Category Archives: Space

Carnivalia — 10/05 – 10/11

Posted on 12 October, 2011 by Sam Wise

A slightly skinny crop of science-related blog carnivals this week, but still plenty of good reading material to be had…

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Carnivalia 9/28 – 10/04

Posted on 5 October, 2011 by Sam Wise

The past week’s bounty crop of science-related blog carnivals awaits you…

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Carnivalia 9/21 – 9/27

Posted on 29 September, 2011 by Sam Wise

A day late (if not a dollar short), here’s the past week’s selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for you

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Carnivalia — 9/14 – 9/20

Posted on 21 September, 2011 by Sam Wise

The past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for your reading enjoyment…

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Casual Friday — how big are “massive” solar flares?

Posted on 16 September, 2011 by Sam Wise

The press love to use the word “massive” when talking about solar flares. They do this partly, I suppose, because they’re trying to get people’s attention. But I suspect they’re also just running to the end of what language alone can describe. So how big is a solar flare?

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Carnivalia — 9/07 – 9/13

Posted on 14 September, 2011 by Sam Wise

The past week’s selection of science-related blog carnivals for your reading enjoyment

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Casual Friday — Apollo landing sites revisited, again!

Posted on 9 September, 2011 by Sam Wise

You might recall that two years back, the LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) spacecraft team released some images of Apollo lunar landing sites. But these were relatively low-resolution images, taken from about 70 miles above the surface.

Well, the LRO spacecraft (and its human support team) have done that one better, and have taken more site images from a much lower altitude — about 14 miles (22 km), roughly twice the altitude of a commercial airliner flight back on Earth. And boy, are they impressive!

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