Written by Marko on April 17, 2008
Only a 13-year-old school boy found an error in NASA's calculation and came up with much larger probability for the killer-asteroid Apophis to strike the Earth. According to NASA Apophis has 1/45.000 probability to strike the Earth. 13 years old Nico Marquardt noticed an error in NASA's calculation and corrected it to staggering 1/450, says Potsdamer Neuerster Nachricten magazine.
Apophis is a ...
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Written by Marko on April 15, 2008
There is an interesting formation in the sky right now. The moon, a planet (Saturn) and a star (Regulus) are all positioned close to each other, forming almost a triangle shape. Regulus, the star of the formation, is the main star of constellation Leo. All three objects are located close to each other only tonight. Tomorrow night they won't be located as close to each other as tonight, and day...
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Written by Marko on April 12, 2008
European Space Agency (ESA) is recruiting new astronauts. Anyone can leave an open application to ESA and therefore has a change to fly to space one day. Last time ESA recruited astronauts was in 1992. The overall selection process will start on Monday 19 May. The selected candidated will be trained in European Astronaut Centre (ESA-EAC) in Cologne, Germany.
"We want to find high-calibre me...
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Written by Marko on April 10, 2008
Sorry for this blogging hiatus. It has been really busy at work lately.
Few days ago I published the results of our March poll in which we asked if you are afraid of comet strikes. Although most people are not afraid of comet strikes, there is a little possibility that a big comet hits our planet and causes a nuclear winter type of situation. If that case the human race would be swept away. So...
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Written by Marko on April 6, 2008
There are huge amounts of ice and steam in the space, but it is not enough. Scientists searching for extraterrestrial life, are also looking for running water, which is the needed element for life to exist. Gas clouds and nebulae of the Milky Way contain trillions and trillions of liters of water. In order to estimate the amount of water in the Universe, we should multiply this figure by the amoun...
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Written by Marko on April 4, 2008
Phil Plait of Badastronomy.Com has discovered cool shuttle pictures. I read Phil's blog pretty often as he writes pretty interesting articles. This time Phil has found a collection of nice pictures of a space shuttle.
In this series of pictures you can see how the external tank of a space shuttle is delivered to the assembly building and how the rocket is assembled. See how BIG that tank is!
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Written by Marko on April 2, 2008
In March we asked you "Are You Afraid Of Comet Strikes?". According to the results, most people are not afraid of comet strikes. This was not surprising for me, even though sometimes provokes with comets passing near to our planet. According to the poll, 81% (51/63 votes) of those who answered are not afraid of comet strikes, while 16% (10/63 votes) of those who answered are afraid of comet strike...
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Written by Marko on March 31, 2008
American company called Celestis provides you a chance to be buried in the Moon. The first launch is scheduled to happen on next year. Price for this last journey is $9995. For this price 1 g of your ash can be transferred to the Moon. The price includes also a name plate.
This is not the first time the company has provided the possibility to be buried in the Moon. One of the earlier "clients" ...
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Written by Marko on March 29, 2008
April is the last darker month in northern hemisphere before the summer. In April nights are shorter and days longer. Even though this means less time to observe the celestial objects, you can still have few hours good skywatching every night.
Big constellations such as Orion, Taurus, Canis Minor and Canis Major are heading more and more towards west. Night sky is dominated by constellation Leo...
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Written by Marko on March 27, 2008
As I became interested in skywatching some years ago, I was faced with the problem of finding stars and other night sky objects. Soon after the kick-off to my astronomy hobby I discovered planispheres that are manual tools for finding stars and planets. I spent nights turning the wheel of a planisphere and wondering "where is Capella".. Even though planispheres are pretty easy to use, sometimes it...
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