Europa has been the focus of attention for the search for life outside the confines of Earth for quite a while. Simply read 2010: Odyssey Two for instance. Arthur C. Clarke was all over Europa way back in 1982. And, [...]
This is a beautiful image. Nature makes wonderful art. And giant supercomputers. I think my favorite artist is nature filtered through a massive supercomputer. Not really. Still pretty cool though. Magnetic fields emerging from below the surface of the sun [...]
There is a thing called “channel drift”. It is a phenomenon where a particular station or network starts out with a theme, a stated purpose and slowly over time drifts away from that and becomes something else entirely. It’s like [...]
Another beautiful image courtesy of the folks at NASA. Also it reminds me of a rather underrated King Crimson album: Islands A long observation with Chandra of the supernova remnant MSH 11-62 reveals an irregular shell of hot gas, shown [...]
Recently all the major players in the comic book world – Marvel, DC/Warner Bros, Sony and Fox – announced the schedule of upcoming films for the next five years. This is incredibly convenient as I can now plan all my [...]
This image is beautiful. To be honest I really don’t see the hand shape, but maybe that’s just me. I’m usually really good at finding recognizable shapes and faces in patterns, clouds and wood grain, etc. What do you see? [...]
Wow, it seems like a long time between posts doesn’t it? That’s because, well, it has been a long time between posts. I took an impromptu and unplanned hiatus from the blog for about a month. (Quick note: impromptu and [...]
This Image of the Day is from a few days ago and I find it to be haunting and beautiful. On a side note, I love these NASA Image of the Day pictures and I check the site, well, daily. [...]
