Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
Here my periodic summary of some of the space news worth discussing this week. As usual, I have provided a link and included my comments, so that you can go & pick the ones that interest you the most. Hubble Gazes…
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Here my periodic summary of some of the space news worth discussing this week. As usual, I have provided a link and included my comments, so that you can go & pick the ones that interest you the most. Scientists are…
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I have talked about the sky view from other planets / moons in other posts, but nothing has impressed me more than this one below. This (now iconic) photo here was taken on July 19, 2013 by the wide-angle camera on…
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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 into Saturn for what has been named “Gran Finale”. More precisely, starting from Nov. 30, 2016,…
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That Enceladus is one of the most spectacular moons in the Solar System is already known – for many reasons, including pure aesthetic ones. The frozen moon with its ice plumes and crater-ridden surface is a familiar pretty view, especially…
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Thanks to Cassini, we got spoiled for flybys over planets and moons – just think that we are now at number 111 (the last one was carried out on May, 7 over Titan’s Xanadu region – see this link for…
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There have been in these last weeks many news discussing aspects of the biggest gas giant of the Solar System, and one of them has caught my attention. This article explains how Jupiter would most likely be the responsible of the shape and the…
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On a long-haul flight I’ve finally found the time to watch Interstellar, and if you have not done it yet, I advise you to. It is an awesome movie, for many reasons, and I can mention here just a few of them,…
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During this Christmas break (still ongoing) I was thinking about the most amazing videos I have watched in 2014, and there are many that qualify in this sense. This year has been remarkable under many aspects, for a start. Also, thanks to this blog, I…
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If you were dreaming about the day we are going to leave and explore the Solar System, take space elevators down to Mars and sky-diving over the Ligeia Mare on Titan, look no further. Wanderers, by Erik Wernquist, is a…
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