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Posted in The Universe on Sep 15th, 2008
This is pretty cool:
See that little dot in the upper left hand side of the pic? That’s a pic of the first planet outside of our solar system possibly circling a sun something like ours. Now, it’s not quite like Earth. It’s more like a large Jupiter as far as size goes. What it’s made [...]
Posted in Earth, Global Warming, The Solar System, The Universe on Apr 15th, 2008
A team of Japanese astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton, along with NASA and Japanese X-ray satellites, has discovered that our galaxy’s central black hole let loose a powerful flare three centuries ago.
The article then goes on to do what articles, and most usually scientists, do in general. They dig deeper and deeper into the why’s, what’s, [...]
Posted in SETI, Silly science, The Universe on Mar 10th, 2008
Alpha Centauri has long been speculated as having all kinds of different life forms. Wiki gives a good run-down. Starting in 1944…. Well, here’s a brief list:
In “Far Centaurus” (1944), the classic short story by A. E. van Vogt, an earth crew which travelled at sublight speed in hibernation to Alpha Centauri discover when they arrive that [...]
Posted in The Universe on Mar 7th, 2008
Got this via email, just sort of puts it all in perspective:
Now, things start to get really big:
Now, those are really big stars! But, to keep things in perspective, here’s a bunch of blobs. Each one of those “little” blobs are entire galaxies:
And if you zoom in closer on the dark areas, you get something [...]
Posted in The Solar System, The Universe on Oct 2nd, 2007
You see all kinds of animations and stories about stellar objects colliding with incredible visuals and big booms and such. Here’s one that sort of defies the norm and in my opinion, is probably a lot more common. Watch this:
Comet Encke gets too close to the Sun, gets slammed by a corornal mass ejection, and [...]
Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Health, Oddities, The Solar System, The Universe on Sep 18th, 2007
There is a long held theory that life on Earth evolved from life forms raining down on Earth from other places. So far, there isn’t any proof of this, it just sounds logical. However, we might have some proof in the making right now:
Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball [...]
Posted in Books, Film, Intelligent Design, Oddities, Paranormal, Religion, SETI, The Solar System, The Universe on Aug 14th, 2007
Better turn down the lights and pour yourself a strong one, this post is DEEP.
OK, ready?
I have been a huge fan of Arthur C. Clarke, particularly of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Most people are familiar with the movie. I consider it the greatest sci-fi movie ever made. However, it is somewhat vague in what is [...]
Posted in SETI, The Universe on Jul 11th, 2007
For the last few years, scientists have been “discovering” planets in other solar systems. Now, “finding” rocks orbiting far away suns doesn’t excite me too much. Unlike some people, I have never doubted there are millions upon millions of planets out there. The challenge to me, is finding planets where life exists. [...]
Posted in The Universe on Jun 21st, 2007
Here’s the headline:
Blown to Smithereens
The bright, unstable star Eta Carinae may explode at any time.
And, here’s the evidence:
Ya see, Eta Carinae has done it before. However, it didn’t blow itself apart. According to scientists, it is consuming lots of nuclear energy in an effort to balance gravitational force with radiation energy both internally and [...]
Posted in SETI, The Universe on Apr 25th, 2007
This is very cool:
An Earth-like planet spotted outside our solar system is the first found that could support liquid water and harbor life, scientists announced today……
The new planet is about 50 percent bigger than Earth and about five times more massive. The new “super-Earth” is called Gliese 581 C, after its star, Gliese 581, [...]