tc^3
If I Was A TV-Loving Alien, I´d Live In 40 Eridani
16. 5 light years away, a revolution in sci-fi television programming is about to explode to life… Yes, it really i...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (20:45 UTC) in Astroengine.com
MOND
... explained by a changing speed of light. They are both inferences that have never been directly observed. One of Mordeca...
Posted on Tue 30th Jun 2009 (15:16 UTC) in GM=tc^3
City of Light Pt. 2
... consider a changing speed of light..
Posted on Mon 29th Jun 2009 (22:25 UTC) in GM=tc^3
City of Light
Am in Paris this week for the "Invisible Universe" international conference. Saturday saw Latin Quarter and Opera House...
Posted on Sun 28th Jun 2009 (22:52 UTC) in GM=tc^3
- pareidolia
I See Mars Faces... Everywhere
During my search for material for last week's Wide Angle: Mars Roving on Discovery, I was looking for images snapped by ...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (03:09 UTC) in Astroengine.com
Jackolonimbus
The other day while at the gym, the TV was showing CNN. I couldn't see the screen clearly, but the segment was about unu...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (20:34 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Jackodolia
He wasn't the King of Kings of Pop, but he can still thrill a greasy drip pan. Now c'mon, that's pretty good. It looks a ...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (13:30 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
- sun
The Fourth of July Celebrated Solar Style
... the flares from young sunspot 1024 from his backyard solar observatory in England. For me, this year's Fourth of July c...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (19:44 UTC) in Discovery Space: Space Disco
APOD: Earth’s changing distance to the Sun
Today, the 4th of July, the Earth's elliptical orbit takes our planet to its farthest point from the Sun ('aphelion̵...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (22:45 UTC) in SarahAskew
- video
42 meter diameter telescope
sometimes astronomers have difficulty naming new telescopes. sometimes telescopes are named after famous scientists, o...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (09:44 UTC) in astropixie
Sky this Week for June 28 to July 4, 2009
...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (02:59 UTC) in Vern's Weblog
mercury - sixty symbols
here's my latest contribution to the sixty symbols of physics and astronomy project: the closest planet to the sun... me...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (12:42 UTC) in astropixie
GOES-O Launch
... this helps. Got the video here
Posted on Sun 28th Jun 2009 (15:08 UTC) in Tom's Astronomy Blog
- black hole
VLBA Locates Origin of Superenergetic Bursts Near Giant Black Hole
... Way is a member. The black hole in M87 has an "event horizon," from which matter cannot escape, roughly twice the size ...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (19:09 UTC) in astronomy cmarchesin
"Discovery" of a new class of black holes
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (14:16 UTC) in Professor Astronomy's Astronomy Blog
XMM-Newton discovers a new class of black holes
... just how supermassive black holes, such as that at the centre of our Galaxy, form. The team have planned further observa...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (19:17 UTC) in astronomy cmarchesin
Intense heat killed the Universe's would-be galaxies, researchers say
... the first stars and black holes.“The heat evaporated gas from the small dark matter clumps, rendering them barren. On...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (18:50 UTC) in astronomy cmarchesin
- relativity
If I Was A TV-Loving Alien, I´d Live In 40 Eridani
16. 5 light years away, a revolution in sci-fi television programming is about to explode to life… Yes, it really i...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (20:45 UTC) in Astroengine.com
Scientist Accelerates Radio Waves Faster than Light...
... using this "gadget"... what's that about? What would happen if I walked into a physics conference and shouted, "I've ...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (14:27 UTC) in Discovery Space: Space Disco
- skepticism
Astrology is Taurus feces
Tonight on Showtime, Penn & Teller take on astrology! You can take a peek at the show online here (with the bad word...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (20:00 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Online TAM registration closes tonight
If you're still sitting on the fence about going to The Amaz!ng Meeting — and it starts one week from right now &#...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (16:35 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Gnomedex!
Chris Pirillo is a web-borne god of teh intertoobz. Don't believe me? Type "Chris" into Google and see what come...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (16:30 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Scientist Accelerates Radio Waves Faster than Light...
... using this "gadget"... what's that about? What would happen if I walked into a physics conference and shouted, "I've ...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (14:27 UTC) in Discovery Space: Space Disco
Neil Tyson on our lack of skepticism
My bud Neil Tyson was on Jimmy Fallon's TV show the other day, and they asked him a series of questions. It's worth watc...
Posted on Tue 30th Jun 2009 (13:32 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Headless skeptic
My evil twin, psychologist and skeptic Richard Wiseman, has another winner: a video playing with your blind spot. Very c...
