03
May
2008
Stars, Planets and the Moon in Northern Hemisphere in May 2008
Posted by marko as Astronomy Tips&Tricks
So, we are already in May and having a very nice and warm spring. What’s up with the nightsky this month? There will be only few more dark nights before the summer in northern hemisphere, especially in the northern side. Here in Helsinki the Sun will go below -12 degrees 9th of May. After that […]
30
Apr
2008
Did you know that Hubble space telescope has been operating already 18 years? To celebrate this anniversary NASA has published 59 new pictures of colliding galaxies. This is the biggest single set of Hubble pictures ever published.
Collisions of galaxies is just normal evolution, but it all happens in such a long time period and within […]
28
Apr
2008
Reminder - April Giveaway Campaign Soon Over!
Posted by marko as News
Hey there, this is a reminder. Our April free giveaway campaign is soon going to be over. In April we are giving away a book called “A Briefer History of Time” by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. Would you like to win that book for yourself? Would you like to win something else next month? […]
26
Apr
2008
Virgin Galactic Soon Ready to Fly People to Space
Posted by marko as Videos
Virgin Galactic, the first commercial space flight company, is soon ready to take the first people to space. Virgin Galactic will use their special-purpose aircrafts to provide this unforgettable trip outside our atmosphere. The company has spent years and millions of dollars to develop this spacecraft. Soon ordinary people can experience the feeling of flying […]
24
Apr
2008
Returning Cosmonaut and Two Astronauts Almost Died During Landing
Posted by marko as News
It was a close call. The returning cosmonaut and two astronauts almost died during their landing because Sojuz capsule almost burned in the atmosphere. The crew was very lucky because the situation was actually very dangerous. The results could have been much worse.
Last weekend the Sojuz capsule was bringing back cosmonauts Juri Malatshenko, American Peggy […]
22
Apr
2008
Apophis Calculations of a School Boy Was a Fake
Posted by marko as News
Last week we wrote that a German school boy had found an error in NASA’s Apophis calculations and come up with much higher impact probability. German Nico Marquardt calculated Apophis impact probability to 1/450 while NASA estimated it to be 1/45.000. Current understanding is that Nico Marquardt’s calculation is not valid and this whole story […]
17
Apr
2008
Killer-Asteroid Apophis Has Now Much Higher Probability of Striking the Planet Earth
Posted by marko as News
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 […]
15
Apr
2008
The Moon, A Planet and A Star - All Three Nicely Together Tonight
Posted by marko as Observation HowTo
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. […]
12
Apr
2008
ESA is Looking for New European Astronauts
Posted by marko as News
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 […]
10
Apr
2008
How a Comet Strike Could be Avoided?
Posted by marko as Astronomy Articles
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 […]