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Orbiting Frog Shop
The Orbiting Frog Shop is back online, selling my own designs on t-shirts and other products. I used to have a shop associated with this blog, run throughâ¦
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Thoughts on space, technology, and everything in between.
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#uksnow from Space
Wow! I saw this amazing image thanks to Stuart retweeting a @NASA posting. It shows the UK covered in snow, from the NASA Earth Observatory program website and…
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My Red Blue Moon
A really quick to show my snaps of yesterdayâs partial lunar eclipse, on a blue moon. You can see the little bite taken out of the Moon on the lower-right,â¦
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Blue Moon Eclipse
So hereâs something that totally passed me by: there is a partial lunar eclipse tonight! Thanks to Astropixie and Astronomy Blog for pointing it out - I wouldâ¦
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Happy 2010
Well I have little to say right now as I am currently working hard (ahem!) writing my thesis. I have four chapters to complete in draft by January 11th.â¦
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Rosette Nebula and HOBYS
Last week there was a meeting in Madrid showcasing the first results from ESAâs new space-borne infrared observatory Herschel. All the talks from the workshopâ¦
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The Winter Solstice
In looking for a nice link to send someone explaining the concept of the Solstice, I came across this excellent series of images from the Wikipedia article on…
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What was the Star of Bethlehem?
Sigh. So it’s that time of time year - “what was the Star of Bethlehem?”. This is a question a lot of astronomers will be innocently asked by all sorts of…
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Herschel Stares into Aquila
Well Herschel has done it again - releasing an incredible image filled with beauty and science. This time it shows a distant, dark cloud located a thousandâ¦
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Merry Fucking Christmas
Sorry about the blog post title - itâs one my favourite South Park Christmas songs and it is in my head at the moment. It is also fairly apt for tomorrowâsâ¦