January 2010
134 posts
JPL concedes defeat in the battle to free Spirit →
fuckyeahspace:
Long live Spirit.
Gold exists on Mars, Mercury, and Venus.
ohyeahfacts:
(The Amazing Book of Useless Information)
fuckyeahspace:
troythewolf:
If you live in the far Northern Hemisphere, chances are that you’ve been lucky enough to see an aurora or two in your life, some of us however haven’t. This Saturday is the beginning of the spring equinox which means the Northern Lights should be shining bright, an explain from National Geographic is below:
“With the vernal equinox, or spring equinox, arriving on...
Mercury, Venus closest for year on April 3 and 4 →
drwh0:
Have you seen the planet Mercury after sunset yet? If not, what are you waiting for? The first week of April presents your best chance to catch Mercury in all of 2010.
Mercury is rather easy to…
The Moon is rich with water and in the commercial... →
fuckyeahspace:
Following November’s news of the discovery of water in a crater on the south pole of the moon, recent data from a joint NASA/ISRO scan shows more than 600 metric tons (590 imperial tons) of water on the Moon’s north pole. The water likely settled there over the Moon’s long history, collected from floating dust and comet tails. What’s important about this discovery in light of the...
A cross section of the Earth from crust to core →
fuckyeahspace:
Just to try to get some perspective on how small we really are. [via]
Fuck Yeah, Space!: Cosmic 'Rose' — Berkley 59 →
The new cluster, called Berkeley 59, was found some 3,300 light-years away from our planet, in the direction of the Cepheus Constellation. The structure, which is currently producing young, blue stars at a frantic rate, looks beautiful, and astronomers have likened it to a rose. Flower-like…
Watchfuckyeahspace:
unknownskywalker:
Astronomers See Historical Supernova From a New Angle
A group of astronomers from Harvard University has seen the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A from a 3D perspective, using a simple but powerful technique, based on the concept of an echo, but applied to light instead of sound.
The light from the supernova reflects off interstellar dust to the Earth, which acts...
Last Chance to Get a Good Look at Mars Until 2012 →
fuckyeahspace:
fuckyeahtheuniverse:
Don’t forget! (:
And the place on Earth that's closest to space... →
fuckyeahspace:
Hint: it’s not Mount Everest.
Space tumblrs
fuckyeahspace:
cosmicpower:
I thought I’d take a minute to list all the other space tumblrs out there, they all post some great stuff:
fuckyeahspace fuckyeahtheuniverse itsfullofstars uraniaproject spacethebeyond spaceporn
if I missed one just let me know, and I’ll add it :]
A collection of videos/lectures on Astronomy →
fuckyeahspace:
This is a very good collection of some great lectures on some awesome topics in the study of the stars. All of you who want to learn more about astronomy and related topics, or those of you just interested in some intellectually stimulating video material, I encourage you to check this out. The page has links and descriptions of the content.
Could life exist in clouds of interstellar dust? →
(via fuckyeahspace)
