Tag Archives: space

5.3.2013

Extreme Surface Features Of Mars: Olympus Mons, Tallest Volcano In The Solar System!

With Mars being our closest accessible neighbor, it’s no surprise that we have had so many missions to study the red warrior. The six active missions to Mars include the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Mars Exploration Rover (Opportunity), and the / read more…

4.26.2013

Saturn’s Magnetic Field Pulls “Rain” Into Atmosphere from Ring System

Saturn’s rings are responsible for a unique type of rain that falls into the atmosphere of the gas giant. Saturn’s magnetic field is pulling charged water particles into the atmosphere which interact with the atmosphere. Scientists estimate that there’s at / read more…

4.19.2013

7 Interesting Things About Our Solar System

The Solar System is a fascinating place, but it’s easy to be overwhelmed by its gargantuan size and the massive amount of data we have on everything we can gather data from. I have compiled a list of 7 things / read more…

4.13.2013

Solar System: Pale Blue Uranus

Uranus is a spectacular planet in our Solar System that scientists still don’t know much about. It is the seventh planet from our sun and it shares the title of Ice Giant with only Neptune. We’ve only had one space / read more…

4.4.2013

The Moons of Saturn: Iapetus

  These two global images of Iapetus show the extreme brightness dichotomy on the surface of this peculiar Saturnian moon. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

2.12.2013

Anti-Viral Ads: DirecTV Genie

Advertisements upset me. They seem designed to appeal to the misinformed, uninformed, or gullible; preying upon every emotional and logical weakness they can find. I often find myself insulted on behalf of humanity that the people behind these schemes think / read more…

1.25.2013

8 Fascinating Facts about Saturn

I fell in love with the gorgeous gas giant when I was just a small child. Saturn is the most decorated of all the planets, much like a royal queen that rules over the Solar System with regal beauty and / read more…

1.18.2013

Common Myths About Space – Revealed

I can remember being fascinated with space ever since I was a very young child. The first thing I did when we got our elementary school science text books was flip to the part about the planets so I could / read more…

1.11.2013

Gazing deeper into the Orion Constellation (Image Gallery) Part II

As promised, we will continue this week with the Orion Constellation. If you need to catch up start with Gazing Deep into the Orion Constellation and then read Gazing Deeper into the Orion Constellation (Image Gallery).

1.4.2013

Gazing deeper into the Orion Constellation (Image Gallery) Part I

I want to continue with the Orion constellation this week to go over each of the components in greater detail. There are parts of the Orion constellation that one can see with the naked eye but there are also quite / read more…