It has been almost a year and a half since my last Space Saturday! How horrible is that?? I thought I would resurrect it before it died for good. For the 32nd edition of Space Saturday I am going to bring us back to M8: Lagoon Nebula (I also used M8 for […]
Read more of this post: Space Saturday XXXIIIn news today, “Bright Chunks at Phoenix Lander’s Mars Site Must Have Been Ice” (!!) This is big news! It was known that water ice exists on Mars, but now there is direct evidence for it. The image at right shows “sublimation of ice in the trench informally called “Dodo-Goldilocks” over the […]
Read more of this post: Confirmed: Mars Has Water Ice!Now that the University of Arizona has taken over the ground mission of the Phoenix Mars Lander, they have posted the first few images from the ground of the northern pole of Mars! You can read my live blogging of the Phoenix Mars Lander touching down for additional information and links.
Read more of this post: First images back from the Phoenix Mars Lander!Well, today is the day! In about 45 minutes, the Phoenix Mars Lander will be touching down on Mars. Specifically, it will be landing in the ice rich northern polar region. Check out the Phoenix Mars Lander @ NASA and at JPL for additional information. Here is a cool animation of […]
Read more of this post: The Phoenix Lander on Mars! The Phoenix has landed!Dynamic Periodic Table from Ptable.com
Seriously, check this periodic table of elements out because it has TONS of easily accessible and easy to understand information! A while back I linked to this periodic table, which is still cool, but doesn’t seem to have nearly as much information as Ptable. Need to know which elements are gasses […]
Read more of this post: Another Cool Periodic TableSeriously, Killer Whales are the thugs of the ocean. I just watched the first episode of The Blue Planet on the Discovery Channel, and it was pretty interesting, as most things are on the Discovery Channel. I think that Planet Earth was better (well it is newer so that makes some sense), but […]
Read more of this post: Killer Whales Are JerksJust finished my ninth week of teaching and things are going extremely well!! How is time passing so quickly?
I got rid of the shoutbox (for now) because it wasn't working right. Hopefully I will get that fixed soon. You may have noticed that I have been changing things around a bit. Hopefully this theme looks good and works well. If you notice any bugs or things that need to be fixed or just look better, just let me know (or leave a comment)! The header images (there are 34 in rotation right now!) are pictures that I have taken over the last few years.
