http://nicholasjon.com/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:26:12 GMT nicholasjon.com :: an rss feed http://www.nicholasjon.com/images/n_ficon.gif http://nicholasjon.com/ http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/4/2/astronomers_see_youngest_planet <p>Link: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7326318.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7326318.stm</a></p> Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:26:12 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/4/2/astronomers_see_youngest_planet nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/3/22/stellar_explosion_is_most_distant_object_visible_to_the_naked_eye <p>It&#8217;s located in Boötes, and is about 7.5 billion light years away.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080321-distant-explosion.html">http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080321-distant-explosion.html</a></p> Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:19:22 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/3/22/stellar_explosion_is_most_distant_object_visible_to_the_naked_eye nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/3/19/arthur_c_clarke_1917_2008 <p>Link: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Obit-Clarke.html?_r=3&amp;hp&amp;%2338;oref=slogin&amp;%2338;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin">http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Obit-Clarke.html?_r=3&amp;hp&amp;%2338;oref=slogin&amp;%2338;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin</a></p> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:52:00 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/3/19/arthur_c_clarke_1917_2008 nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/3/14/first_images_from_saturn_moon_enceladus <p>Link: <a href="http://www.news.com/2300-11397_3-6234196-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg">http://www.news.com/2300-11397_3-6234196-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:22:14 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/3/14/first_images_from_saturn_moon_enceladus nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/1/20/time_is_running_out <p>What if the universe wasn&#8217;t accellerating, but rather time itself was slowing?</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&amp;grid=&amp;xml=/earth/2007/12/18/scitime118.xml">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&amp;grid=&amp;xml=/earth/2007/12/18/scitime118.xml</a></p> Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:16:23 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/1/20/time_is_running_out nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/19/rethinking_the_tunguska_disaster <p>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 <a href="http://www.sandia.gov/videos2007/2007-6514Pfire.hv1.1.mpg">stunning visualizations</a> of some extremely complicated fluid dynamics.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2007/asteroid.html">http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2007/asteroid.html</a></p> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:59:30 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/19/rethinking_the_tunguska_disaster nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/13/the_geminids_are_on_tonight <p>Forecasted to be one of the best.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13036-years-best-meteor-shower-set-to-dazzle.html">http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13036-years-best-meteor-shower-set-to-dazzle.html</a></p> Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:31:43 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/13/the_geminids_are_on_tonight nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/11/giant_spider_attacks_space_shuttle <p>Thankfully, no one was hurt.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/11/spider-attacks-shutt.html">http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/11/spider-attacks-shutt.html</a></p> Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:55:07 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/11/giant_spider_attacks_space_shuttle nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/11/voyager_2_has_left_the_building <p>It&#8217;s now officially out of the solar system.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071210/full/news.2007.365.html">http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071210/full/news.2007.365.html</a></p> Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:31:45 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/11/voyager_2_has_left_the_building nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/2/planetquest_exoplanet_exploration <p>Keep track of the discovery of new planets.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/">http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/</a></p> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:29:27 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/2/planetquest_exoplanet_exploration nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/11/26/nasa_finds_evidence_of_a_parallel_universe <p>Link: <a href="http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19626311.400-the-void-imprint-of-another-universe.html">http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19626311.400-the-void-imprint-of-another-universe.html</a></p> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:34:39 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/11/26/nasa_finds_evidence_of_a_parallel_universe nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/9/26/meteor_crash_in_peru_caused_mysterious_illness <p>Possibly due to arsenic in the groundwater. Interesting theory.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070921-meteor-peru.html">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070921-meteor-peru.html</a></p> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:08:52 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/9/26/meteor_crash_in_peru_caused_mysterious_illness nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/9/1/what_would_a_relativistic_interstellar_traveller_see <p>Link: <a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/PhysFAQ/Relativity/SR/Spaceship/spaceship.html">http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/PhysFAQ/Relativity/SR/Spaceship/spaceship.html</a></p> Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:05:37 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/9/1/what_would_a_relativistic_interstellar_traveller_see nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/8/10/twelve_things_you_need_to_watch_the_perseid_meteors_sunday_night <p>Link: <a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/08/09/12-things-you-need-to-watch-the-perseid-meteors-sunday-night/">http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/08/09/12-things-you-need-to-watch-the-perseid-meteors-sunday-night/</a></p> Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:29:47 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/8/10/twelve_things_you_need_to_watch_the_perseid_meteors_sunday_night nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/6/10/poor_pluto <p>I love the dopey look on Uranus&#8217;s face as it <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus#Orbit_and_rotation">spins sideways</a>, perfect.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.mathiaspedersen.com/3dportfolio_poor_pluto_high.html">http://www.mathiaspedersen.com/3dportfolio_poor_pluto_high.html</a></p> Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:06:19 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/6/10/poor_pluto nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/9/22/cydonia_the_face_on_mars <p>Somewhat less face-like in the higher-res shots</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEM09F8LURE_1.html">http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEM09F8LURE_1.html</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:18 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/9/22/cydonia_the_face_on_mars nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/3/13/solar_storm_warning <p>Here comes the biggest solar storm in fifty years</p><p>Link: <a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/10mar_stormwarning.htm?list862664">http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/10mar_stormwarning.htm?list862664</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:15 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/3/13/solar_storm_warning nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/2/2/hyperdrive_possible <p>Make the trip to Mars in 3 hours</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/06/hyperdrive/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/06/hyperdrive/</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:38 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/2/2/hyperdrive_possible nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2005/5/25/voyager_has_left_the_building <p>Mankind is officially interstellar</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/25/voyager_leaves_solar/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/25/voyager_leaves_solar/</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:42 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2005/5/25/voyager_has_left_the_building nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2005/4/16/escape_the_big_crunch <p>An instruction manual for avoiding the time (or anti-time?) the universe converts back into it&#8217;s ultra-dense former state</p><p>Link: <a href="http://prospectmagazine.co.uk/article_details.php.6701.html">http://prospectmagazine.co.uk/article_details.php.6701.html</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:24 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2005/4/16/escape_the_big_crunch nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick)