Sounds From Saturn!

The Eerie, Bizarre Sounds of the Saturnian System
Cassini-Huygens: Multimedia-Sounds

HOW TO FLY

“The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss”
With these words, Douglas Adams helpfully explained concept of flying in his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. But the ground is really big, and, as the Tick so sagely noted, “Gravity is a harsh mistress.” So herein contained is my [...]

If We Had No Moon

The Earth has a large moon, making it unique in the inner solar system. Mercury and Venus have no moons, and Mars has only two small asteroid-sized objects orbiting it. In this essay, the father of the SMART-1 lunar mission, Bernard Foing of the European Space Agency, looks at the effect the Moon has had [...]

Four Terrifying Theories in Astronomy

Galileo may have been threatened with the rack during the Inquisition almost 400 years ago, but—relatively speaking—that was hardly terrifying. Whether the Earth went around the Sun (as Copernicus, Galileo and Newton thought) or vice versa (in the old model of Ptolemy or Aristotle), Galileo’s Universe was still a placid place. But these days, astronomers [...]

YTMND – The Future of our World

YTMND – The Future of our World
I think the numbers are a little off but the sheer vastness of time and change boggles my mind. Plus anything put to music from the movie, “Total Recall” can’t be all bad!