Ken Perrott • Aug 14, 2012 •
Some of the people on teams managing the rovers on Mars call themselves “Rover drivers” or “Mars drivers.” Of course, things are not that simple. It is not possible to drive a vehicle on Mars in real-time from Earth. Instead, … Continue reading → … Read More
Peter Griffin • May 16, 2012 •
Ken Perrott • Mar 29, 2012 •
As a photo of the sun this doesn’t look very impressive – until you realise it was taken using neutrinos! And also that it was taken through the earth – when the sun was on the other side of the … Continue reading → … Read More
Michael Edmonds • Sep 18, 2011 •
Photo Source: Creative Commons About 13.5 billion years ago our universe exploded into existence, in what is described by most cosmologists as the Big Bang. Within the first few minutes of this explosion a myriad of processes occurred as the new born universe expanded and cooled. Out of this early universe, hydrogen … Read More
Ken Perrott • Sep 15, 2011 •
The Australian astrophysicist Mathew Bailes recently got international recognition for his part in the discovery of an exoplanet which could be made of diamond. As he says: “Following the publication of our finding in the journal Science, our research received … Continue reading → … Read More
Elf Eldridge • Jul 22, 2011 •
This week I was fortunate enough to stumble onto this gorgeous image taken by the Voyager 1 satellite in 1990. By the request of physicist Carl Sagan, the camera were turned around for one last shot of Earth before the rest of Voyager’s epic journey which, as of 2011, has bought it to the heliopause, the … Read More
Ken Perrott • Jul 22, 2011 •
This is a time exposure taken from the International Space Station (ISS). It shows the plasma trail of Atlantis as it travelled through the atmosphere on its final return from orbit. Thanks to NASA – Station Crew Views Shuttle Landing. Read More
Ken Perrott • Jul 15, 2011 •
While the Shuttle launches and the International Space Station get the media attention I am always impressed by the deep space research that is quietly going on. This weekend NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will (hopefully) go into orbit around the asteroid … Continue reading → … Read More
Darcy Cowan • Mar 03, 2011 •
As usual I’m late for the bandwagon, hey, guys, wait up! Ok, so David Winter over at The Atavism has already compared Ken Ring’s predictions to the actual data around the latest quake and done an excellent job[1]. Several other Scibloggers have also contributed articles around this topic (1,2,3,4)[2], hopefully I can provide a slightly [...] … Read More
Ken Perrott • Jan 07, 2011 •
There’s been a few eclipses lately. Here’s some photos showing a different perspective of eclipses. This one was one of 1999 August 11 solar eclipse was one of the last ever taken from the Mir space station. The two bright … Continue reading → … Read More