Here’s a beautiful little video I’m sure you’ll all appreciate. This video is based on a small portion of the audiobook version of Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot. This audiobook recording is especially delightful, if you’re fortunate enough to have a copy of it, because it was read by Sagan in his wonderous voice, not […]
Archive for the ‘Space’ Category
Every year I get a heap of emails from people asking me if I knew Mars is going to be big this year with the inevitable Powerpoint file full of BS attached. By now, I’ve been asked often enough I have half the details copy-pasted into the reply before I know what I am doing. […]
Voyager 2, our first really great look at what our solar system looks like. The first space craft to send us images of Uranus and Neptune, and now one of the furthest man-made objects from the Earth. This amazing little probe has, however, started playing up. And what’s the cause? You guessed it, ALIENS! During my […]
I was browsing around newgrounds.com this evening and stumbled across this real gem of a flash app, it’s called “The Scale of the Universe by FotoShop”. The application breaks the universe down into the smallest possible pieces know to man and then back up to the largest, in a cool flash app. Who could want more?
A phone rang. Later that night we traveled a decrepit, dark, disheveled road. The air was fresh and had a surprising bite for a summer’s night. I rolled down the window and gazed out into the never ending black and up to the sparkle of a moonless sky. My head lolled out the passenger side window […]
I know that for most of you out there, this will be old news — consider this a reminder to getoffyerarse and support the International Year of Astronomy.
So, following on from out discussion in episode nineteen of The Pseudo Scientists, I thought it might be good to talk a little bit more about space science and technology in Australia.
To find out the answer, check out this comic at Abtruse Goose — a representation of how far television signals have travelled in space since they were broadcast. I’d reproduce it here, but it’s a bit big to comfortably fit on the page.
