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Amazingly high-res images of Phobos

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:29:00 GMT

Link: http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/phobos

Astronomers see 'youngest planet'

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:26:12 GMT

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7326318.stm

Stellar explosion is most distant object visible to the naked eye

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:19:22 GMT

It’s located in Boötes, and is about 7.5 billion light years away.

Link: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080321-distant-explosion.html

First images from Saturn moon Enceladus

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:22:14 GMT

Link: http://www.news.com/2300-11397_3-6234196-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg

Time is running out

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:16:23 GMT

What if the universe wasn’t accellerating, but rather time itself was slowing?

Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2007/12/18/scitime118.xml

Astronomy Year in Pictures

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:22:56 GMT

Link: http://www.planetary.org/news/2007/1226_The_Year_in_Pictures_2007.html

Rethinking the Tunguska disaster

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:59:30 GMT

New supercomputer-powered models offer a different view of the impact, suggesting it might not have taken quite as big of a meteor as originally thought. Be sure to check out the movies linked in their sidebar for some stunning visualizations of some extremely complicated fluid dynamics.

Link: http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2007/asteroid.html

Galaxy Blasts Neighbor with Deadly Jet

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:45:55 GMT

Link: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/071217-death-star-galaxy.html

What if we had no Moon?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:49:42 GMT

The world would be a very different place.

Link: http://astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2507&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

The Geminids are on tonight

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:31:43 GMT

Forecasted to be one of the best.

Link: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13036-years-best-meteor-shower-set-to-dazzle.html

Historic Celestial Atlas Illustrations

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:31:24 GMT

A collection of links to historical star charts.

Link: http://www.metafilter.com/67418/Historic-Celestial-Atlas-Illustrations

Voyager 2 finds solar system's shape is 'dented'

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:31:59 GMT

Blames Mars rover and Chinese space program.

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1044867120071211

Voyager 2 has left the building

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:31:45 GMT

It’s now officially out of the solar system.

Link: http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071210/full/news.2007.365.html

The Chang'e image isn't fake

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:05:18 GMT

Looks like the Chinese really have made it to lunar orbit.

Link: http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001248/

PlanetQuest: Exoplanet Exploration

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:29:27 GMT

Keep track of the discovery of new planets.

Link: http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/

Run for your life Spirit

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:29:11 GMT

The Mars Rover Spirit is quickly running out of time to reach a “safe-haven” before Martian winter sets in.

Link: http://tomsastroblog.com/?p=1352

Heliocentrism for everybody

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:13:11 GMT

Another great t-shirt.

Link: http://lardfork.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop/Article/Index/article/Heliocentrism-for-everybody--2307270

Saturn's rings in motion

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:57:44 GMT

Watch for the gravitational interaction between the rings and the moons.

Link: http://s3.amazonaws.com/planetary/33308/cassini_ring_movie_2_ugordan.mov?

Meteor crash in Peru caused mysterious illness

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:08:52 GMT

Possibly due to arsenic in the groundwater. Interesting theory.

Link: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070921-meteor-peru.html

(Seasonal) Misconceptions

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:22:08 GMT

A proposal for a new way to define seasons.

Link: http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/badseasons.html

Twelve things you need to watch the Perseid meteors Sunday night

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:29:47 GMT

Link: http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/08/09/12-things-you-need-to-watch-the-perseid-meteors-sunday-night/

Poor Pluto

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:06:19 GMT

I love the dopey look on Uranus’s face as it spins sideways, perfect.

Link: http://www.mathiaspedersen.com/3dportfolio_poor_pluto_high.html

How to survive in a black hole

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 24 May 2007 04:49:45 GMT

At least for a little bit, there really isn’t any way to escape.

Link: http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070514/full/070514-21.html

Cydonia - the face on Mars

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:18 GMT

Somewhat less face-like in the higher-res shots

Link: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEM09F8LURE_1.html

Extreme seabed-survival boosts hope of aliens

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:30 GMT

Mmm… CO2

Link: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9843&feedId=online-news_rss20

One small step in hunt for moon film world didn't see

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:23 GMT

Turns out Pink Floyd’s music video producer might have the answer, seriously

Link: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/one-small-step/2006/08/19/1155408073519.html

Ancient observatories from space

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:44 GMT

Looking back (get it?) at thousands of years of observatories

Link: http://www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/ancientObservatories/default.htm

Spring on Mars

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:34 GMT

I’m not sure what “Spring” means other than it’s not quite as cold

Link: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060325.html

Solar storm warning

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:15 GMT

Here comes the biggest solar storm in fifty years

Link: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/10mar_stormwarning.htm?list862664

Jupiter's New Red Spot

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:41 GMT

Storms collide and Red Jr. is formed

Link: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/02mar_redjr.htm

What does the Earth look like from the sun?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:11 GMT

Big beautiful images

Link: http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth?imgsize=1024

Could what we see as neutron stars really be so-called strange stars?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:06 GMT

I love it when physics gets this complicated

Link: http://www.physorg.com/news10646.html

Space rock re-opens Mars debate

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:06 GMT

Slimy carbon deposits probably from martian life?

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4688938.stm

Many galaxies

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:25 GMT

“The universe is big. Really big.”

Link: http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2003/24/images/a/formats/full_jpg.jpg

Discovery of a 10th planet in our solar system leaked by hacker

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:41 GMT

And scientists wonder why nobody trusts them

Link: http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1587

Ten little indians?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:41 GMT

Astronomers may have found a tenth planet in our solar system

Link: http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/9/8/1/1