Universe Today
Today's photo, captured by Patrick Taschler, is absolutely spectacular. It's an image of the volcano Tungurahua, located in Ecuador. You really need to click and see the larger version to see why I posted this on Universe Today. In the background, above the volcano is the Pleiades star cluster.
It's time for the
22nd Carnival of Space
. I finally got my act together, and I've got an entry there.
The
50th anniversary
Sputnik
stories
are
flying
fast
and
furious
,
everywhere
you
look
.
Everyone
, has a
story
about
this
. I didn't write one for Universe Today, because I was too busy working on one for Wired.
Check out Sputnik's grandchildren.
A Mars Odyssey considers the future of creepy space exploration robots.
Were older supernovae brighter? It could mess up our ability to measure distance in the Universe. Pamela
has the details
.
The HiRISE team has a blog, detailing their trials and tribulations dealing with the big camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Check out this recent entry discussing why their instrument was
put into safe mode
.
Colony Worlds has this suggestion. Why send humans to colonize planets, when
we could send pigs
.