Category: Astro(physics)
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Skies from other planets – The peaks of eternal light
In the day of the Summer Solstice – the longest day of the year – I thought appropriate talking about the famous peaks of…
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(More) Space Art from NASA
I have already written about the beautiful artwork produced by NASA over the years, so I won’t go through any lengthy explanation – this…
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Viewed from Saturn – a small point in the sky
I have talked about the sky view from other planets / moons in other posts, but nothing has impressed me more than this one…
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Exoplanet Update – Where are we now?
Four days ago, NASA made an amazing announcement – the biggest discovery of exoplanets to date. According to their figures, which added 1,284 planets…
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Analysing the stars out there with SAOImage DS9 (a powerful tool)
Getting to know the space out there in a more scientific way has never been as simple (I wouldn’t say easy, since it still…
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News from Saturn – Getting ready for Cassini’s plunge
It is not a real news that the glorious Cassini’s mission will come to an end in April 2017, when the spaceship will plunge…
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The Last Days on Mars (2013). A review.
The Last Days on Mars, otherwise said, Zombies meet Aliens in The Martian’s setting – without all the quality and the thrill. This is,…
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We love Mars – future home in space
If there’s a place that has been constantly in the mind of all space lovers in terms of a future home in space of…
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NASA wonders (almost) in the making
That NASA is getting back to its past splendours is a suspicion I harbour since a while, considering the increasing number of the Agency’s…
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Sun parties on Mercury
“The sun is always just about to rise. Mercury rotates so slowly that you can walk fast enough over its rocky surface to stay…
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New Horizons reaches the Kuiper Belt’s inner edge
After its historical fly-by of Pluto last year, New Horizons is now well on its way to explore more of the Kuiper Belt’s area…
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Under a Venusian sky
This is the second post of the series “how your sky looks when observed from another planet”. I have already briefly spoken about the…
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Skygazing in the Solar System – what does it look like?
One thing I always wondered is how the sky looks when observed from another planet; and as a matter of fact, only in few…
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What’s up in space? Hidden galaxies, black holes and (many) waves
There are always a lot of things happening in outer space – probes, launches and explorations to keep us busy – but this week seems…
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Star Wars VII. (Not a) Review
After many discussions with friends, and considering all angles, I’m not ashamed to say it loud and clear: I didn’t like Ep VII of…
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Dawn’s best imagery
Dawn’s mission to Ceres has certainly been one of the highlights of 2015 space missions, exploring a new world in the Asteroid Belt and…
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Planet 9, X, and counting…
For a bizarre coincidence, I’ve written about the fabled (and infamous) Planet X just this time last year, mentioning that, from the analysis of some…
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Pluto’s moon system – how cool can it be?
One of the most valuable results New Horizons was able to deliver in its historic Pluto’s flyby was more information and precious imagery of…
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Crossing Saturn’s Rings – the 2016 Finale
It’s not the first time I cover this authentic natural wonder, including posting a link to a media gallery with some of the best Cassini’s…
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2015 in space missions
If 2014 was a great year for space lovers – Rosetta is just an example, even though a telling one – 2015 has been even…
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XXI Century Sci-Fi – Broken Angels, by Richard Morgan
Broken Angels (2003) is a SF dystopian novel by Richard K. Morgan, and the sequel of Altered Carbon, by many considered the cyberpunk of the…
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More Jupiter in the news
Do you remember the claim that Jupiter is somehow a failed star? Well, this time it seems we have finally found a star that…
