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When “up” and “down” lose their meaning…

5 Sep 201927 Aug 2019
You know, I can't wrap my head around the idea that "up" and "down" may lose their meaning. I mean, you'll still be there thinking of your scalp as the…
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Recent tectonics

15 Aug 201917 Aug 2019
The fault line in this image was created "Less than 10 million years ago." In other words, and as the source claims, rather "recent"-ly. Let me write that again: The…
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No comet

8 Aug 20198 Aug 2019
You know what strikes me about asteroid Gault (6478)? Astronomers believe it might be disintegrating due to the sunlight's effect on its spin velocity. Yes, I just wrote that. Photons,…
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Classic Hubble awesomeness

13 Jun 20192 Jun 2019
When we think of the Hubble Telescope, we think of those wonderful, out-of-this world images of nebulae and galaxies. Yet, this, too, is part of the Hubble Telescope's legacy: Planetary…
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Space vs. Invisible braces

16 Apr 20195 Apr 2019
If you want to know more, the term to look for online is "space technology spin-off". Alternatively, just comment below. :) © 2019 Alexander Biebricher All Rights Reserved.
Stream of consciousness

Exoplanetary science

11 Apr 201911 Apr 2019
You have no idea just how far away exoplanets are. Really, you don't. Yes, you may have constructed for yourself the illusion of knowing - by means of ever larger…
Stream of consciousness

Astronaut’s glory

4 Apr 20194 Apr 2019
Click through to the source. I can give you the gist, but can't do it justice: A pilot's glory is a circular rainbow. Sun in the back, you look down…
Stream of consciousness

A sky full of stars

31 Jan 201919 Jan 2019
When growing up, I thought accountancy was boring. Becoming a researcher, spending nights looking at lines and points on screens during experiments, I realised that accountancy was probably really exciting,…
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A thermal map of Europa

7 Dec 20185 Dec 2018
I know people who would like to use that kind of technology on their house to see where it's leaking warmth. As it is, this image shows one of Jupiter's…

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