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- Posters for the International Year of Astronomy by disassociated.com on Nov 4, 2009
A great collection of posters created by Simon Page, marking the International Year of Astronomy, being this year.
- A short history of radio telescopes by disassociated.com on Oct 22, 2009
A photo gallery depicting the evolution of radio telescopes dating from their invention 70 years ago. Radio astronomy began with static. Bell Laboratories wanted to get rid of it and went looking for its causes. With a hand-built radio telescope, Ka...
- Retrospectacle - Nothing In The ‘Verse Can Stop Me by Podblack Cat on Oct 5, 2009
What is Retrospectacle? This series of posts are a kind of Thomas Dolby-inspired ‘retrospectacle’ of earlier entries from my site, which will fill in during the time that I am busy working and cannot blog on a regular basis as usual. I’ll...
- TED Tuesday: Future of SETI by Watchful eyes, thoughtful mind on Sep 22, 2009
The SETI Institute's Jill Tarter makes her TED Prize wish: to accelerate our search for cosmic company. Using a growing array of radio telescopes, she and her team listen for patterns that may be a sign of intelligence elsewhere in the universe.
- Fourth 365 Days of Astronomy appearance by Brains Matter on Sep 22, 2009
The 22/9/2009 episode of 365 Days of Astronomy was the fourth contribution by Brains Matter to the IYA podcast effort. In this particular episode, I talk about Ruby Payne Scott, an Australian physicist, who was the world’s first female radio as...
- 101 - Dr Paul Francis - Comets, Pink Black Holes & Teaching Astronomy by Brains Matter on Sep 19, 2009
In this episode, I talk to Dr Paul Francis from the Australian National University in Canberra on the topic of comets. - What are comets? - Where do they come from? - How big are comets in general? - What are they made of? - How big can comets be? -...
- Weirdest cosmological theories by Watchful eyes, thoughtful mind on Sep 17, 2009
Stephen Battersby of New Scientist gives a primer on the 10 most weird cosmological theories put forward by various individuals over the centuries.Clashing branesEvolving universesSuperfluid space-timeGoldilocks universeGravity reaches outCosmic ghos...
