Universe Today
Before we head into the astrosphere, I've got a few things to catch you up on. First, another reminder about The Universe on The History Channel. The next episode is called
, and it's all about the ways the Universe can kill us. My favourite topic.
Next up, I'm going to start highlighting cool photographs from the Bad Astronomy/Universe Today forum here, for now. There are so many great photos there, and now that I've got a little time on my hands, I'd like to help get the word out. My favourite for today is
this cool picture of crescent Mercury
, taken by Kyle Edwards.
According to
Aviation Week
, China has pushed back its lunar mission 5-6 months. Did you even know they had a lunar mission? Thanks to Space Pragmatism for the link.
Bad Astronomy
dismantles a trailer
for The Invasion. Oh Hollywood, will you ever learn?
Sentient Developments
has a great clip from Michio Kaku on
the future of civilizations
.
Does the Moon make people crazy? No. But UK police are
staffing up during full moons
. That's lunacy!
I hate cords. And now, researchers are figuring out
how to transfer power without cords
. But will it actually, ever be practical? Thanks to Alan Boyle from
MSNBC's Cosmic Log
for the writeup.