today's would make a good science lesson, if not several:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090115.html
― koogs, Thursday, 15 January 2009 12:41 (fifteen years ago) link
CH4 on Mars.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/4243321/Mars-methane-discovery-hints-at-presence-of-life.html
― Jarlrmai, Thursday, 15 January 2009 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I, for one, welcome our new farting Martian overlords.
― StanM, Thursday, 15 January 2009 15:42 (fifteen years ago) link
woah: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090128.html
― koogs, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 10:47 (fifteen years ago) link
BLACK HOLE JETS OMFG
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/images/2009/01/28/blackholejetshires.jpg
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/spectacular-new.html
― talk me down off the (ledge), Saturday, 31 January 2009 13:40 (fifteen years ago) link
lol cosmic sonic booms
― caek, Monday, 2 February 2009 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Very nice lenticular cloud, today.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090203.html
― StanM, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Any Texans see the flaming mountain of space debris? I wish I had!
― Magdalen Goobers (Oilyrags), Monday, 16 February 2009 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
that video spooked me out, because it featured a ton of people running and shouting. before i realised they were also filming a marathon run at the time.
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Monday, 16 February 2009 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7891912.stm
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Monday, 16 February 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Bad astronomy seems to suspect that it IS satellite bumpercar fallout.
― Magdalen Goobers (Oilyrags), Monday, 16 February 2009 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/15/fireball-over-texas/
in this international year of astronomy, take your own APOD's with your retina and your mind grapes for $15 + shipping.
https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/
i played with one of these at a conference a while back. for the price, they are totally awesome.
― We are all from Northampton now (caek), Monday, 9 March 2009 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/shuttsm/shutt06.jpg
oh hi we heard you like the hubble advanced camera for surveys so we're off to fix it. be done in 1 week.
― caek, Monday, 16 March 2009 15:30 (fifteen years ago) link
(note: all the good APOD pictures are taken with the ACS, but it broke in summer 2007)
― caek, Monday, 16 March 2009 15:31 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i.gizmodo.com/05173385/shuttle%20riding-bat-dies-the-most-glorious-death-imaginable
― Thrills as Cheap as Gas (Oilyrags), Thursday, 19 March 2009 00:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Not astronomy, but wow anyway:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7952344.stm
― StanM, Thursday, 19 March 2009 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh. it's everywhere.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1163121/Pictured-The-spectacular-eruption-underwater-volcano-South-Pacific.html
― StanM, Thursday, 19 March 2009 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't help but think of the movie 'Lifeforce' (or in book form or UK movie title 'the space vampires) with that bat clinging to the shuttle. That little dude was just getting a lift home.
― BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 19 March 2009 15:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh. it's everywhere.
yep just linked to it on the guardian site too
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Thursday, 19 March 2009 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
yaow
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html
― caek, Monday, 20 April 2009 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Cheers, caek, that's a superb link. The selection of images and accompanying descriptions are truly mesmeric.
― Bill A, Monday, 20 April 2009 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow. Just wow.
"The outer edge of the B ring is anchored and sculpted by a powerful gravitational resonance with the moon, Mimas"
Wow. My mind is boggling away here like mad.
― James Morrison, Monday, 20 April 2009 23:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, wallpaper heaven!
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 14:45 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/05/cassini_nears_fouryear_mark.html
FUCK
I acidentally read some of the comments and now I want to go burn down a fucking church full of idiots
― StanM, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 19:46 (fifteen years ago) link
184. ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.Posted by Dave June 18, 08 04:53 PM
― caek, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
ok, not that one :-)
― StanM, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
great pictures though
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
224.frikin' sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by Bob July 3, 08 11:44 PM
best post ever
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
http://erstories.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/09-nail-biter.jpg
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/10/AR2009051001513.html
― caek, Monday, 11 May 2009 02:09 (fifteen years ago) link
5 hours to go.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/index.html
watch here: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
― caek, Monday, 11 May 2009 13:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Grunsfeld will also have to replace four circuit cards, all of which will be around a corner and out of sight.
Given the swearing and shouting that accompanies me tackling any plumbing jobs at home even when I can see the pipes and reach them freely, I have nothing but admiration for someone who can carry out delicate electronic repairs in space, at 17,000mph, wearing bloody great gloves and an EVA suit.
― Bill A, Monday, 11 May 2009 13:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Grunsfeld will also have to replace four circuit cards, all of which will be around a corner and out of sight, man.
― StanM, Monday, 11 May 2009 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Telescopes getting a big boost all round these days
2 new ESA space telescopes getting launched soon, James Webb in 2014, terrestrial scopes benefiting from new mirror technology adaptive optics and improved data links and image processing.
Bring on the Exo Planets
― Jarlrmai, Monday, 11 May 2009 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link
planck is launching on thursday too.
― caek, Monday, 11 May 2009 16:15 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMVW10YDUF_index_0.html
― caek, Monday, 11 May 2009 16:19 (fifteen years ago) link
no problems with weather or hardware so far if you guys feel like watching in 40 mins or so.
― caek, Monday, 11 May 2009 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
here comes the fun cooker
― caek, Monday, 11 May 2009 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
lol those birds are going to die
― caek, Monday, 11 May 2009 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Planck/Herschel launch tomorrow: http://planckmission.wordpress.com/
― caek, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 09:15 (fifteen years ago) link
meanwhile...
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001939/
The Spirit rover on Mars is currently stuck in a patch of loose material. After a few attempts to get free, the team has wisely decided to do further experiments on Earth instead of on Mars. They will now recreate the conditions in our sandbox at JPL and test out different sequences until one works reliably here, then try it on Mars.
http://www.planetary.org/image/DSC_0037_PIA07986-A476R1_br2.jpg
― caek, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 09:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I love this stuff, awesome.
― Jarlrmai, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 10:41 (fifteen years ago) link
LOL @ camouflage all around so it would feel at home
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 13:41 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.videocorner.tv/videocorner2/live_flv/index.php?langue=en
― caek, Thursday, 14 May 2009 13:40 (fifteen years ago) link
textbook launch of herschel and planck
― caek, Thursday, 14 May 2009 13:41 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.esa.int/images/ImageVMC_L.gif
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEM4SJZVNUF_0.html
Stunning images taken from Earth and space show Herschel and Planck in flight on 14 May 2009. The first, taken from Herschel, show the Planck-Sylda composite just after Herschel's separation, about 1150 km above Africa. A second set taken from ESA's Optical Ground Station, shows Herschel, Planck, Sylda and the launcher’s upper stage long after separation, travelling together at an altitude of about 100 000 km.
― caek, Friday, 15 May 2009 16:32 (fifteen years ago) link
http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/may09/atlantis15_sm/atlantis15_15.jpg
― caek, Friday, 15 May 2009 17:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Solar transit photos: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/15/check-this-out-amazing-photo-of-the-sun/
Sun + Shuttlehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/3531410425/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/3531410377/
Sun + Shuttle + Hubblehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/3531350583/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/3532145692/
(from 2006) Sun + Shuttle + ISShttp://www.sbig.com/award/legault/iss_shuttle.jpg
― StanM, Friday, 15 May 2009 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I love this thread.
― Roz, Friday, 15 May 2009 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2453/3531410425_f94db338c2.jpg
― Ned Trifle II, Saturday, 16 May 2009 07:29 (fifteen years ago) link