Posted on Mon 29th Jun 2009 (18:00 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Lost Apollo 11 video tapes found?
On July 20, just weeks from now, it will be the 40th anniversary of the moment a human stepped foot on another world. Yo...
Posted on Sun 28th Jun 2009 (18:00 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
- physics
Aphelion, 2009
Last night, Earth reached the farthest point in its orbit from the Sun. This distance is called the aphelion of Earth'...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (18:17 UTC) in Astroprof's Page
A new baryon: b
The CDF collaboration at Fermilab has announced the observation of a new baryon Ωb, which was also observed by the ...
Posted on Tue 30th Jun 2009 (06:25 UTC) in Stochastic Scribbles
- pretty pictures
The price of freedom…
… is eternal vigilance. Yes, that's Canis Minor. Click to embiggen, and feel free to share it with others. Now I'm o...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (16:14 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Fire works
Happy Fourth to my fellow countryhumans. Go out and be your own fireworks today.
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (12:15 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Voices from the Moon
... lot of books are coming out right now to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11. One of the best, called Voices fr...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (22:30 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Binary planetary systems caught in the act of forming!
Astronomers have discovered a young binary system where both stars are surrounded by thick disks of material that are in...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (13:00 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
OK, one more volcano awesomeness
Via Ian O'Neill and Richard Drumm I have one more set of shots of the explosive plume from the Russian volcano Saraychev...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (20:30 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Jackodolia
He wasn't the King of Kings of Pop, but he can still thrill a greasy drip pan. Now c'mon, that's pretty good. It looks a ...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (13:30 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
From one moon to another
The Big Picture once again does the International Space Station. My favorite picture? No contest:
Posted on Sun 28th Jun 2009 (13:00 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
- carnival of space
Carnival of Space #109
Another week gone, so it's time for Carnival of Space! This week the carnival is hosted by Twisted Physics. Go there...
Posted on Wed 01st Jul 2009 (03:24 UTC) in My Dark Sky
Carnival of Space #109 is here.
Carnival of Space #109 is now up at Twisted Physics. There's the tragedy of Fred Hoyle, looking for bacl Holes, document...
Posted on Tue 30th Jun 2009 (21:08 UTC) in Astroblog
Carnival of Space #109
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Jennifer Oullette at Discovery Space's Twisted Physics. Click here to ...
Posted on Tue 30th Jun 2009 (17:32 UTC) in Universe Today
- piece of mind
The price of freedom…
… is eternal vigilance. Yes, that's Canis Minor. Click to embiggen, and feel free to share it with others. Now I'm o...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (16:14 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
NASA’s Plan B
According to Discovery News, NASA has a "Plan B" program in case something happens with the Constellation progra...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (16:15 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Praying Allah carte
... often wonder why people are so gung ho about getting prayer in school. Shouldn't we be worrying more about edumacating ...
Posted on Tue 30th Jun 2009 (18:26 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
Lost Apollo 11 video tapes found?
On July 20, just weeks from now, it will be the 40th anniversary of the moment a human stepped foot on another world. Yo...
Posted on Sun 28th Jun 2009 (18:00 UTC) in Bad Astronomy
- stfc
Space Camp
The other day I was looking through my copy of the Men's Disciplinary Rubberwear Gazette (which I buy for the Spot-the...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (18:20 UTC) in In The Dark
Slippage and Slideage
... Facilities Council (STFC) of the changes to their programme as a result of the 2009 budget settlement. You can find the ...
Posted on Fri 03rd Jul 2009 (13:59 UTC) in In The Dark
- conspiracies
The Guardian Tackles the Moon Landing Hoax... Badly
... despise the so called Moon landing hoax with every fibre of my being, this is probably the reason why I don't write abo...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (08:27 UTC) in Astroengine.com
I See Mars Faces... Everywhere
During my search for material for last week's Wide Angle: Mars Roving on Discovery, I was looking for images snapped by ...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (03:09 UTC) in Astroengine.com
- planck
Space Camp
The other day I was looking through my copy of the Men's Disciplinary Rubberwear Gazette (which I buy for the Spot-the...
Posted on Sat 04th Jul 2009 (18:20 UTC) in In The Dark
Hot in Town
After a fun but frantic few days in the big city I've now escaped back to the relative cool of Cardiff. The Royal Societ...
Posted on Thu 02nd Jul 2009 (16:26 UTC) in In The Dark
Summer Science
Just time for a very quick post today, owing to the hectic nature of the past (and future) few days. Yesterday (Sunday) m...
Posted on Mon 29th Jun 2009 (20:40 UTC) in In The Dark
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