Nebulae in 3D
Apr 11
This is more art than science, but it is very pretty. Stereoscopic 3D images give full colour and allow each nebula to show another dimension of beauty.
Eagle Nebula in Two Wavelengths
Feb 25We just had a great star formation talk from Professor Ralf Klessen from the Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at the Center for Astronomy at Heidelberg University. During that talk he put up a great slide showing the famous Pillars of Creation from the Eagle Nebula (M16) in both infrared and the optical. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=k31QZcQK6SA[/youtube] Inspired, and looking for...
10 Awesome Space Wallpapers
Feb 06
Here are some of my personal favourite wallpapers for your desktop (and iPhone). Sizes 1900×1200, 1024×768, 1280×800 and 800×600 are all here to fill your eyes with spacey goodness. Let your own scattering of icons sit amongst glorious nebula and spectacular scenes! I usually have a nice space picture as my computer’s desktop wallpaper. Today someone asked me where I...
SpaceShipTwo Unveiled
Jan 25
Yes, I’m little last to the game on this one, but since loads of kids have asked me about it this week, I thought I’d post. Virgin has revealed the design on SpaceShipTwo (hint: it looks like a big version of SpaceShipOne) which will be flying paying customers into sub-orbital flight very soon. Starting in 2010, this new craft will take 8 people up into space at a time, letting them...
Excuse Me While I Touch This Guy
Jan 17
This is a cool idea: a space book for the visually impaired and blind. Using a combination of braille, embossing and textured images, this amazing new book is aiming to bring space and its beauty to a new slice of the demographic pie. (This is good timing for the internet, what with the recent YouTube videos of the sounds of Jupiter and Saturn.) The book also points out that a lot of what we see...
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