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Astronomy Picture of the Day

By on January 27, 2012 in Photography, Travel

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day: Galaxies NGC 3239 and SN 2012A
And it seems that the weeks are going by nearly as fast as the weekends! It’s been all good, though; the lack of posting this week was due to my workload really picking up. Something I always approve of! This weekend and next week I’ll be sure to plan ahead a little bit better so that I can at least get my daily posts out.

For now, enjoy this: today’s entry in NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day of NGC 3239 and SN 2012A.

About 40,000 light-years across, pretty, irregular galaxy NGC 3239 lies near the center of this lovely field of galaxies in the galaxy rich constellation Leo. At a distance of only 25 million light-years it dominates the frame, sporting a peculiar arrangement of structures, young blue star clusters and star forming regions, suggesting that NGC 3239 (aka Arp 263) is the result of a galaxy merger. Appearing nearly on top of the pretty galaxy is a bright, spiky, foreground star, a nearby member of our own Milky Way galaxy almost directly along our line-of-sight to NGC 3239. Still, NGC 3239 is notable for hosting this year’s first confirmed supernova, designated SN 2012A. It was discovered early this month by supernova hunters Bob Moore, Jack Newton, and Tim Puckett. Indicated in a cropped version of the wider image, SN 2012A is just below and right of the bright foreground star. Of course, based on the light-travel time to NGC 3239, the supernova explosion itself occurred 25 million years ago, triggered by the core collapse of a massive star.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Earth Fly-Over

By on September 30, 2011 in Science / Technology, Weekend Adventures


Amazing footage, now with nifty music!

No flea market for us this weekend. We will, instead be having a yard sale at our place to help Jack’s mum with sorting and selling her costumes. We also hope to make it out to a few of the artists that are part of Open Studios. Enjoy yours!

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Single Hauz

By on June 9, 2011 in Home, Interior Design & Architecture

Single Hauz by front_architects
Front Architects have quite a unique take on the concept of compact living spaces!

Inspired by a billboard it is designed as an object that can easily fit into almost any place on Earth. Particularly recommended to locations with extra-ordinary landscape conditions: forest, sea, lake, mountains, meadows; yet a sideway of a city thoroughfare.

Via BLDGBLOG

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90-Square-Foot Microstudio

By on April 29, 2011 in Apartment, New York


I, personally, could not handle that bed, but kudos to her for making it work!
Via Fair Companies

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Studio of My Dreams

By on April 7, 2011 in Home, Interior Design & Architecture

PataPri Studio
Tons of light. Tons of storage. Huge crafting table. Neat and organized computer space. And a turquoise ceiling! Heaven!

PataPri @ Studio Sweet Studio

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The Only Home We’ve Ever Known

By on April 12, 2010 in motivational, Science / Technology, Vision

The Only Home We've Ever Known
Been thinking about this video all morning. It’s so easy to get caught up in the little things, but it’s good to take a few million steps back and take a look at the much, much larger picture.

It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. It underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the only home we’ve ever known.The pale blue dot.

EDIT: Looks like the video was taken down… that was fast! Go to Gizmodo where they have embedded into their own page.
Via Gizmodo

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Imagining the 10th Dimension

By on August 14, 2008 in Science / Technology, Vision


Very cool, well explained video about all the dimensions (we know of), which is, believe it or not, 10! Everything is explained very straightforward and, though the ideas are complex, in a way that even I was able to get. I’m considering picking up the book; if not for me, than for my father, who I would think would be very interested in these kind of things.

Most of us have gotten used to the idea of there being four dimensions: but how can we possibly imagine the tenth? This project starts from the unique argument that time really is just one of the directions in the fourth spatial dimension, and our spacetime universe is being created one planck length at a time as we twist and turn in the available branches of the fifth dimension. This “new way of thinking about time and space” is not the traditional position of mainstream science: still, many people around the world feel this new idea has resonances with their own ways of understanding reality.

Official Site | Via +KN

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The Sky, From Above

By on June 16, 2008 in Art & Design, Science / Technology, Vision

The Sky, From Above
Incredible photos! The above (one of my favorites) is of a dust storm over Mali, Sahara Desert.
Via Dark Roasted Blend

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Google Earth’s New Cousin – the WorldWide Telescope

By on May 13, 2008 in Science / Technology

WorldWide Telescope

The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe.

Quoted from WorldWide Telescope

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I wanted to be a Xenobiologist when I was a kid!

By on May 12, 2008 in News, Science / Technology

Space Lawyer!

First Space Lawyer Graduates
A student at the University of Mississippi will leap into the final frontier of the legal system Saturday when he receives the first-ever space law certificate in the United States.

Michael Dodge of Long Beach, Miss., earned the special distinction along with his law degree through the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law at the university’s law school.
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