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1 Feb 2015
- 15:53 UTC Parabolic Arc Karin Nilsdotter’s TED Talk on Space Investment Video Caption: In the next 15 years, the market for commercial space-travel is predicted to double from $300 to $600 billion dollars. Karin Nilsdotter, CEO of the Swedish Spaceport, believes ...
- 15:49 UTC EarthSky Blog Everything you need to know: Groundhog Day 2015 Groundhog Day - a celebration with its roots in astronomy - comes every year on February 2. It's the year's first "cross-quarter" day. Ah, Groundhog Day. This U.S. and Canadian ...
- 15:18 UTC Stellar Neophyte Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) with DSLR on Motor EQ-1 Mount I'm getting better at polar-aligning my motor driven EQ-1 mount, and increasing the total exposure length I can achieve without star trails. However, now I'm running up against another barrier ...
- 14:46 UTC Philip Pugh's Astro... February 2015 February 1stI reprocessed a solar hydrogen alpha image from May 31st 2010.
- 14:12 UTC The Universe helpjackisalive:Jupiter in a Silent NightTUMBLR FACEBO... helpjackisalive:Jupiter in a Silent NightTUMBLR FACEBOOK 500PX WEBSITE
- 14:05 UTC Tom's Astronomy Blo... Ceres and the White Spot There is quite a bit of speculation about the white/bright spot on Ceres. At first it looked to me like a mountain, but now after taking another look at the ...
- 13:24 UTC SPACE.com 'Shoot For the Moon': This Short Film Longs for Space Exp... 'Shoot For the Moon' is a short film depicting a homeless astronaut as he sets out for the moon – armed with nothing more than a travel case, some bottle ...
- 12:30 UTC Bad Astronomy Illusion of Lights I am a big fan of Brad Goldpaint’s astrophotography. His images of the night sky are crisp and clear, vivid and astonishing. He also creates amazing time-lapse videos, which I’ve ...
- 12:00 UTC One Universe at a T... Grand Canyon of Mars The Grand Canyon was formed by water. So how did a dry world like Mars form an even larger canyon? The post Grand Canyon of Mars appeared first on Brian ...
- 12:00 UTC Lunar Meteorite Hun... Tokyo, Japan Fireball Meteor 01FEB2015 - 2015年2月1日 05:32:... Tokyo, Japan Fireball Meteor 0532 JST 01FEB2015 - 2015年2月1日 05:32:44 南天からの高速火球 click imageTokyo, Japan Fireball Meteor 0532 JST 01FEB20152015年2月1日 05:32:44 南天からの高速火球c 2015 SonotaCo SonotaCo Meteor Forum for more information- http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3450&sid=567f666c0e104717f7ade69917d6ded8 ...
- 12:00 UTC Astronomy Now 4 billion-year-old meteorite reveals Mars’ darker side A new spectroscopic analysis of “Black Beauty,” a 4.4 billion-year-old meteorite found in the Moroccan desert, has given scientists a better picture of the crust beneath Mars’ red dust. Designated ...
- 11:51 UTC EarthSky Blog Long-necked dinosaur roamed China 160 million years ago Scientists report on the discovery in China of a new species of dinosaur - calling Qijianglong - a creature that was "half neck." Artist’s concept of newly discovered long-necked dinosaur, ...
- 11:21 UTC NASASpaceFlight.com ILS Proton M ready for Inmarsat-5 F-2 launch International Launch Services (ILS) will open their 2015 campaign with the launch of the Russian Proton-M launch vehicle, this time carrying the Inmarsat-5 F-2 communications satellite – part of the ...
- 11:08 UTC The Imagineer's Chr... Darf Matter as a field property of space-time In 1933 Fritz Zwicky a Swiss astronomer, was trying to measure the mass of a galactic cluster using two different methods. First he tried to infer it from the rational ...
- 11:05 UTC In the Dark Hirsute advised to take care of the beard in snowy weathe... Originally posted on Kmflett's Blog:Beard Liberation Front PRESS RELEASE 30th January Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266 HIRSUTE ADVISED TO TAKE CARE OF THE BEARD IN SNOWY WEATHER The Beard Liberation ...
- 11:00 UTC AmericaSpace ‘Next Time, We Will Shake Your Hand': 20 Years Since STS-... The Mir space station, as viewed by the crew of STS-63. Photo Credit: NASA Twenty years ago, next week, in February 1995, U.S. astronauts Jim Wetherbee, Eileen Collins, Bernard Harris, ...
