Musings on the Cosmos
Reflections and thoughts on the Universe and our understanding of it...and how I get confused by it. This is my astronomy blog, I host it on [tumblr] but feel it should have a place here too! All the posts are truncated and you miss the images here, so click through if something iterests you! Oh and if you fancy some more hardcore astronomy take a look at my digest of [interesting astro papers].
New NASA HD app for iPad with expanded content available free
<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news202656957.html">New NASA HD app for iPad with expanded content available free</a>...
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Tight Binaries are ‘Death Stars’ for Planets
<a href="http://www.universetoday.com/71934/tight-binaries-are-%e2%80%98death-stars%e2%80%99-for-planets/">Tight Binaries are ‘Death Stars’ for Planets</a>...
'Hot Jupiter' planets unlikely to have moons
<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news201760737.html">'Hot Jupiter' planets unlikely to have moons</a>...
NASA infrared data sees convection building in Fiona's clouds
<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news202574845.html">NASA infrared data sees convection building in Fiona's clouds</a>...
Solar Panels Dust Themselves Off: Scientific American Podcast
<a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=solar-panels-dust-themselves-off-10-08-23">Solar Panels Dust Themselves Off: Scientific American Podcast</a>...
IceCube neutrino observatory nears completion
<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news202483133.html">IceCube neutrino observatory nears completion</a>...
Solar System older than thought
<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news201706886.html">Solar System older than thought</a>...
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Jupiter Gets Smacked Yet Again?
<a href="http://www.universetoday.com/71835/jupiter-gets-smacked-yet-again/">Jupiter Gets Smacked Yet Again?</a>...
Danish Amateurs Hope To Launch Suborbital Rocket Next Week
<a href="http://www.universetoday.com/71845/danish-amateurs-hope-to-launch-suborbital-rocket-next-week/">Danish Amateurs Hope To Launch Suborbital Rocket Next Week</a>...
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The Next 10 Years of Exoplanets
<a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/08/19/the-next-10-years-of-exoplanets/">The Next 10 Years of Exoplanets</a>...
Fires Can Create "Volcanic" Thunderclouds
<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/100816-fires-thunderstorms-thunder-clouds-volcanoes-science-weather-russia/">Fires Can Create "Volcanic" Thunderclouds</a>...
Space Photos This Week: Star Blob, Perseids, More
<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/photogalleries/100818-best-space-perseids-saturn-mercury-pictures-107/">Space Photos This Week: Star Blob, Perseids, More</a>...
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Earth's green carbon sink on the wane : Nature News
<a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100819/full/news.2010.418.html?s=news_rss">Earth's green carbon sink on the wane : Nature News</a>...
lunareclipse030307 158 (by Samuel George)
<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7tay7brcm1qzqpuio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/starrydude/409348841/in/photostream/">lunareclipse030307 158</a> (by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/starryd...
RealClimate: Doing it yourselves
<a href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2010/08/doing-it-yourselves/">RealClimate: Doing it yourselves</a>...
Astounding Video Shows 30 Years of Asteroid Discoveries
<a href="http://www.universetoday.com/72151/astounding-video-shows-30-years-of-asteroid-discoveries/">Astounding Video Shows 30 Years of Asteroid Discoveries</a>...
<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news202656957.html">New NASA HD app for iPad with expanded content available free</a>...
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Tight Binaries are ‘Death Stars’ for Planets
<a href="http://www.universetoday.com/71934/tight-binaries-are-%e2%80%98death-stars%e2%80%99-for-planets/">Tight Binaries are ‘Death Stars’ for Planets</a>...
'Hot Jupiter' planets unlikely to have moons
<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news201760737.html">'Hot Jupiter' planets unlikely to have moons</a>...
NASA infrared data sees convection building in Fiona's clouds
<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news202574845.html">NASA infrared data sees convection building in Fiona's clouds</a>...
Solar Panels Dust Themselves Off: Scientific American Podcast
<a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=solar-panels-dust-themselves-off-10-08-23">Solar Panels Dust Themselves Off: Scientific American Podcast</a>...
IceCube neutrino observatory nears completion
<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news202483133.html">IceCube neutrino observatory nears completion</a>...
Solar System older than thought
<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news201706886.html">Solar System older than thought</a>...
via images.nationalgeographic.com
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Jupiter Gets Smacked Yet Again?
<a href="http://www.universetoday.com/71835/jupiter-gets-smacked-yet-again/">Jupiter Gets Smacked Yet Again?</a>...
Danish Amateurs Hope To Launch Suborbital Rocket Next Week
<a href="http://www.universetoday.com/71845/danish-amateurs-hope-to-launch-suborbital-rocket-next-week/">Danish Amateurs Hope To Launch Suborbital Rocket Next Week</a>...
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The Next 10 Years of Exoplanets
<a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/08/19/the-next-10-years-of-exoplanets/">The Next 10 Years of Exoplanets</a>...
Fires Can Create "Volcanic" Thunderclouds
<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/100816-fires-thunderstorms-thunder-clouds-volcanoes-science-weather-russia/">Fires Can Create "Volcanic" Thunderclouds</a>...
Space Photos This Week: Star Blob, Perseids, More
<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/photogalleries/100818-best-space-perseids-saturn-mercury-pictures-107/">Space Photos This Week: Star Blob, Perseids, More</a>...
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Earth's green carbon sink on the wane : Nature News
<a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100819/full/news.2010.418.html?s=news_rss">Earth's green carbon sink on the wane : Nature News</a>...
lunareclipse030307 158 (by Samuel George)
<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7tay7brcm1qzqpuio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/starrydude/409348841/in/photostream/">lunareclipse030307 158</a> (by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/starryd...
RealClimate: Doing it yourselves
<a href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2010/08/doing-it-yourselves/">RealClimate: Doing it yourselves</a>...
Astounding Video Shows 30 Years of Asteroid Discoveries
<a href="http://www.universetoday.com/72151/astounding-video-shows-30-years-of-asteroid-discoveries/">Astounding Video Shows 30 Years of Asteroid Discoveries</a>...