2009 Kicks Off
Jan 01
2009 is the International Year of Astronomy and the accompanying podcast has already kicked off. Official events begin later. This year will also be a significant one for me personally.
Earth and Friends in Multiple Wavelengths
Jun 25
There is a lot more to the universe than the light you and I can pick up with our eyes and brains. Although its a shame that we can't see them naturally we can use technology to reveal the wavelengths of light normally invisible to us. Visible light is only part of the electromagnetic spectrum (a very small part) and I thought it would be interesting to see some familiar objects in unfamiliar ways.
10 Most Hilarious Sky Mall Products
Apr 25
If, like me, you've been lucky enough to have flown with an airline that stocks the Sky Mall catalogue then you'll know it's brilliant. This is a magazine specially designed for people who have been sitting on an aeroplane for hours and have nothing to do. Why else would you buy anything from it? It's overpriced and almost totally worthless. It does however make me laugh. Here are the 10 most...
Omnipresent Astronomy
Jan 29
The recent pass of Comet Holmes and today's close approach of Asteroid 2007 TU24 (shown below, image from space.com) have gotten me thinking again about open source astronomy. I have always been fascinated by the internet and how modern networking technologies bring things into one big mesh, and astronomy fits right into this. All we have to do is synchronise our watches. Let's say I have a...
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...
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