There seems to be a flurry of astronomical events occurring at the moment, some really interesting scientific missions, to further explore the universe around us. The space race may have ended, but there is certainly still activity out there.
Yesterday’s dramatic end to the European Space Agency SMART-1 mission to monitor the Moon’s surface came [...]
Posted on Sunday 3rd September 2006 in Science tagged mars, moon, Science, space, space_elevator, with no comments.
An article on the BBC News website describes new robotic explorers that are being tested for the Antarctic, Robotic route for Polar pioneers. If we can send remote operated vehicles to Mars, then surely we can send them to the most extreme parts of our own planet.
This is a pretty cool idea (excuse the [...]
Posted on Wednesday 5th April 2006 in Science tagged climate change, Engineering, Science, technology, with no comments.
WOW!
Today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day
from NASA is of a Volcano and Aurora in Iceland
Sometimes both heaven and Earth erupt. In Iceland in 1991, the volcano Hekla erupted at the same time that auroras were visible overhead.
This is just amazing, and you must view this image, I only wish that I could have been there [...]
Posted on Sunday 29th January 2006 in Blog, Science tagged art, geology, Photos, Science, with no comments.
A rather amazing sculpture, the subject of which is somewhat difficult to grasp, has been designed by Professor Ocneanu. It is a 3-diminsional representation, or shadow, of a 4-dimensional shape. More details at Science News Daily.
Another such four dimensional shape, which is perhaps easier to work out, is the tesseract. This is [...]
Posted on Friday 21st October 2005 in Engineering, Science tagged art, Engineering, Links, Science, with no comments.
This should be a bit more interesting than the Grand Procession that Formula 1 motorsport has now become. Rocket Racing League is a pretty insane concept launched by the man behind the $10m X-Prize for the first private spacecraft. It is hoped that this will bring more development and publicity into rocketeering and space travel. [...]
Posted on Wednesday 5th October 2005 in Blog, Science tagged Links, Science, space, technology, with no comments.
