LADEE and the Lunar Atmosphere
Fig. 1: Launch of the the Minotaur V rocket carrying LADEE. By Thomas (guest blogger) On the 6th of September NASA launched their LADEE mission (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer) into...
View ArticleBarefooted astrobiologist spreads ideas on intelligence
Disappointed by the US gov’t. shutdown? Hmm… intelligence can be hard to find these days on Earth. But surely there is intelligent life in space? ANU astrobiologist Charley Lineweaver wants us to...
View ArticleDoes My Moon Look Big In This?
By Adi It happens at least once every month. Sometimes, rarely, it happens twice a month. It’s when lunatics roam the streets and when drivers get distracted by what they see up there in the sky. It’s...
View ArticleCommunication Breakdown
By Thomas Over the last week space science got a lot of publicity thanks to Rosetta and its sidekick Philae. ESAs successful attempt to land a spacecraft on a comet was all over the news. Apart from...
View ArticleA Flying Visit to the Berkeley Synchrotron
By Rachel Earlier this year I was lucky enough to get to go over to California for a few days all in the name of science. We stayed up in the hills behind Berkeley, a short walk away from the......
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