Thoughts on space, technology, and everything in between.
[](https://media.orbitingfrog.com/uploads/2026/02/1771788072510-yz6163.jpg) NASA have released the raw version of Friday's #WaveAtSaturn photograph of theâ¦
Smile for the camera... in space! In fact it's cameras as two spacecraft will be taking images of the Earth tonight - there might still be time to get your…
Plants aren't something I know very much about, but I remember the concept of turgor pressure from my GCSEs. Plant cells absorb water a different way to the…
For better or worse citizen science has become a fashionable term, but what is it and why do people like it? Citizen Science is a big component in a larger…
A new journal begins today, Astronomy and Computing, covering the intersection of astronomy, computer science and information technology. This journal isâ¦
The periodic mention of a 'supermoon' in the news cycle is starting to annoy me. A supermoon is simply not that much bigger than any other Moon! It's…
[](https://media.orbitingfrog.com/uploads/wp-migrated/2013/06/screen-shot-2013-06-17-at-21-25-11.png)It doesn't matter what it is: today this was progress.
The response my previous blog post about gender bias took me by surprise. Apparently if you talk about this stuff openly, people have a lot to say. More thanâ¦
[](https://media.orbitingfrog.com/uploads/wp-migrated/2013/06/m45-pleiades-jack-newton.jpg) Image Credit: Jack Newton There's a cool paper on arXiv today inâ¦
A recent APOD featured this beautiful video of the Northern Lights over Norway. The opening shot is almost exactly how I saw the aurora in 2012. The Sun is atâ¦