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Watch the recording of my Google+ Science Hour with guest Dan Durda
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/06/07 01:55 CDT | 1 comments
On June 6 I hosted the Cosmoquest Weekly Science Hour. My guest was Dan Durda of the Southwest Research Institute. We talked asteroids, impact mitigation, searches for Vulcanoids, and suborbital experiments, and then he took us through how he creates his digital space art.
Artist's views of a night sky transformed by a galaxy merger
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/06/04 12:25 CDT | 2 comments
A measurement of the Andromeda galaxy's proper motion shows it's coming directly at us, and will collide with the Milky Way in 4 billion years. The event will transform the appearance of our night sky.
In Memory of Spirit, and Why Cuteness Matters
Posted by Melissa Rice on 2011/06/15 02:21 CDT
An analysis of "cuteness", and why it matters when talking about science.
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