Concepts For A CubeSat LARP

Concepts For A CubeSat LARP

I am a firm believer that simulations improve reality.  If you want to launch a CubeSat, you should start with a fictional CubeSat, a very small orbiting satellite concept.  After deciding…
Super Moon - Your Semi-Annual Dose Of Apocalypse

Super Moon - Your Semi-Annual Dose Of Apocalypse

A 'Super Moon' - a new or full moon at 90% of its closest perigee - hasn't happened since...well, last year. But it's still cause for concern, according to people who need things to be concerned…
Arp 142: Celestial Bird Takes Flight

Arp 142: Celestial Bird Takes Flight

Arp 142 looks like the profile of a celestial bird but its imagery shouldn't overlook the fact that close encounters between galaxies are a messy business. The interacting galaxy duo Arp 142 contains…
METI: Should We Be Shouting At The Cosmos?

METI: Should We Be Shouting At The Cosmos?

David Brin first wrote this in 2006, summarizing a controversy that was then emerging among members of the community engaged in SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligent civilizations. Since…
Oph-IRS 48 Is A Comet 'Factory'

Oph-IRS 48 Is A Comet 'Factory'

While the universe is littered with planets, comets and lots of other rocky bodies, how tiny grains of dust in the disc around a young star grow bigger and bigger, to eventually become rubble and…
Putting a TARDIS in Space?

Putting a TARDIS in Space?

I am used to odd looks when I say I'm flying a satellite to convert the ionosphere to music.  The field of art/science hybrids is hard to assess.  What's your call on putting a TARDIS in…