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Category Archives: Space
Carnivalia — 5/09 – 5/15
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The scientific tourist #222 — Apollo 9 Command Module
On display at the San Diego Air and Space Museum, it’s the Apollo 9 Command Module…
Carnivalia — 5/02 – 5/08
The past week’s science-related blog carnivals — bit of a thin crop, but still plenty of good reading…
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Space
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Casual Friday — tasty star, yum!
A star has been spotted being torn to bits and devoured by a super-massive black hole — see the carnage!
Carnivalia — 4/25 – 5/01
Here’s the past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals, presented for your reading pleasure…
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Foundations of science, History, Space
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Casual Friday — Here Comes Solar Maximum
Wondering what’s going on with the recent spate of solar flares? Courtesy of NASA Television, here’s an excellent explanation of the solar cycle, and where we are in it…
Posted in Physics, Space, YouTubing
Tagged Physics, solar activity, solar cycle, solar flare, Space, Sun
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Casual Friday: Space shuttle Discovery’s last flight
And this time, it was a passenger. As anybody that follows the U.S. space program is likely aware of, the space shuttle Discovery (the shuttle with the most missions under its… belt) was taken on the back of a 747 to its final home at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia (suburban Washington, D.C). On the way there, it made a historic flyover above the U.S. Capital…
Carnivalia — 4/04 – 4/10
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Carnivalia — 3/28 – 4/03
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Humanity, Space
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