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Category Archives: Space

The Alan Parsons Project

Okay so maybe lasers on the moon will more accurately show us the distance between the moon and the Earth and reveal possible new physics. But I’m more worried about it becoming a weapon for supervillains.

Link Dump: Random Junk

I’m eventually going to post something about this on CWAMB. A pretty cool article about the statistical truth behind baseball’s hitting slump.
So not only is she brilliant, an astronomy student and getting a grant from NASA to study methods to get a spacecraft to Mars safely behind the ’shield’ of a large asteroid, but she’s [...]

You mean there’s NOT a face on Mars?

Alas, all those people who think there is a face on Mars at Cydonia need to pull more pseudo-science ouf of their ass, as it’s just a particularly striking, although natural, mesa formation.

Cool! Dark Matter!

Dark matter exists, which is really quite rad.

Meteor Shower…then death?

A meteor shower tonight because of – Comet Schwassmann Wachmann 3. but does that also mean….. death on Thursday? heh

The Artificial Ionosphere

In 1963, US scientists created a temporary artificial ring around the earth, made up of tiny copper needles, to serve as an artivicial ionosphere off which to bounce Cold War communications signals.

Stupid, Stupid, Stupid

WWdN: In Exile: Oklahoma Politicians Decide Some Videogames are “Harmful to Minors”

We’re All Gonna DIE!!!

Death By Comet
Ohhhh yes! A great conspiracy/crazy theory that’s only a month away! It’s something that you’d hear on Coast To Coast AM (in fact, it’s on the hot stories part of the website right now).
Comet Schwassman-Wachmann follows a five-year orbit that crosses the solar system’s ecliptic plane. It has followed its five year orbit [...]

Turn around bright eyes

Did a little research, and the next total eclipse of the sun visible around here will be August 21, 2017. Even better, the greatest eclipse will occur right aroud the Evansville, Indiana area. What’s really scary… I will be 39 going on 40 at that point. Oy.

Buried Cities On Mars!

Ahhhhhhh I love rediculous crap you hear on Coast To Coast AM. Like this website that thinks we’ve found evidence of buried cities on mars. Heh. Riiiiiiiight.

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