Passive Radio Ice Depth Experiment
A detailed analysis of Antarctic ice data measurements comprised 50 years of exploration show that the White Continent contains about …
Category Archives: Astronomy
Russian meteorite event
A powerful blast rocked the Russian region of Ural Mountains near Chelyabinsk city early Friday morning on February 15th, 2013 …
Transit of Venus
It is today, on June 5, 2012. It starts at sunset on East Coast (actually at 2 PM). Venus will …
Once upon a time there was a star
Once upon a time there was a star. It was big, hot, luminous, and very proud of itself. It was …
Discovery’s last flight
We captured the space shuttle Discovery as it passed over Bethesda, MD to its permanent location at the Smithsonian’s annex …
Sky in April 2012
The Lyrid Meteor Shower peaks at April 21-22 night, the best observing time is from midnight to dawn April 22. …
On March 15, 5 suborbital sounding rockets are scheduled to launch from the NASA Wallops Facility, VA
This is part of a study of the upper level jet stream located in the mesosphere. These five rockets will …
Drilling Lake Vostok
On February 5th, 2012, the Russian team has finally managed to penetrate through almost 4000 m (3,768 m) of Antarctica’s …
My favorite blogs and web sites
I decided to compile a list of my favorite blogs and web site, the ones I visit the most. Here …
Sky in February, 2012
On Tuesday, January 31, near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros makes its closest approach to Earth since 1975. Tuesday morning, it appears …
