Check out the press release of ESA (European Space Agency). They are looking for European students to join their new programme called “Fly Your Thesis! – An Astronaut Experience”. If you are a European student (like me), this is your change to experience a zero gravity flight. My old colleague from Ericsson was …

Greeeeetings from the beautiful Crete! I just came back from one week vacation with my family. We spent one week in Chania in Crete island. Oh boy, Crete is a wonderful place to take it relaxed. For sure I recommend Crete to anybody. And I didn’t even mention the Greek food.. …

There has been a really unusual problem in the International Space Station (ISS). The one and only toilet of ISS has been broken. Imagine how difficult the situation can be when astronomers cannot go to toilet and Nasa is not able to send a service man up there..
Ok, it is not that tragic …

Microsoft has released their WorldWide Telescope (WWT) software and it is freely downloadable in WorldWideTelescope.Com website. As Microsoft says, “The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for …

In April 2008 we asked our readers the question “Do Yuo Believe in..”
- God
- Evolutionary Theory
- Both
- Neither
It is time to see the results. Oh yes, I should have done it already two weeks ago, but life is life. It has been so busy lately that my blogging has suffered very much. I …

As you most probably know, yesterday was the international mother’s day. As I am an amateur photographer, I shot lots of pictures of my wife and our kids during the day. It was a very nice and warm day here in Finland, so we spent a lot of time outside. Although the light …

NASA’s Terra satellite has captured images of the disaster in Burma. Cyclone Nargis terrorized the cities and villages of Burma just few days ago. The images taken by the satellite show how the cyclone caused serious floods in southern Burma.
The first picture was taken one day before the disaster. In the picture …