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Our orange sun
From Astronomy Picture of the Day, here’s an interesting photo of our sun. For those of you with iPads, Astronomy Picture of the Day has an iPad app that’s very cool, and free to boot. Highly recommended. An explanation of … Continue reading
Sony’s paper-thin flexible OLED display
Someday this stuff, or something like it, will be what everyone thinks of when they say “paper.”
Happy birthday to the laser
The laser turns 50 today, so Happy Birthday! Who knew? But I still don’t have my weaponized laser pistol, and I still want one now as much as I did when I was ten. So now you know what to … Continue reading
A big-ass crater on one of Saturn’s moons
Wow, this pic is cool. Relative to the size of the moon Mimas, the crater is absolutely gigantic. I’m sure the impact was quite a sight, back in the day. Photo courtesy of Astronomy Picture of the Day. Click on … Continue reading
The might of Apollo 11′s engines during liftoff, at 500 frames per second
I love the space program. My earliest memories are of my father waking me up to watch the Apollo 11 launch and subsequent landing on the Moon. While manned spaceflight has been something of a disappointment in recent years — … Continue reading
Because watching stuff blow up in slow motion is cool
Below are some high speed clips of explosions where you can see the shock wave expanding from the blast center. Pretty cool stuff to watch, if you ask me (and you didn’t, but I’m going to give you my opinion … Continue reading
