The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has been dominated by searches in radio wavelengths. Eventually SETI has been supplemented with Optical SETI, i.e. searches for signals in optical wavelengths. In the SETI Institute seminar video below, Shelley Wright of the University […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There have been a number of books and movies about the end of the earth when a not-so heavenly object descends with extreme prejudice upon our helpless little planet. In Fury of the Fifth Angel, Pat and Chris Hoffman depict a scenario short of total oblivion by […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest episode of NASA’s Space to Ground report on activities related to the Int. Space Station:
Sigh… Leonard Nimoy has passed away: Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83 – NYTimes.com. Here are some collections of scenes from his most famous role: Update: NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke and ESA European Space Agency Astronaut Luca Parmitano comment on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a nicely made time lapse of images of earth shot from the International Space Station:
The Arete STEM Project is a new Kickstarter campaign to fund K-12 STEM projects on suborbital high altitude flights using XCOR‘s Lynx rocketplane. Here is a video introduction to the project: The project aims to help all students, whether from a public, private, parochial, or home […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Amazon rain forest stays green because of Saharan dust: NASA Satellite Reveals How Much Saharan Dust Feeds Amazon’s Plants What connects Earth’s largest, hottest desert to its largest tropical rain forest? The Sahara Desert is a near-uninterrupted brown band […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As the Dawn spacecraft closes in on the dwarf planet Ceres, it appears someone left the lights on: ‘Bright Spot’ on Ceres Has Dimmer Companion Dwarf planet Ceres continues to puzzle scientists as NASA’s Dawn spacecraft gets closer to being […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Next Big Future hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
A message from the National Space Society (NSS) and the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) about the new Alliance for Space Development (ASD) collaboration of several organizations: National Space Society and Space Frontier Foundation Announce the Formation of the Alliance for Space […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help get the documentary Looking Up, Way Up: The Burt Rutan Story off the ground: Documentary Film About Aerospace Legend Burt Rutan Launches a Kickstarter Campaign To Raise Funds February 25, 2015— antennaFILMS, the Producing/Directing team behind the award-winning television documentary Black […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Over the years I’ve occasionally posted about The Martin Jetpack in development in New Zealand. (See, for example, here and here.) Hardware development has progressed steadily if not exceptionally fast. They plan to begin selling vehicles in the second half of 2016. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The announcement last week by Mars One of the down-select to 100 candidates for Mars missions drew a lot of media attention but then it all turned rather negative with news that the reality show planned for the selection of the final 24 has […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Stanford Arts Institute is sponsoring a year long program organized around the theme of cosmology and the arts: Stanford Arts Institute launches Imagining the Universe program – Stanford Daily . Imagining the Universe will combine the arts, humanities and sciences to explore our understanding of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This ESA video reports on the recent Rosetta fly-by of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasemenko: Space in Videos – 2015 – 02 – Rosetta’s closest encounter – ESA On 14 February 2015, Rosetta made its closest encounter with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasemenko at just 6 km from the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest TMRO program focused on the Outer Space Treaty (treaty text) with space law expert Dr. Chris Newman : The Outer Space Treaty – TMRO This week we are joined by Dr. Christopher J. Newman to talk space law and the Outer […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ISS cable laying by astronauts on an EVA is far more entertaining when speeded up several times. In this video, the EVA by NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Terry Virts last Saturday is shown in time lapse briefly at the start […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, Feb. 23, 2015: 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST; 4-5:30 PM CST): We welcome GORDON ARTHUR & BOB KRONE to the show regarding the Journal of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The New Horizons probe is closing in on the Pluto system, which it will fly by in July. the latest pictures from the spacecraft are processed to enhanced the details Pluto’s moons : 85 Years after Pluto’s Discovery, New Horizons Spots Small […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Whole lotta snow is covering much of the USA. Check out this image of the northeastern quadrant of the country taken by NASA’s Terra satellite : NASA Snaps Picture of Eastern U.S. in a Record-Breaking “Freezer” Click for large image. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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