Space

What do you get when you mix politics and space exploration? a) an impenetrable mess b) an interesting clash between technology and people c) something scarier than sausage making For those who think politics is messy or scary, I agree. But it makes for go ...

Article - Project Calliope - Jul 6 2010 - 2:03pm

Justifying Solar Sonification

While I'm busy building an instrument to convert the ionosphere to music, this NASA group has sonified the Sun. Astronomers at Univ. of Sheffield "found that huge magnetic loops that have been observed coiling away from the outer layer of the su ...

Article - Project Calliope - Jun 29 2010 - 11:17pm

Roma Versus Delta Ophiuchi- Watch While An Asteroid Eats A Star

You are all familiar with a solar eclipse, when our Moon passes in front of the Sun and blocks its light, but a similar situation can happen with asteroids, those Sun-orbiting, rocky objects left over from the formation of the Solar System or formed by col ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 2 2010 - 11:30am

Enjoy Some Cosmic Fireworks For Independence Day

It's been a good month for cosmic wonderment. The Wide Field Imager (WFI) at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile caught the region around the star R Coronae Australis and on June 13th, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa returned after 7 years and 1.25 ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2010 - 2:16pm

How Planck Sees The Universe

ESA’s Planck mission is a 'time machine' to study the relic radiation from the Big Bang, and it has delivered its first all-sky image, one of four all-sky scans it will complete by the end of its mission in 2012. Planck is designed to map tiny ir ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 21 2013 - 12:40pm

NGC 7793 Black Hole Emits Particle Jets 1,000 Light Years In Diameter

The black hole at the edge of galaxy NGC 7793, twelve million light years from Earth, has been found to be doing something rare- emitting powerful jets of particles of a total length of 1,000 light years. The energy produced by matter falling into a black ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2010 - 2:30pm

How High Up Is Space?

How high is space, how far can you fall with a parachute, where is the Project Calliope satellite going to be, and where does the hard radiation from the sun get nasty? Gathered for the first time in one place is our High Altitude Explorer's Guide. A ...

Article - Project Calliope - Oct 14 2012 - 6:27pm

Your Head is Jupiter (podcast)

Up today is my 365DOA podcast,, Your Head is Jupiter. It's a new variant on a standard bit I use in classrooms, only it's much cooler because IT USES A COMPUTER! (woo!) In it, you get to make a solar system at your desk, using your monitor as ...

Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jul 27 2010 - 9:44am

Calliope, Wired, and You

Just a short bit, since I'm tired after BEING INTERVIEWED BY WIRED!!!??! Not that I'd brag about being INTERVIEWED BY WIRED or anything, just thought I'd mention, in pass, that WIRED INTERVIEWED ME about Project Calliope. Anyway, two good r ...

Blog Post - Project Calliope - Jul 20 2010 - 8:04pm

The Daytime Astronomer On NPR: 2 Media Secrets

Ever want to be interviewed by big time media? I'll tell you the two secrets to getting your message out. I'll be talking about the Project Calliope extreme DIY satellite project on NPR's "All Things Considered" this Saturday (Ju ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jul 24 2010 - 7:56am