Carnival of Space #166 is now up at the Gish Bar Times. There is finding true north, the Perseid meteor shower, X-ray astronomy at solar maximum, memories of Aurora Borealis, how much Io smells and much, much more. Head on over now for a good read!
New Scientist: Is Einstein's space-time just a mirage? Astrobiology: Building an armored tank for Jupiter The Gish Bar Times: Carnival of Space 166 Spaceflight Now: This Week in Space
Jason Perry just posted this lovely labeled image of Io over at his blog, the Gish Bar Times. It's a nice image for providing context whenever any of the named volcanoes are discussed, so I thought I'd toss it in our image library and...Show More Summary
It was 400 years ago today that Galileo discovered smaller planets attending the planet Jupiter. Jason Perry is doing a far better job than I could of writing about the momentous discovery on his blog, the Gish Bar Times. This post...Show More Summary
Carnival of Space #126 is now up at The Gish Bar Times (a blog devoted to Jupiter's moon Io). There's cavers on the Moon, LCROSS's impact, poems about Martian meteors, future spaceflight, space elevator competitions, fun ways to destroy our planet and much, much more. Pop on over and have a look.
Just a few things from here and there: 1) The 126th Carnival of Space is spacing it up at The Gish Bar Times (where I think they serve nice cold Gish Gallops). You know the deal: astronomy, space, blog posts, etc. Go there and read good stuff! 2) Speaking of good stuff, my Hive Overmind colleague Sean [...]
Slashdot: Oops! Does Maya calendar actually end in 2220? Popular Science: Power-beamers gear up for challenge 'Nova' on PBS: 'Family That Walks on All Fours' Science News: Redefining your phantom self Gish Bar Times: Carnival of Space 126 ...(read more)
The 126th Space Carnival is live over at Jason Perry's always-excellent (if rather narrowly focused) Io blog The Gish Bar Times. Actually I had been meaning to highlight a neat series of articles Jason put together commemorating the...Show More Summary
I give a tip of the hat to Jason Perry at The Gish Bar Times and a Wayne's World-style "We're not worthy" bow and scrape to amateur astronomer Christopher Go for this incredible animation. Go observed a mutual event of two of Jupiter's...Show More Summary