Astronomy
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The Moon: Peer Review in Comics
Last I was here, it was for the anniversary of Galileo’s landmark, first observations of the moon via telescope. Today…
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So long, little robot. You tried. And that’s all we can ask.
As of Friday, EAS has decided to stop trying to communicate with the Russian Phobos-Grunt (or Fobos-Grunt) probe which didn’t…
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Sunspotting
This weekend I got it into my head to try and see some sunspots. See, I’d just listened to an…
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Happy Birthday Edwin Hubble
Today is Edwin Hubble’s birthday. You’ve probably heard of him, or at least the space telescope named after him. Astronomer?…
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Goodbye, Pluto
I went to see Vance Gilbert in concert this week and it reminded me of this wonderful song he released…
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson Compares Jazz to Astronomy
…and makes my heart skip a couple of beats. Jazz pianist Judy Carmichael has this radio show where she talks…
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Guest Post: Baby Planets!
Blue from Hello, The Future recorded a video about baby planets, which she learned about from reading Bad Astronomy, which…
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MAD Quickies 10.19: Spaced Out!
Zoomable panoramas of the Apollo Moon landing sites. That is, if you believe this sort of thing. Scientific Process Rage…
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