The Math: What Life On Kepler-62e Would Be Like
In my latest for Popular Science, I take a look at a newly discovered exoplanet and do a little math …
Category Archives: Cosmos
First Contact: Don’t F**k This Up For Us
Chances are, if you meet an alien, it will look nothing like you. It won’t understand you, and you won’t …
Gravitational Lensing is the Coolest
Looking at the image below, you may think how cool the universe is to have a multi-core galaxy, but it’s …
Twinkle: Thoughts on Sagan, the Cosmos, and the Geminid Meteor Shower
Tonight I grabbed my dark green down-filled jacket, unused since last winter, out of the front hall closet and went …
Neil deGrasse Tyson on the 2012 “Apocalypse”
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson debunks the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse by exploring (in tweets) the underlying science and lack of science …
I view the transit of Venus in style
Today, I got to see a once in a lifetime event–the transit of Venus. Of course, I did it in …
How Do We Measure the Universe?
Below you will find an awesomely animated and easy to follow science video describing the various ways that we can …
Understand the Multiverse {Video}
In the TED Talk below, Brian Greene explains the controversial yet compelling theory that we may live in a reality …
Neil deGrasse Tyson is the New Carl Sagan {Videos}
With beautiful editing, a great score, and the unending enthusiasm of astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, it is almost impossible to …
Another beautiful view of Earth’s aurorae {video}
I’ll let NASA handle the explanation: From space, the aurora is a crown of light that circles each of …
Another Scale to Make You Feel Insignificant {Infographic}
What a Black Hole Devouring a Star Looks Like
In late March 2011, NASA’s Swift satellite alerted astronomers to intense and unusual high-energy flares from a new source in …
The Known Universe
If this doesn’t help you to see how absolutely and entirely insignificant we are, nothing will. As you watch, just …
Looking for Life: Human Priorities {Infographic}
[Via MicroCosmologist]
NASA meets mandate to indentify 90% of planet-destroying asteroids
The latest calculations from NASA say that they have identified 90% of the “near-Earth asteroids”, those whose orbits bring them …
So humans have no influence on the planet?
If only more climate change “skeptics” could see more photos like this. Our mark is undeniable.
An Amazing View of Earth’s Auroras
This glorious series of images was captured by the Space Station’s Expedition 29 crew on September 17, 2011 while cruising …
Facts about Space Junk
[Via CosmOnline]
World’s first accurate simulation of how our galaxy formed
After nine months of number-crunching on a powerful supercomputer, a beautiful spiral galaxy matching our own Milky Way emerged from …
Science Fact of the Day 8.21.11
Matter, which comprises the stars, planets, asteroids, comets, etc., is only 0.4% of the observable universe. If we include interstellar …
