The last countdown
... associated with the Hubble space telescope (although
Posted by Cosmic Variance
Posts in the past four weeks
Thursday
Sep 02 2010
16:22 UTC
Sep 02 2010
16:22 UTC
Sunday
Aug 29 2010
17:29 UTC
Aug 29 2010
17:29 UTC
Space Exploration is a Good Idea
... awesome design featuring space exploration, we have been posting the work of other artists here and now
Posted by wanderingspace
Saturday
Aug 28 2010
14:56 UTC
Aug 28 2010
14:56 UTC
30 Years of Asteroids
Tweet This video from Arecibo observatory has been doing the rounds on the interwebs. It shows the increasing number of known astroids in the Solar System over the period 1980 to 2010. It gets very pretty around the 2:00 mark, which roughly coincides with the year 2000 (see the time ticker in the lower left
Posted by SarahAskew
Friday
Aug 27 2010
09:45 UTC
Aug 27 2010
09:45 UTC
Six Eruptions in Two Days
... the STEREO (Behind) spacecraft observed in extreme UV light, the Sun popped off no fewer than six eruptions over just two days (Aug. 14-15, 2010). At one point, three events were occurring at the same time. Most of these were eruptive prominences in which cooler clouds of gases above the surface break away from
Posted by SciBuff.com
Sunday
Aug 22 2010
13:17 UTC
Aug 22 2010
13:17 UTC
SpaceX Dragon drop test
... and astronauts into space and to the International Space Station — and bring them back home to Earth. The drop test was done to make sure that the parachutes would deploy
Posted by Bad Astronomy
Thursday
Aug 19 2010
18:51 UTC
Aug 19 2010
18:51 UTC
The Next 10 Years of Exoplanets
The recent US Decadal Survey (Astro2010) contains a conundrum. As part of the report, the Decadal Survey committee identified three key “scientific objectives” on which they felt the community should focus. These were:“Cosmic Dawn: Searching for the First Stars, Galaxies, and Black Holes”“New Worlds: Seeking Nearby, Habitable Planets”“Physics of the Universe: Understanding
Posted by Cosmic Variance
Thursday
Aug 19 2010
12:13 UTC
Aug 19 2010
12:13 UTC
Vintage-Styled Soviet Space Posters
... Soviet triumphs in space. There are 5 total; Sputnik, Sputnik 2, The Luna Program, Vostock and Voskhod. But if you are a fan of Star Wars don´t miss his fictional travel poster series (which are also included in the same
Posted by wanderingspace
Friday
Aug 13 2010
22:27 UTC
Aug 13 2010
22:27 UTC
The Next Decade of US Ground Based Astronomy
On to the ground-based (i. e. NSF funded) recommendations (for large, new projects — i. e., not including on-going investments in ALMA; there are a number of interesting medium scale projects recommended, but I probably won't have time to get to them). First priority was the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) — a survey for a multi-color, multi-cadence
Posted by Cosmic Variance
Friday
Aug 13 2010
18:38 UTC
Aug 13 2010
18:38 UTC
The Next Decade of US Space Astronomy
So, the Decadal Survey (”Astro2010″) results are out. I missed the webcast (which I heard was of pretty sketchy quality), but read Roger Blandford's slides, and have skimmed or read a reasonable fraction of the preliminary report. Here's my summary and first reactions, broken down by regime. Steinn has also been blogging
Posted by Cosmic Variance
Friday
Aug 13 2010
17:03 UTC
Aug 13 2010
17:03 UTC
SOS: Save Our Spaceman!
... couldn't return from space due to a revolution in his country putting a h
Posted by antunes's blog
Thursday
Aug 12 2010
19:20 UTC
Aug 12 2010
19:20 UTC
The Next 10 Years of Astronomy
The US astronomical community is anxiously awaiting tomorrow's press conference on the release of the “Astro2010 Decadal Survey”. Now, the astronomical community has press releases all the time, but almost all are about communicating scientific results or images to the general public. Tomorrow's is different. What we learn will shape the next
Posted by Cosmic Variance
Sunday
Aug 08 2010
17:23 UTC
Aug 08 2010
17:23 UTC
SETICon last call!
Just a reminder: this coming weekend (August 13 – 15) is SETICon, a convention where science and science fiction meet. You can read all about it in my posts where I announced I'd be there, and a followup. It's still only $35 for the whole weekend, though there are options if you want to participate
Posted by Bad Astronomy