The possibility of billions of super earth type planets in our own galaxy.
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Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts
Sunday, 20 May 2012
Saturday, 14 August 2010
From A Tribute to Carl Sagan:
"For all it's material advantages, the sedentery life has left us edgy, unfulfilled.
The open road still softly calls, like a nearly forgotten song of childhood..."
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"For all it's material advantages, the sedentery life has left us edgy, unfulfilled.
The open road still softly calls, like a nearly forgotten song of childhood..."
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Island Universe, Coma Cluster
ONLY 320 MILLION light years away!
NASA
My condolences to the family of Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens.
And RIP Patricia Neal...
Going to go play my Hunter(WoW).
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ONLY 320 MILLION light years away!
NASA
My condolences to the family of Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens.
And RIP Patricia Neal...
Going to go play my Hunter(WoW).
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Friday, 6 August 2010
Not even a hint of a new job in today's emails. But there was this great image from NASA.
The Antennae galaxies, located about 62 million light years from Earth, are shown in this composite image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue), the Hubble Space Telescope (gold), and the Spitzer Space Telescope (red).
The collision, which began more than 100 million years ago and is still occurring, has triggered the formation of millions of stars in clouds of dusts and gas in the galaxies. The most massive of these young stars have already sped through their evolution in a few million years and exploded as supernovas.
The X-ray image from Chandra shows huge clouds of hot, interstellar gas that have been injected with rich deposits of elements from supernova explosions. This enriched gas, which includes elements such as oxygen, iron, magnesium and silicon, will be incorporated into new generations of stars and planets. The bright, point-like sources in the image are produced by material falling onto black holes and neutron stars that are remnants of the massive stars. Some of these black holes may have masses that are almost one hundred times that of the Sun.
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The Antennae galaxies, located about 62 million light years from Earth, are shown in this composite image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue), the Hubble Space Telescope (gold), and the Spitzer Space Telescope (red).
The collision, which began more than 100 million years ago and is still occurring, has triggered the formation of millions of stars in clouds of dusts and gas in the galaxies. The most massive of these young stars have already sped through their evolution in a few million years and exploded as supernovas.
The X-ray image from Chandra shows huge clouds of hot, interstellar gas that have been injected with rich deposits of elements from supernova explosions. This enriched gas, which includes elements such as oxygen, iron, magnesium and silicon, will be incorporated into new generations of stars and planets. The bright, point-like sources in the image are produced by material falling onto black holes and neutron stars that are remnants of the massive stars. Some of these black holes may have masses that are almost one hundred times that of the Sun.
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Saturday, 31 July 2010
Stars and dust in the Trifid Nebula
Unspeakable beauty and unimaginable bedlam can be found together in the Trifid Nebula. Also known as M20, this photogenic nebula is visible with good binoculars towards the constellation of Sagittarius. The energetic processes of star formation create not only the colors but the chaos. The red-glowing gas results from high-energy starlight striking interstellar hydrogen gas. The dark dust filaments that lace M20 were created in the atmospheres of cool giant stars and in the debris from supernovae explosions...
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Thursday, 10 June 2010
Blue Like Mars - Evidence of ice. West-facing side of an impact crater, mid-latitudes Mars' northern hemisphere. From NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter:
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Saturday, 5 June 2010
Would you even need to say "alien life" if you're talking about life on another planet(or moon)?
Anyway, I'll bet they're wrong.
Titan: Nasa scientists discover evidence 'that alien life exists on Saturn's moon'
Titan: Artist's impression
But I hope they're right.
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Anyway, I'll bet they're wrong.
Titan: Nasa scientists discover evidence 'that alien life exists on Saturn's moon'
Titan: Artist's impression
But I hope they're right.
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Tuesday, 25 May 2010
More from Mars. Martian Rover Opportunity's tire tracks traverse a vast Martian plain of dunes:
Last week Opportunity surpassed Viking 1 as the longest running mission on Mars, now extending well over six years. Landing in 2004 in Meridiani Planum, the robotic Opportunity has embarked on its longest and most dangerous trek yet, now aiming to reach large Endeavor Crater sometime next year.
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Last week Opportunity surpassed Viking 1 as the longest running mission on Mars, now extending well over six years. Landing in 2004 in Meridiani Planum, the robotic Opportunity has embarked on its longest and most dangerous trek yet, now aiming to reach large Endeavor Crater sometime next year.
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Monday, 24 May 2010
Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful. A new image transmitted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows signs of severe ice damage to the lander's solar panels.
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Friday, 23 April 2010
This amazing image of a stellar nursery is just one of hundreds of such photos taken by The Hubble Telescope since it's launch in 1990.
NASA's Starry-Eyed Hubble Telescope Celebrates 20 Years of Discovery
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NASA's Starry-Eyed Hubble Telescope Celebrates 20 Years of Discovery
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Saturday, 13 March 2010
Saturday night's a good time for some classic space pics don't you think? Here's two of my favorites:
The Hubble "Ultra-Deep Field image" is one my top astronomy pics of all time. Millions of galaxies in a small slice of sky. The lights you see are galaxies with billions of stars in each. Many are easily recognizable as galaxies but many aren't, back into the infinite.
And other worlds; The surface of Titan.
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The Hubble "Ultra-Deep Field image" is one my top astronomy pics of all time. Millions of galaxies in a small slice of sky. The lights you see are galaxies with billions of stars in each. Many are easily recognizable as galaxies but many aren't, back into the infinite.
And other worlds; The surface of Titan.
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Tuesday, 2 March 2010
And news of a job!
Logging on for just a moment.
I've been working a full time job. It's just office work, etc. at the local senior citizen's center, but it is full time so I'm now there a lot. My sparse posting lately may be even sparser at times now. This job will do while I continue to look for that good "dream" job:-) I've also been seriously looking into getting a Realtor's license while I look for the dream job. This day and time dream jobs are like lottery winners, few and far between.
Anyhoo I'll be on as much as I can, will keep up with the news and you do the same. It's ALMOST time for March Madness!
And how 'bout my sen. Jim Bunning(R, Asshat)? What aDickcard, 'ey?
Here's my astronomy pic o' the day:
"..The same type of scattering that colors the daytime sky further enhances the blue color. M78 is about five light-years across and visible through a small telescope. M78 appears above only as it was 1600 years ago, however, because that is how long it takes light to go from there to here. M78 belongs to the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that contains the Great Nebula in Orion and the Horsehead Nebula."
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Logging on for just a moment.
I've been working a full time job. It's just office work, etc. at the local senior citizen's center, but it is full time so I'm now there a lot. My sparse posting lately may be even sparser at times now. This job will do while I continue to look for that good "dream" job:-) I've also been seriously looking into getting a Realtor's license while I look for the dream job. This day and time dream jobs are like lottery winners, few and far between.
Anyhoo I'll be on as much as I can, will keep up with the news and you do the same. It's ALMOST time for March Madness!
And how 'bout my sen. Jim Bunning(R, Asshat)? What a
Here's my astronomy pic o' the day:
"..The same type of scattering that colors the daytime sky further enhances the blue color. M78 is about five light-years across and visible through a small telescope. M78 appears above only as it was 1600 years ago, however, because that is how long it takes light to go from there to here. M78 belongs to the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that contains the Great Nebula in Orion and the Horsehead Nebula."
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