Space, Science, Technology
Line 1. Let’s start with 'typical' humans. The average human adult male is 1.75 metres tall - that's 3.83 cubits or 5.74 feet. The average female is 1.62 metres - that's 5.4 light-nanoseconds or 0.008 furlongs. You live on Earth (Sol d, perhaps?). This is an Earth-like planet in a Sun-like star system. The third planet of eight... Continue Reading →
This video is a time-lapse of images taken from a geostationary satellite. It shows a whole year of the Earth's orbit around the Sun from 2010 to 2011. You can see the difference in illumination between the seasons created by the Earth's tilt; the angle of the line between light and dark changes as we... Continue Reading →
This image was taken by Cassini, the amazing spacecraft that has been orbiting Saturn and its Moons for a decade. This image shows a view toward the Sun from Saturn - the most distant planet normally visible with the naked eye. As well as showing Saturn's rings in all their glory, several of Saturn's moons... Continue Reading →
NASA have released the raw version of Friday's #WaveAtSaturn photograph of the Earth from Cassini. This image shows the Earth and the Moon as two bright stars; it was received on Earth yesterday, July 20th. The camera that took this image was 898,410,414 miles (1,445,851,410 km) away, on the Cassini probe orbiting the Saturnian system.... Continue Reading →
Orbiting Frog 