This Hubble image was first released by NASA for the release of “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens,” in December 2015. It is an Herbig-Haro (HH) object – this one is HH24 – and is located in the Orion B molecular cloud complex, located 1,350 light-years away from Earth. …
Because It’s Friday – Hold your breath until October 15!
In what NASA has described as a “communications pause”, contact with the 46 year old space craft, Voyager 2 was lost. This was due to an error in a command, sent on July 21, to the craft by NASA which has resulted in a mis-alignment of the main communications antenna. …
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Because It’s Friday – Thunderbirds
I do not remember these adverts from the 1960s but I do remember getting Thunderbird models from cereal packets and watching Thunderbirds on a Saturday morning with my Grandfather. For those of you who do not know what Thunderbirds was back in the 1960s, there is a primer video at …
Because It’s Friday – Nothing complicated this week…
My son and I are off on an extended camping trip next month, this from Randall Munroe just made me smile: xkcd: Marshmallow Have a good weekend. Photo by Kindel Media
Because It’s Friday – An Alien Spaceship
I am going to quote the article here: There is a very large scientific leap from observing a fireball to claiming it is an alien spaceship. What is the evidence on which Loeb bases the claim? And how likely is it to be true? Monica Grady – Professor of Planetary …