G’day! I hope this day finds you all in good spirits. I’m listening to a debate (again!) as I type this entry, which ought to pop up on this site by 20:00 EST this Caturday. Things have been busy but acceptable, and that’s alright. This week marks in physics history the second time the LIGO experiment has picked up gravitational waves, the song of the Cosmos, the result of a merger of two more black holes about 1.5 billion years ago and the same in lightyears of distance. That’s a good thing considering the effects on anything in the vicinity of the merger, particularly instant of the two black holes becoming one. So, it’s back to the books, safe in the knowledge that this event, while darned awesome and fun to think about, is safely distant, both in space and time, but knowable to we fortunate humans at this lucky moment of our exploration of the universe.
Talotaa frang.
Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
Galaxy Evolution Tracking Animation
Stars and Gas of the Running Chicken Nebula
Tycho’s Supernova Remnant Expands
Three Planets from Pic du Midi
NGC 4631: The Whale Galaxy
The Shadow of Surveyor 1
Comet PanSTARRS and the Helix Nebula
The Supernova and Cepheids of Spiral Galaxy UGC 9391
Night on Venus in Infrared from Orbiting Akatsuki
The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble
Pluto at Night
NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula
The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies
A Roll Cloud Over Uruguay
Unexplained Dimmings in KIC 8462852
North America and Pelican Nebulas
GW151226: A Second Confirmed Source of Gravitational Radiation
Northern Lights above Lofoten
Comet PanSTARRS in the Southern Fish
Sputnik Planum vs. Krun Macula
Tri-Weekly Astrognuz:
470 Million Year Old Meteorite Discovered in Swedish Quarry
Hubble Image of HB 12 a Dying Star Surrounded by Gas and Dust
Big Picture Science Radio Show: Surviving the Anthropocene
Rover Opportunity Wrapping up Study of Martian Valley
Peering for Pluto: Our Guide to Opposition 2016
SpaceX Wants to Send Humans to Mars by 2024
Evidence for Tsunamis in an Ancient Martian Ocean and the Search for Habitable Environments
NASA Spots Single Methane Leak from Space
Mammals Were Already Flourishing When the Axe Fell on the Dinosaurs
Japanese Space Probe Akatsuki is Sending Back Images and Data from Venus
The Other Way to Find Life Out There
Gluttonous Star May Hold Clues to Planet Formation
The Call of Troithulu 