Space

July 7, 2012

On Religion and Ignorance

I recently read a post by a student at a Christian university regarding philosophy. There were some statements made about learning about “opposing viewpoints such as the Big Bang theory.” The author went on to make erroneous comments about molecules evolving and “the universe, the sun, and everything in it would have already died” by the time life had evolved. Here are some issues I have with the post:

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June 25, 2012

itsfullofstars: Project Mercury America’s first space program.

June 20, 2012

itsfullofstars: Monkeying around in Skylab Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, Commander for the Skylab 4 mission, jokingly demonstrates weight training in zero-gravity as he balances astronaut William R. Pogue, pilot, upside down on his finger. Elizabeth and I were talking about SkyLab yesterday. Here’s a link to the Wikipedia article if anyone wants more info about America’s first space station: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab

June 7, 2012

Elizabeth’s favorite planet (Neptune) as seen in the infrared last night at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii. The bright red are strong storms.

June 6, 2012

The Transit of Venus

Yesterday, a rare astronomical event happened: Venus crossed in front of the sun. I was able to see this personally, and several interesting facts occurred to me. First, watch this 3 minute video from NASA. It was recorded by the Solar Dynamics Observatory in orbit above the Earth. Watch in HD if you can. Let’s start with the sun. In this video, one can easily make out the boiling surface of the sun and the magnetic storms that brighten it with loops of plasma many times larger than the Earth.

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