On the heels of Phil Plait’s post on how much getting blasted out an airlock sucks, Discovery News has just chimed in to say that falling into a volcano is awfully fatal too. In case you didn’t know. Check out this video of a 30 kg (65 lbs) bag of...
Famed astronomy blogger Phil Plait has a few sagely words to say to all sci-fi writers and movie directors about what happens when you’re suddenly exposed to the perilous vacuum of space. So what does happen? Does your body suddenly explode? Does your blood boil? Do your eyes pop out?...
Neil deGrasse Tyson has some very poignant (and sometimes a bit heated) things to say about how and why America stopped dreaming about space exploration. Check it out! And for a longer version of his, here’s the first part of his “We Stopped Dreaming” mini-documentary. And the second part: In...
Here’s a great TedTalk on Babbage’s Analytical Engine. Although the video does not always pan over to the slides, the talk is nevertheless very informative on the general design and operation of the analytical engine. Fascinating stuff!
A new private space company, Planetary Resources, has announced its intention to begin a long term venture aimed at prospecting and mining asteroids within the next 10 to 20 years. Ordinarily, such a venture would be scoffed at by most experts, but Planetary Resources has been operating in secret for...
Have you ever wondered what the most interesting fact in the universe is? Well, here’s how Neil deGrasse Tyson answers that question. And if you have more time on your hands (1 hour and 18 minutes of time), here’s Stephen Colbert’s interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson. Very funny, and very...
For the cost of less than a single day on the War on Terror, we could have a robust and far-reaching program to explore Mars, look for signs of life on another planet, increase our overall science knowledge, and inspire a future generation of kids. …so explains Phil Plait, who...
It’s 72 and sunny on Kepler-22b! Well, maybe. The Kepler Telescope team has announced confirmation of a terrestrial planet orbiting a G-class star (same type as our star) in the habitable orbit zone. The planet, dubbed Kepler-22b, is a little over twice the size of Earth, and orbits its host...
The new Mars rover Curiosity has successfully launched and is now well on its way to the Red Planet. The 9 month journey will (hopefully) conclude in a successful landing and an awesome 2 year (plus) mission to explore the Gale Crater for evidence of microbial life. Here’s the launch....
This is a fantastic video produced onboard the International Space Station while orbiting 250 miles above the Earth at 17,500 miles per hour. The video was put together by NASA Astronaut Ron Garan. It is absolutely stunning in every way. Just click play, make sure HD is on, click the...