- 09:53 UTC Bad Astronomy DC comics pins Krypton to the star map
- 09:36 UTC The Universe synplynatural:M81 & M82 Mosaic by John.R.Taylor... synplynatural:M81 & M82 Mosaic by John.R.Taylor (www.cloudedout.squarespace.com) on Flickr.Via Flickr: Luminance 2 panel mosaic of the interacting pair of galaxies M81 and M82. 13 hours 20 minutes in total exposure ...
- 08:23 UTC Space Fellowship NGC 4676: When Mice Collide These two mighty galaxies are pulling each other apart. Known as the "Mice" because they have such long tails, each spiral galaxy has likely already passed through the other. The ...
- 08:01 UTC EarthSky Blog February evenings will be great for planet-watching! Brilliant Venus and modestly-bright Mars shift close together after sunset. Magnificent Jupiter beams low in the east as darkness falls and then stays out all night. February 2015 will be ...
- 07:22 UTC Lunar Meteorite Hun... The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 31JAN2015 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil Bolide Meteor 29JAN2015Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite NewsPlease file your meteor sightings please HERE- http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html. Initial Meteor ...Gravitational Waves from Early Universe Remain ElusiveA joint analysis of ...
- 07:17 UTC Lunar Meteorite Hun... California Meteor 31JAN2015 California Meteor Apprx. 13:30:00 31JAN2015Check your security cameras! YOUR meteor report is important. Please file your meteor sightings please HERE- http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html Initial Meteor Sighting Report/s-31JAN2015 Barbara Makris Bodega Bay, CA ...
- 07:10 UTC SALT Astronomy Night Log 2015-01-31 SA: �ric SO: Fred Others: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- We did not open tonight. No data gathered.
- 06:20 UTC Lunar Meteorite Hun... ONT QC MA Meteor 31JAN2015 ONT QC MA Meteor approx. 1730 EST 31JAN2015Check your security cameras! YOUR meteor report is important. Please file your meteor sightings please HERE- http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-31JAN2015 Marie-Claude Charland ...
- 06:05 UTC Selenian Boondocks Random Thought: Simulating Mars Speed-of-Light Delays on ... [Note: I’m almost positive this isn’t a new idea, but I figured I would share it, just in case.] One of the many concerns with deep-space human spaceflight missions, is ...
- 05:00 UTC Astrobiology Magazi... Long-necked ‘dragon’ discovered in China University of Alberta paleontologists have discovered a new species of a long-necked dinosaur from a skeleton found in China.
- 05:00 UTC NASA: Earth Observa... Soil Moisture Mission Rockets to Orbit The SMAP mission lifts off to make the most accurate, high-resolution soil moisture measurements ever collected from space.
- 02:40 UTC AmericaSpace Sharpest Views of Mysterious ‘Planet’ Ceres Now Better Th... Comparison of Ceres images taken from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on Jan. 25, 2015 and the Hubble Space Telescope up to January 2004. What is the nature of the ‘White Spot’ ...
- 01:18 UTC The Universe 500px more like 500 copies of the same image more like 50... 500px more like 500 copies of the same image more like 500 hours of my life wasted scrolling past repetitive posts more like 500 times I’ve tried to fix this ...
- 00:54 UTC NASA Watch NASA Budget Preview Keith's note: You can expect to see a NASA budget for $18.5 billion to be announced on Monday. Planetary gets treated well and Europa mission planning gets significant money and ...
- 00:37 UTC The Meridiani Journ... Comment on Image Gallery: rocky hill in Pahrump Hills by ... hei, there is a skull in the hill right in the centre of the picture! http://imgur.com/gallery/GPjC0xZ Joking of course, but that stone really looks like a skull
- 00:00 UTC Sky Caramba February 2015 astronomy events Jupiter up all night, Mercury reemerges in the morning sky, the moon passes by Mars and Venus, Saturn escapes the scorpion's claws, and more. Continue reading → ¡SkyCaramba! Weekly astronomy ...
31 Jan 2015
- 23:53 UTC NASASpaceFlight.com Japanese H-IIA set for IGS spy satellite launch Japan will make its first launch of 2015 Sunday with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries deploying a radar reconnaissance satellite with the aid of its H-IIA carrier rocket. Liftoff, from the Tanegashima ...
