Monthly Archives: December 2008

Jupiter is Beautiful too…

“Outside In” focuses on Saturn but Jupiter is pretty awesome too. Hubble caught this great photograph. Enjoy. Tweet

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Large underground bodies of water very likely on Enceladus

If you need a break from yet more economic doom and gloom, Cassini keeps turning amazing evidence for liquid water on Enceladus. This moon could end up being the most famous place in our solar system one day. Read more … Continue reading

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Size Matters – quick thoughts on Blu-Ray & Giant Screen

So, I just got a nice but cheap projector, the Panasonic AX-200U, for “Outside In”. It happens to be really cheap if you buy via Microsoft Live Cashback (cost me $800 shipped) and has a couple of great features for … Continue reading

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Another Spacecraft you may not have heard of

When I started working on this project, I was amazed by how few people knew that the Cassini spacecraft was at Saturn, and horrified to find that almost no-one outside of the space field knew about the Huygens lander on … Continue reading

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Puffy Stars and New Planet – our future in 5 billion or so

This is pretty cool – yet another new planet discovered and yes, not a big news story. But one of these days, there is a great chance that one of this little blurbs will be a precursor to the biggest … Continue reading

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