... Jupiter will become a morning star this month. It has begun its climb out of the Sun's glare into the dawn sky. Look for the planet shining brightly at -2 magnitude just above the glow of the rising Sun starting this week. Each day it will climb higher and be easier to see, heading for opposition on September 21st.
Posted by A Darker View
... supernova as pulsar planets. So if the method for planet formation is so rugged, what would happen if you started out with an extremely massive star? Coul
Posted by Supernova Condensate
... In the first weeks of March the planet Venus will begin rising into the evening sky. After superior conjunction on January 11th, the planet is again emerging from the Sun's glare. Over the next few months Venus will grace the evening sky and participate in some spectacular conjunctions, spending much of 2010 at the evening "star". In October, Venus will again disappear from view, passing through inferior conjunction on October 29th and ending the year in the morning sky.
Posted by A Darker View
I love imagination. I particularly love the kind of imagination that goes into delightful ideas like this one! This little dude, known as Le Petit Prince (in a cutesy reference to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry), is an ingenious solution to what may someday be a genuine problem.(Read more ...)
Posted by Supernova Condensate
If you're like me, you've been following NASA's desperate attempt to free Spirit, and the ongoing roving of the rugged little Opportunity. These two rovers, with Captain Jack like habits of not dying, are in part the creation of Steven Squyres. Next week, on Wednesday night, Squyres will be giving a talk here at SIUE.
Posted by Star Stryder
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