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Look! Up in the sky!
From Spaceweather:
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN: Scientists and sky watchers are converging on the northeast coast of Australia, near the Great Barrier Reef, for a total eclipse of the sun on Nov. 13/14. For researchers, the brief minutes of totality … Continue reading
ORIONID METEOR SHOWER TODAY
From Spaceweather
ORIONID METEOR SHOWER–TODAY! Earth is passing through a stream of debris from Halley’s Comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect ~25 meteors per hour when the shower peaks on Oct. 21st. No matter where you live, the … Continue reading
Just Too Cool: Mars Rover Curiosity is checking in using Foursquare
Okay… I don’t think Curiosity is going to have a lot of competition for the mayorship.
Curiosity has a Foursquare account.
Technorati Tags: Curiosity, Foursquare, Mars Rover
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Curiosity, Foursquare, Mars Rover
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NEW COMET! KABLAM! WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE! (Welllll? We are!)
There is a new and very bright comet out there. Which of course means that it is the end of the world as we know it… maybe. Maybe not. In any event, it should be bright! And we might need … Continue reading
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….”
Very cool… er um… hot back then.. no.. cool… but…
Just read:
NASA Telescopes Spy Ultra-Distant Galaxy
PASADENA, Calif. — With the combined power of NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as a cosmic magnification effect, astronomers have spotted what could … Continue reading
CME! Whew!
WOW.
This is from Astronomy Pic of the Day.
Behold this huge Coronal Mass Ejection.
One of these days, one of these monsters will hit the Earth at just the right angle and it’ll be lights out.
TEOTWAWKI.
Enjoy your electricity while you can and … Continue reading
Posted in GO TO CONFESSION, Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged CMW, Coronal Mass Ejection
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Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!
My little brush with hurricane Isaac, and very close brush with a tornado it spawned, and the wreckage of the neighborhood where I was, made me especially interested in this image from Astronomy Pic of the Day:
Explanation: Should you … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged APOD, hurricanes, King Lear, tornado
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Curiosity’s curious visual odometry system
Here is something for your Just Too Cool file. This got my attention not only because it deals with Curiosity, but also because of my budding interest in ham radio.
The newest Mars Rover, Curiosity, is tagging Mars… with Morse Code.
Curiosity … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Curiosity, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Mars, Mars Rover, NASA
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CME IMPACT: geomagnetic storm underway
From Spaceweather:
CME IMPACT: As expected, a coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth’s magnetic field on Sept. 3rd at approximately 1200 UT (5 am PDT). The impact induced measurable ground currents in the soil of northern Scandinavia and sparked bright auroras … Continue reading
Posted in Look! Up in the sky!, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged CME, Coronal Mass Ejection, EMP, solar flares
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Spectacular CME (Coronal Mass Ejection)
One of these days!
From Spaceweather:
MAGNIFICENT ERUPTION: On August 31st, a magnetic filament on the sun erupted in spectacular fashion, producing a long-duration solar flare, a coronal mass ejection (CME) and one of the most beautiful movies of an explosion ever … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged CME, Coronal Mass Ejection, solar flares
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