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Did You Know? The Space Shuttle Runs On Only One Megabyte Of RAM!

Posted on Mar 27, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Space Exploration

It’s true! NASA’s space shuttle is controlled by a computer running on only one megabyte of RAM. How is this possible? Since the space shuttle and all its hardware is over 30 years old, so is its computer. The current … Continue reading →

Astronomy Picture of the Week – The Rings of Saturn

Posted on Mar 14, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Pictures

This picture of Saturn’s rings in its natural colors has been taken by the Cassini probe from an angle impossible to get from Earth. We can see a huge gap in Saturn’s rings. This is caused by the planet obscuring … Continue reading →

Inflatable Space Stations

Posted on Mar 13, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Futurism, Pictures, Space Exploration

NASA is considering the use of inflatable modules for the International Space Station (ISS). This idea has been proposed as early as in the 1960s, but it has never been put to use in space until Bigelow Aerospace took over … Continue reading →

Astronomy Picture of the Week – The Rosette Nebula

Posted on Mar 7, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Pictures

The Rosette Nebula is a quite large nebula and is located 3,000 light-years away. This picture was taken in the light emitted by three elements of the ionized gas from the nebula. The red color comes from hydrogen, green from … Continue reading →

Dark Asteroids Discovered, Possible Threat to Earth

Posted on Mar 6, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Futurism, Science Fiction, Space Exploration

An infrared space telescope, called the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has discovered several dark asteroids close to Earth that could possibly be a threat to our planet. Those asteroids are very dark and reflect less than 10% of the … Continue reading →

Mimas And Iapetus, Two Odd Moons Of Saturn

Posted on Mar 3, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Science Fiction, Space Exploration

Saturn has a lot of moons. Two of them are really odd, and bear a striking resemblance to the Death Star from the Star Wars movies. Mimas has a crater of approximately the same scale as the one on the … Continue reading →

Astronomy Picture of the Week – Sombrero Galaxy

Posted on Feb 28, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Pictures

This stunning picture of the Sombrero Galaxy in infrared was taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The Sombrero Galaxy, also known as M104, is 50,000 light years across which makes it one of the largest galaxies of the Virgo Cluster … Continue reading →

Possibilities for Life on Mars

Posted on Feb 26, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy
Meteorite from Mars with biological fossils in it

An article was recently published by Scientific American, a very reputable science magazine, stating that evidence was found that life existed on Mars and was brought to Earth on a meteorite. The meteorite in question is called “Allan Hills 84001”. … Continue reading →

Astronomy Picture of the Week – The Orion Nebula

Posted on Feb 21, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Pictures
Orion Nebula

This is an awesome picture of the Orion Nebula taken by the Hubble Telescope. The Orion Nebula is located 1,500 light-years away from Earth. Astronomers believe it contains over a thousand young stars. Continue reading →

Did you know? The Moon has an Atmosphere

Posted on Feb 21, 2010 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Space Exploration

It is a common misconception that the Moon’s surface is a perfect vacuum. It is not! The Moon indeed has an atmosphere, a very tenuous one however. If you could capture the Moon’s entire atmosphere, it would weigh about 10,000 … Continue reading →

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