Saturday, September 10, 2011
And Meanwhile ...
... comet 213P van Ness has fragmented again, two new comets have been discovered and there is a new Nova in Scorpius.
Not to mention that GRAIL made it into orbit okay, and the newly discovered planet in a habitable zone. I just don't have time too keep up (I still have to process my images of C/2009 P1 Garrad and Vesta and the latest STEREO images).
Not to mention that GRAIL made it into orbit okay, and the newly discovered planet in a habitable zone. I just don't have time too keep up (I still have to process my images of C/2009 P1 Garrad and Vesta and the latest STEREO images).
Labels: comet, exoplanet, miscelaneous, news, nova
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Martian Avalances Caught in the Act
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona.This is amazing, an avalanche on the escarpment of the Martian North Pole caught by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. You can get an abbreviated description at the NASA Science Page, and a full description at the MRO site. If you are feeling active you can dig out the before images and make a comparison with the avalanche images. Tom also has a story on this, as does the Bad Astronomer.
The MRO also has a fantastic image of Earth and the Moon taken from Mars. The Bad Astronomer also has a story on that.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Fantastic Moon Videos
NASA has been doing some 3D mapping of the Moon's south pole, an area where we might find hidden water ice. They have made some great 3D animations as a result. There is lots of good science at the NASA site, but the videos are really stunning. I like the lunar south pole flyby myself (above). The full press release is at NASA's exploration pages, the Bad Astronomer has his own musings (and his favourite video), and a nice story with more videos is at New Scientist.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
The Tripoli Six have been Freed!!!!!
Fantastic news!!! The 6 medics and nurses that were flasely convicted of knowingly injected kids with HIV and sentenced to death (commuted to life) have been freed!. In this bizzare case, the 6 were first accused of injecting the kids at the behest of the CIA, and then doing it as part of undercover drug trials. Scientific evidence that they were innocent was rejected. But a compensation deal saw them repatriated to Bulgaria, and their 8 year ordeal is at last over.
Labels: news
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