Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, and Nico Muhly created an elaborate song cycle show titled Planetarium, which I posted about back in 2013. Only had videos from a live show to post then. Here are official videos of two of the songs […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here is this week’s Space to Ground update from NASA on activities related to the International Space Station:
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Astronaut Jeff Williams narrates a collection of beautiful pictures of earth that he took while on the International Space Station: The first time you see Planet Earth from space, it’s stunning; when you’ve spent 534 days in space—more than any other […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Universe Today hosts the latest Carnival of Space. ====
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Links Through Space hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
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I posted recently about Tabby’s Star, also known as the “Alien Megastructure Star”. In the SETI Institute seminar video below, Prof. Jason Wright of Penn State University reviews what’s known about the star and discusses the latest findings on the star in the context of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Phil Plait reviewed Venus, the four part comic coming out in October: Rick Loverd comic book mini-series Venus features good science. What would it take to colonize Venus? The idea is a bit far-fetched right now, but in 100 years or more, who […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here is a NASA video on the scientific research and application development happening on the International Space Station by commercial businesses: Alexander MacDonald of NASA’s Emerging Space Office gave an interesting talk at the recent Int. Symposium on Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, Nov. 16. 2015: 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST; 4-5:30 PM CST): We welcome WAYNE ELEAZER to the show to discuss his recent Space Review postings. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Photos To Space Blog hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
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Everyday Spacer hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
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The latest update on activities aboard the Int. Space Station:
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The guests and topics for The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, Dec. 8, 2014: 2:00-3:30PM PST (5:00-& 6:30 PM EST, 4:00-5:30 PM CST): We welcome back CHRISTOPHER ORWOLL, Executive Director, New Mexico Museum of Space History. 2. Tuesday, Dec. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The current generation of large telescopes are amazing but the E-ELT will dwarf them: Green Light for E-ELT Construction This artist’s impression shows the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) in its enclosure. The E-ELT will be a 39-metre aperture optical and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Pam Hoffman’s Everyday Spacer blogs hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
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The guests and topics on The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, Nov. 10, 2014: 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST, 4-5:30 PM CST): We welcome ANDY WEIR, author of the best selling book The Martian. 2. Tuesday, Nov. 11, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The journal Nature discusses the rise of several fusion power schemes that increasingly appear to be viable low cost alternatives to the dominant Tokamak/ITER approach: Plasma physics: The fusion upstarts – Nature Fusion furore – Editorial/Nature One of those alternatives mentioned […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I posted back in April about NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator program, which set up a very elaborate multi-part system to test a parachute for slowing probes going into the Martian atmosphere. Here is a follow-up video about the program: In part 2, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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John Walker, founder of Autodesk, Inc and co-author of AutoCAD, reviews the e-book version of Gerard O’Neill‘s book, The High Frontier, about space settlement in large in-space habitats: Saturday night science: The High Frontier – Ricochet.com. The re-appearance of this book in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The SkyCube amateur satellite project needs some crowd-observing to help locat their bird, which was recently released from the International Space Station: Satellite Lost and Found in Space – SkyandTelescope.com (via Behind The Black). SkyCube, a crowd-funded nanosatellite built to engage the public […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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