- 23:11 UTC io9 Space Moroccan Meteorite May Be a 4.4-Billion-Year-Old Chunk of... Mars is often referred to as the Red Planet, but its signature color is only skin-deep. Beneath its rusty regolith, Mars has many other hues, including large dark regions formed ...
- 23:06 UTC Astro Bob What would the sky look like if Arcturus, Sirius or Alpha... I was out walking the other night around 11 o’clock when I noticed a new bright star poking through the trees low in the northeastern sky. For a moment I ...
- 22:38 UTC EarthSky Blog Video: Cool movie of close-passing asteroid 2004 BL86 Asteroid 2004 BL86 and its newly discovered moon passed only 745,000 miles (1.2 million km) from Earth last week. Did you see the still photos? Now see the movie ...
- 22:24 UTC Astronomy.FM In Memoriam: Martino Nicolini IN MEMORIAM Martino Nicolini Feb 1961 – Jan 2015 … We’ll see you in the stars … ***************************************************** ESCAPE AT BEDTIME, by Robert Louis Stevenson The lights from the parlour ...
- 22:10 UTC EarthSky Blog Absolutely awesome images of comet lander Philae NASA hopes communications with the Philae comet lander can be regained by May or June. In the meantime, check out these stunning newly released images! View larger. | Philae comet ...
- 22:04 UTC Universe Today Moroccan Meteorite May Be a 4.4-Billion-Year-Old Chunk of... Mars is often referred to as the Red Planet. But its signature color is only skin-deep – or, I should say, dust-deep. Beneath its rusty regolith Mars has many other ...
- 22:03 UTC AMSAT-UK ISS SSTV Operational The Russian ARISS team on the International Space Station started the Slow Scan TV (SSTV) experiment on 145.800 MHz FM at 1000 UT on Saturday, January 31. Initially there was ...
- 21:51 UTC NASASpaceFlight.com SpaceX conducts Static Fire test ahead of DSCOVR mission SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on its latest Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket Saturday, paving the way for a February 8 launch attempt to loft the DSCOVR spacecraft uphill ...
- 21:44 UTC The Sky Above iPhone image of Jupiter and its moons Jupiter and its 4 major moons are visible tonight. Unfortunately, this is the best image I could get with an iPhone and a 90mm Mak-Cass telescope. There should be 4 ...
- 21:28 UTC AMSAT-UK Successful ELaNa-10 CubeSat launch On Saturday, January 31 the CubeSats FIREBIRD-2, GRIFEX and ExoCube carrying amateur radio payloads were successfully launched on a Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base The GEO-CAPE ROIC ...
- 20:29 UTC Space Fellowship The Strange Way Fluids Slosh on the International Space S... The next time you pour yourself a glass of water, pause before you drink it. First, swirl the clear liquid around the glass. Gently slosh it back and forth. Tap ...
- 20:26 UTC NASA: Earth Observa... New posts in the Notes from the Field blog - SMAP: Adopt ...
- 20:26 UTC Earth Observatory: ... SMAP: Adopt a Satellite Two hours before SMAP’s early morning launch Saturday, Vanessa Escobar was on NASA TV, explaining a new effort to link the soil-moisture-measuring satellite with the people who will put it ...
- 20:21 UTC Space Fellowship High-Def Radar Images of Near-Earth Asteroid A team of astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia and NASA's Deep Space Network radar transmitter at Goldstone, California, has made the most ...
- 19:24 UTC Irene W. Pennington... Super Saturn Discovered with Rings Stretching 55 Million ... Because of its detailed ring system, Saturn is known as the “jewel of the solar system.” Saturn’s rings stretch from edge-to-edge as wide as 175,000 miles, about the distance from ...
- 19:02 UTC The Solstice Blog 4.4 Billion Year Old Meteorite Represents the Bulk of Mar... A few years ago, in a desert in Morocco, a very special meteorite was found. A rock unlike anything ever found on Earth, called NWA 7034, or colloquially ‘black beauty.’ ...
- 18:52 UTC Universe Today NASA Launches Revolutionary Earth Science Satellite Measu... At dawn this morning (Jan. 31) NASA launched an advanced Earth science satellite aimed at making measurements of our planet’s surface soil moisture that will revolutionize our understanding of the ...