We have a pool also, which I have yet to dip more than fingers in. Dasniya has been swimming around in it most nights, with François the scuba-diving cameraman. Last night the blanketing grey cleared around an almost-full moon, which … Continue reading
I got up early to to watch the MSL Curiosity land on Mars. Utterly amazing! 7 Minutes of terror! Wow, and live tweeting, Google Hangout with some of the most incredible astronomers, live feeds from NASA and ESL … pictures arriving … Continue reading
Many of you who read my blog or know me personally know I am a bit of a lush for science. The astrophysics of monadologie came from my residency at Swinburne Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, which in itself is … Continue reading
Sometimes I get really deliriously happy about humans and what we occasionally do. Phoenix landed in the Martian arctic this morning and started sending pictures. rather happy at mission control phoenix at north polar region of mars
On Mars! Quite the most spectacular photograph I’ve seen this year. Look out below! HiRISE caught an avalanche in action! hirise.lpl.ar… It was so exciting to find this image! The image was intended to be part of a series of … Continue reading
Everyone seems to know! How excellent! Science! Astronomy! Eclipses! Shame Adelaide has decided to pull a murky layer of cloud over itself. lunar eclipse timelapse
Last night was a rather interesting experience for me that I’m not going to blog about, but certainly has much in common with what I was writing about Felix Ruchert a couple of days ago. So instead I’m saying nothing … Continue reading
One of my dream residencies would be the Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship, all kinds of Robert-Scott-I-am-just-going-outside-and-may-be-some-time excitement. Sadly my tranny drug cocktail precludes immortalising myself thusly. But art and science residencies leave me feeling smutty, like a good early morning … Continue reading
Continuing on from yesterday’s quotes from HAL as post titles, I was giddy with anticipation about NASA‘s Mars announcement today, and had to wait till I got home before the immensely satisfying statement of liquid water on Mars in the … Continue reading
Who woulda thought NASA would suddenly come over all media-savvy and blip out not one but two press releases in a matter of days? First with the “Back to the Moon! (er … soon … ish)”, which has got everyone … Continue reading