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SolarSystemScope presents a very cool online interface for zooming around the solar system in a beautiful 3D model. The whole experience happens right in your web browser. Check it out! > Link: Solar System Scope | Interactive 3D model of Solar System Planets and Night Sky . . . → Read More: Explore the Solar System and Night Sky in 3D The University of Arizona presents a well-produced series of engaging lectures on popular cosmology: the origins of the universe, black holes, dark matter, the big bang, and the search for (and understanding of) life in the universe. It’s all free on iTunes U–a fantastic source for free audio and video courses online. >> Link: Cosmic . . . → Read More: Cosmic Origins: Birth, Life, and Death of the Universe If you’re wondering what this wide-angle view of the universe tells us…
…read on: How did we get here? : Starts With A Bang Astronomers report that they’ve found a rocky planet with an atmosphere that could support life — and it’s orbiting a star only 20 light years from our Sun. (Apologies to any extra-terrestrial readers for my heliocentric slant.) >> Link: Astronomers Find Most Earth-like Planet to Date | ScienceNOW . . . → Read More: A Planet That Resembles Our Own Type Ia Supernovae are a not just pretty in photographs. They play an important function in astronomy as a standard candle — a celestial object with known luminosity. By measuring visible brightness, astronomers can calculate a supernova’s distance.
In the LA Times today: Type 1a supernovae are key to measuring celestial distances. . . . → Read More: Scientists shed light on supernova origins – LA Times I was just watching a TV special on the Hubble Space Telescope, which has proved immensely useful to scientific research. Then started reading more about the next generation, the James Webb Space Telescope. Seems really cool. Fun if you’re into physics, astronomy, space, or just plain old discovery. I have fallen in love with this picture of the Milky Way over Death Valley in the dark of night:
Find details, plus the original image, on this NASA website: APOD: 2007 May 8 – A Dark Sky over Death Valley . . . → Read More: A Dark Sky over Death Valley |
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