Triple Conjunction
I took some images of the triple conjunction of Jupiter, Venus and the Moon. It was a very pretty event, and I’ve hardly done it justice, but I thought I’d add my photos into the mix.
Venus
Life from Venus Blown to Earth
“Prof Chandra Wickramasinghe and Dr Janaki Wickramasinghe claim Venus’s clouds contain chemicals that are consistent with the presence of micro organisms.”
These two are from Cardiff’s centre for Astrobiology and the elder of the two has singlehandedly given the field a bad name over the past twenty years.
The whole concept of this idea is that life [...]
Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of the Day (APOD)
I love NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, known to its friends as APOD. So to honour that Great website, which has been running for more than a decade, I here present my own personal top ten list of APODs. They may not be quite the same as anyone else Top Ten but they represent [...]
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@jpsmythe I'm just so glad there are people out there willing to put their time into things like this. [orbitingfrog]
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RT @jpsmythe: The thought of a 1-year-old Happy Meal thrills & disgusts me equally: http://bit.ly/ch0vev #fb [orbitingfrog]
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RT @sarahkendrew: tampon advert banned in the US for using the word vagina *sigh* http://icio.us/edt1rk [orbitingfrog]
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@arfon 85! [orbitingfrog]
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@the_zooniverse is filled with enthusiasm, cutting-edge ideas and people who say 'let's try it' instead of 'that's not how things are done' [orbitingfrog]
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@carolune I love animations in talks - Keynotes makes them easy too. [orbitingfrog]
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Funny that anyone is surprised that a plant that evolved to look just like a toilet - might actually be a toilet! http://j.mp/cbAxl7 [orbitingfrog]
