· Fun
Solar System by Numbers
Had a bit of fun this weekend creating these oh-so-factual images of the Sun and Planets. There are up to 10 numbers used to create each image - each oneâ¦
Blog
Thoughts on space, technology, and everything in between.
· Uncategorized
Planet Hunters Users Spotted 'Tattooine' Months Ago
On Planet Hunters Talk, they spotted the Tattooine planet Kepler-16 months ago - yay for citizen science! One user even posted a screenshot from Star Wars :)â¦
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PaperRater.org
The tagline for PaperRater is âopen review, collaborative reading of scientific papersâ. This seems like a good idea, but requires more people to use it moreâ¦
· News
Are there rings around Pluto?
An arXiv posting discussing the notion that Pluto could have rings. I suppose weâll find out in 2015 when New Horizons finally gives us a closeup of theâ¦
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Ancient History
Its almost a year since we moved to Witney, a few miles West of Oxford. Witney is a typical, Cotswold town in many ways, but that description doesnât really doâ¦
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Galaxy Zoo Finds the Milky Way's Twin
A-Level student Tim Buckman from Portsmouth Grammer School Has used Galaxy Zoo to find our own galaxyâs twin (see image below). He spent 6 weeks working withâ¦
· Interesting
Science Blogging
Iâve been at Science Online 2011 in London this weekend. One hot topic of conversation during Day One was science blogging and how it relates to scienceâ¦
#arsenic
#blogging
#open science
#solo11
· Uncategorized
Tal's Good Feet: Prognosis
If you’ve been following the progress of my nephew Tal, there was big news from Saint Louis yesterday! Tal (Taliesin) has been in the US for almost a month,…
· Satellite Tracking
Satellite Tracking on Google Earth [UPDATE]
With the final Space Shuttle launch last week, Iâve had a lot of interest lately about my satellite tracking scripts for Google Earth. They had fallen a littleâ¦
· Satellite Tracking
Track Atlantis #STS135 on Google Earth
I have a bunch of satellite tracking scripts for Google Earth and Twitter, and the recent Space Shuttle launch prompted a lot of enquires about tracking…
