Category: Astro(physics)
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Tools for SF Worldbuilding – a 3D simulation of the Solar System’s neighbourhood
Everybody who has dealt with worldbuilding in SF that involves star systems beyond ours knows what I’m talking about – a lot of resources…
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Worldbuilding for SF – A Writer’s Guide, review
“The classic advice to writers is “Write about what you know.” But if you’re a science fiction writer, you often write about what you…
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See you on Enceladus
That Enceladus is one of the most spectacular moons in the Solar System is already known – for many reasons, including pure aesthetic ones.…
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The Great Red Spot makes the news (again)
If there is a famous image for Jupiter, it’s for sure the one of its Great Read Spot, which is a giant, spinning, fast travelling…
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Dreaming of Dyson Spheres
A recent discovery by Kepler, the planet hunter, has got everybody in the scientific community excited, as a brief look to this week’s news can…
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Pluto’s latest surprises
… If you have thought we were done with Pluto (who dares still calling it a dwarf, planet or anything?), well, get ready. NASA…
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2015 Nobel Prize goes to Neutrinos
…. or, to be more precise, to their investigators. As announced today, October 6, on the official webpage, “The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015…
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Water on Mars, what’s the big deal?
… I mean, it’s not like there’s no H2O anywhere in the Solar System apart from our planet. We know for a fact that…
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Dragon scales on Pluto’s surface
It seems surprises are not over yet – at least judging from what the newly-downloaded data from New Horizons showed to NASA scientists. Together…
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Tools for sky lovers (and SF worldbuilders) – eSky
I have already written some time ago about tools for exploring the night sky and find your way around. Today I want to talk…
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Go, New Horizons, Go – The next target
Dust has not yet settled on Pluto’s amazing Flyby that New Horizons got more job to do. Or so it seems. In a way,…
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Broadcasting Earth to the aliens – NASA Soundcloud
Not satisfied with having already uploaded an amazing series of recording about space events and planetary radio emissions, and even created a radio (Third…
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Here we are, Pluto. Earth is watching!
I can’t almost believe Pluto Day has arrived. While I’m writing this New Horizons, after a trip of nine years, is at T-3, 94,670…
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Summer 2015 – Events not to be missed
Summer 2015 promises to be exciting, with a lot of things going on… While I can’t *sigh* possibly attend everything, there are some of them…
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Playing with the Stars – Best Software
One of the things that has changed the most for star lovers in these last years is the sheer availability of software that allows…
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The end of an era of planetary exploration
Yes, you read it correctly. With New Horizon’s historical mission, the first era of planetary exploration – where we have explored all planets of…
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Get your own Chandra X-ray Observatory… in 3D Printing
If like me you are a 3D printing and an astronomy fan, and you have time to spare this weekend, there’s something out there…
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Eris, the goddess planet of discord
Eris is the name of the Greek goddess of chaos and discord, famous for being the one who caused the Trojan War by throwing the…
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Going to Pluto: New Horizons’ new imagery
One of the most exciting features of New Horizons, on its way for the expected Pluto’s flyby next month, is the amazing pictures the…
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Solar System’s Best Flybys – which one is your favourite?
Thanks to Cassini, we got spoiled for flybys over planets and moons – just think that we are now at number 111 (the last…
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Life in the universe – where to search for it
I have recently read many articles about where life in the universe is likely to be found and what are the preconditions for it. This…
