In case you missed the solar eclipse last weekend due to weather, bad placement on the Earth, or general life distractions, you can see lots and lots of pictures of it from generous people all over the world. One such collection can be found at Universe Today. My favorite came from UVa astro alum Alok…
I’m in the last day of a meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico and will be heading back to my new home in Illinois tonight. Sadly, that means I’ll miss the annular eclipse that is about to happen, but I’ll be sure to make plans for the 2017 total eclipse that will be visible across…
Don’t get me wrong. The night sky is awesome. But I’m totally drawn to the cloud sequences in this lovely timelapse video of the Canary Islands by Daniel López: El Cielo de Canarias / Canary sky – Tenerife from Daniel López on Vimeo. Sometimes they look like ocean waves. Other times, like blobby self-aware masses…
Why yes, I am quoting Kaylee. I was going to include this gorgeous image in with a recent Discovery post, but it had nothing to do with the actual story. So, here it is for you to ogle… This ghostly image of the Orion Nebula was taken with the Spitzer Space Telescope in the infrared…
My geeky girl side went ga-ga over these trilobite earrings from Noadi’s Art… I now own them in blue!* So it actually matches this… They are fabulous and I love them! Go check out her store and all the cool biological and fantasy art pieces she has. And, Carnival of Space #78 at Simostronomy! *…
UPDATE: Rocking great picture by Rachael from McCormick Observatory last night, on her Flickr page, with the awesome 6-inch Clark Refractor in the foreground. UPDATE Again (9/17): Rachael’s pic gets a kudos from UVa alumn, the Bad Astronomer. — I got a great twitter update from Nick in CVille saying that there was a Moon…
More APOD fun… it MOVES! Not really. But the overlay with the radio and x-ray is pretty sweet. The Bad Astronomer already has your science covered for this one. I also love the VLBA images of the central parts of the jet, the very nucleus of activity. Note: The scale of the VLBA image is…
… but for now, I’ll settle for the gorgeous pictures on APOD You can see the corona of the sun and the surface of the Moon from reflected Earthshine, in the same amazing photo!
Tell me that this isn’t the coolest bracelet you’ve ever seen: Wow! It’s like an abacus on your wrist! But the title of the actual webpage says the theme is time machine. I love it. I was browsing the fabulous Charlottesville Farmers Market yesterday, as I like to do on Saturday mornings. I already had…
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