Star Wars vs Star Trek. It will never get old. For all we know, our grandchildren will still be discussing the merits of Star Wars and pit them against the merits of Star Trek. Or maybe, they will be living in those worlds. Who knows? In the meantime, however, our generation will continue to have [...]
NASA Three-year Mars journey presented in three minutes
Posted on October 24, 2011 Written by Leave a Comment
It took the NASA Mars Rover Opportunity three years to cover 13 miles of otherworldly terrain, but now you can experience the journey condensed into a three minute span. NASA recently posted the “Rovers Eye View” video on its website gallery, explaining the Mars trek took the vehicle from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater between [...]
LEGO Gods to Go in Space
Posted on August 5, 2011 Written by Leave a Comment
It just doesn’t get any better than this. You get LEGO minifigs of Roman gods, and these minifigs get to go to space as well! The LEGO Group has created special (and you bet that they’re special!) LEGO minifigs which are going to be the companions of the rocket Atlas V. This spacecraft is also [...]
Vostok 4 Pines Stout Goes Boldly Where No Beer Has Gone Before
Posted on May 19, 2011 Written by 5 Comments
The Land Down Under may not be the first place you think of when talking about the best beer in the world, but them Aussies surely have got something with this innovative beer. Vostok 4 Pines Stout does have a ring to it, but it does more than get you all tipsy. It is the [...]
Flight of the Vulture: 90,000 Feet in a Paper Airplane
Posted on November 15, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to jump out of a plane from 90,000 feet? I have no desire whatsoever to experience that, but what these Brits did is something else. Instead of them suiting up and jumping out of a plane from that height, they rigged up a paper airplane and [...]
Life-size Wooden Spacecraft Sculptures
Posted on June 15, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
I like art, not the “Frasier” kind of like art but I now and then see paintings in display when walking pass by galleries that I would like to have. So I’m always delighted to see some new kind of art. A while ago I wrote about Mario Bros. La Pietà sculpture. A great example [...]
Bang! An Illustration About The History of Everything
Posted on April 30, 2010 Written by 1 Comment
Now a days people’s entertainment knowledge is given more credit then their science knowledge. Even though it would be better to know how our universe was created then to know all funny quotes of a certain geeky TV show. I’m first to say that I need to beef up my knowledge of relevant things rather [...]
It's a good day for astronomy fans
Posted on April 23, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
Galactus needs to take better care of himself. I didn’t even know he was a smoker. In reality, Hubble captured this spectacular image of a “three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust” that’s under attack from within and without. Infant stars inside are firing off jets of gas, while bigger stars outside the pillar are gobbling [...]
This supermassive black hole could eat the universe
Posted on March 5, 2010 Written by 6 Comments
The only thing more impressive than this jaw-dropping image is the fact that it’s real. It’s not a painting or a computer-generated image. It’s the real deal, and it shows something that really exists, a mere 50 million light years from Earth. So what is it? We’re all thinking the same thing, right? Behold the open [...]
What Earth TV are extra-terrestrials watching now?
Posted on July 4, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
Found this cool illustration depicting what extra-terrestrial life-forms might be watching right now, assuming they exist, have the relevant technology and are monitoring our TV signals.