Universe Today
Here's your space photo for the day. It's an image of galaxy NGC 253, captured by
Strongmanmike
. This is just one of a series of new images released by Mike.
I briefly mentioned that one of the latest batch of astronauts headed to the International Space Station is Malaysia's Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. As a Muslim, he's got the puzzling
problem of praying in space.
The SpaceShipTwo is going to cause delays to Virgin Galactic's plans for space tourism. Personal Spaceflight tries to figure out
how much of a delay
.
Now this is going to be good. An upcoming episode of Nova will cover the recent Intelligent Design trial. Pharyngula has the trailer.
Why do people think the Earth is tilting wildly away from its normal 23.6-degree inclination? This madness almost debunks itself, but Phil
gives it just the push it needs
to tilt right over.
When the next generation of planet hunting space observatories get into orbit, they're going to be analyzing the atmosphere of distant worlds. Pamela describes
what they'll be looking for
.
Why bother with Mars when we could
colonize Ceres instead
?
Space Law Probe
remarks on the 40th anniversary
of the "Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies."