As I sit here, typing this, listening to the 5 Live coverage of the Man U v Bayern Munich match, with rain pattering against the window just behind my monitor, I’m as excited as a kid a few days before Christmas. Why? Could it be because I’m expecting some stunning new images from one of [...]
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I’ve written a just-for-fun short story, looking at how Spirit might get free from her martian dust trap… with a little other-worldly help… “Freeing Spirit” It’s sci-fi, so if you’re not a fan of that genre, well, maybe best not to go and read it. Especially if you’re not a fan of a certain blue [...]
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Take a look… http://astropoetry.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/museum-peace
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If you have any emails to send, videos to download or blogs to catch up, do it as soon as you can, because the internet is about to melt: the BBC has released a new trailer for the next season of Dr Who, and it looks… stunning!!! The closer we get to the launch of [...]
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Poor Spirit. Not only is she stuck in that ghastly dust-filled crater, she’s now having to deal with a body temperature of minus 41 deg C… Hearing this inspired me to write a new astropoem about Spirit. Hope some of you like it… Minus 41 Degrees I am cold. So cold. Once I felt [...]
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This morning I was messing about with carefully studying Mars with Google Mars. I started off with flying around Olympus Mons, as you do, then headed east up the huge Mariner Valley, you know, just looking for interesting scenery. Eventually I kind of lost interest in that, so decided to hunt for what has now [...]
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There’s no shortage of “science programmes” on the telly, but generally they’re pretty poor. They’re either dull and boring (mentioning no names… cough… Horizon… ) or wacky and “woo-hoo! science is cool kids!” over the top (mentioning no names… cough… Bang Goes The Theory). Finally, FINALLY, there’s a science program on TV that is Just [...]
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The INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION will be visible in the sky again soon, and this time it’s going to be visible in the evening sky, after dark! If you look at the top of the page you’ll see a tab with” space station” on it. Just click on that and you’ll find all the info you [...]
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