Space

Upon launch, there will be 32 picosatellites, all desperately trying to beam their messages to Earth. FCC frequency coordination and requirements are the next hurdle to solve for Project Calliope.…

“Auntie”, better known as the BBC, has just treated us to a two-parter, Everything and Nothing, by Jim Al-Khalili.  He thoroughly knows his history of science, rather than…

Earth's gravity revealed in unprecedented detail This latest news release from ESA, the European Space Agency, gives us the most accurate picture yet of the geoid, which is the surface of an ideal…

Not all satellite building involves blowing things up, frying circuits, and desperately hacking hardware.  Sometimes you get regulatory-related requests such as "provide a brief abstract of your…

Last month, an article that had caused something of a buzz in science circles since November was published in the journal Icarus.   John Matese and Daniel Whitmire, physicists at the…

This is a short note to draw your attention to Jim Kaler’s recent page covering ADVANCES IN ASTRONOMY for 2009 – 2010. It’s not very long, but the latest in everything from the Moon to the whole…

Last year, the NPR sound engineer said I was the first scientist to really nail what sonification is.  In my 365DOA podcast, I am joined by Matt and Hai-Ting of ScopesMonkeyChoir.com in the…

A new composite image  from NASA shows the central region of the spiral galaxy NGC 4151...and, well...if you have seen the film versions of "The Lord of the Rings" you know what it looks like.…

And I thought my to-do list was long... For those not suffering from feline-induced insomnia and trolling the InterGoogles for news,1 NASA has its marching orders thanks to a new report, "Vision and…

Sunspots are dark spots on the sun, at least as we see them, caused by magnetic activity in the plasma on the surface of Sol. For 200 years scientists have known that they occasional disappear but no…