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NASA Three-year Mars journey presented in three minutes

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NASA Three-year Mars journey presented in three minutes

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 September, 2008, and August, 2011. In the course of the trip, 309 “horizon photographs” were captured and later edited together for the slide show. NASA adjusted audio data recorded by the rover so it could be heard and applied it to the video as a captivating soundtrack. Read more »

LEGO Gods to Go in Space

by Noemi Twigg
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LEGO Gods

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 going to carry a space probe named Juno. The destination? The fifth rock from the Sun: Jupiter. Wondering who the LEGO gods are? Take a look. Here’s a closer look at each of the LEGO gods. This one’s Jupiter – the connection being as obvious as the sun at noon. The King of the gods. Read more »

Vostok 4 Pines Stout Goes Boldly Where No Beer Has Gone Before

by Noemi Twigg
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Vostok 4 Pines Stout Goes Boldly Where No Beer Has Gone Before

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 first ever beer that has been brewed for zero gravity environments! You know, just in case you find yourself in outer space in the near future… What with space tourism seemingly just around the corner, I think the brewers are simply exhibiting foresight. Now, drinking beer may be the last thing on the mind of Read more »

Life-size Wooden Spacecraft Sculptures

by Darice de Cuba
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Life-size Wooden Spacecraft Sculptures

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 of how modern topics are used in an art form. Australian artist Peter Hennessey came with the great idea to create live sized wooden sculptures of several spacecrafts such as The Hubble telescope and the Lunar Rover. We never really get to see spacecrafts, it’s not as they can get the Mars Rover back and Read more »

Bang! An Illustration About The History of Everything

by Darice de Cuba
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Bang! An Illustration About The History of Everything

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 then filling my brains with information that won’t make it in any school books in the future. Most of us geeks are fans of the TV show The Big Bang Theory but until recently I could only tell you that the Big Bang was an explosion that created matter and existence. The details where beyond Read more »

It's a good day for astronomy fans

by Robin Parrish
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It's a good day for astronomy fans

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 it up with their super-bright light. I guess you could call it a big ol’ pocket of star fuel. Hubble released the image to celebrate its 20th anniversary, and you can bet your warp drive it’s been composited and enhanced out the wazoo. But that doesn’t make it any less amazing (see higher-res versions here). Read more »

This supermassive black hole could eat the universe

by Robin Parrish
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This supermassive black hole could eat the universe

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 mouth of Galactus!! But no. In reality, it’s something a little less tabloid, but every bit as awe-inspiring. You are looking at what NASA describes as a “rapidly growing supermassive black hole” located in the nearby galaxy NGC 1068. (Seriously, scientific community, can’t we come up with cooler names?) This bad boy is twice the size Read more »