Blog Archive
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/03/06 02:08 CST
A recap of the "carnival of nerdly delights" that is LeetUp.
This is how far human radio broadcasts have reached into the galaxy
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/02/24 05:26 CST
There is an ever-expanding bubble announcing Humanity's presence to anyone listening in the Milky Way.
The Scale of the Universe, by Cary and Michael Huang
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/02/16 10:14 CST
Cary and Michael Huang present a basic "powers of ten" visualization starting at human scale from which you can scrub downward smaller than quarks or upward to the scale of the entire universe.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/02/09 12:26 CST
A week ago, the New Horizons team announced an effort to gather signatures in support of a petition to the U.S. Postal Service to commemorate the historic flyby of Pluto on a stamp.�
Geek craft: GRAIL twins Ebb and Flow in plastic canvas
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/01/25 12:10 CST
Geek craft: GRAIL twins Ebb and Flow in plastic canvas
The Dawn spacecraft, modeled in an unlikely medium
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/01/17 02:04 CST | 3 comments
The Dawn spacecraft, modeled in an unlikely medium











