JunoCam images aren’t just for art and science – sometimes they are processed to bring a chuckle. via NASA http://ift.tt/2u6EApm
A PHOTO: The ‘Face’ of Jupiter
Month: June 2017
A PHOTO: The ‘Face’ of Jupiter
JunoCam images aren’t just for art and science – sometimes they are processed to bring a chuckle. via NASA http://ift.tt/2u6EApm
A PHOTO: The ‘Face’ of Jupiter
JunoCam images aren’t just for art and science – sometimes they are processed to bring a chuckle. via NASA http://ift.tt/2u6EApm
A PHOTO: Starry Night and Aurora
Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA photographed the glowing nighttime lights of an aurora from his vantage point in the International Space Station's cupola module on June 19, 2017. Part of the station's solar array is also visible. via NASA http://ift.tt/2s5Udf4
Karin Roffman on “The Top 10 John Ashbery Poems”
Karin Roffman, author o f The Songs We Know Best: John Ashbery's Early Life, a book I warmly recommend, was asked to name the "ten best Ashbery poems," and she has made such a list, making it clear that she crafted it for its pedagogic value mainly: these are the ten poems that she believes would best suit a newcomer to his work.
A PHOTO: The Niagara Falls of Mars
Various researchers are often pre-occupied with the quest for flowing water on Mars. via NASA http://ift.tt/2shuEvD
A PHOTO: As the Sun Rises, NASA’s Global Hawk is Being Prepared for Flight
Hot summer days in Southern California’s Antelope Valley force many aircraft operations to start early in the morning before the sun rises. On a back ramp at Armstrong Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, a NASA Global Hawk goes through testing of its communication components and satellite connection links in preparation for flight. via NASA http://ift.tt/2sX9zUG
A PHOTO: Saturnian Dawn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers toward a sliver of Saturn's sunlit atmosphere while the icy rings stretch across the foreground as a dark band. via NASA http://ift.tt/2sIzUaw
A gorgeous day to celebrate Pride
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, with David Allen
There are only two problems in life. Isn’t that nice to know? You only have two things you ever need to be concerned about. Not only are there only two problems–they are really quite simple. Ready? Problem #1: You know what you want, and you don’t know how to get it.
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The book series that brought space opera into the 21st century
Ancillary Justice was published with little fanfare in 2013. Its author, Ann Leckie, had never published a novel before and was a relative unknown outside the world of science fiction book fandom.
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The hell of Apollo 1: Pure oxygen, a single spark, and death in 17 seconds
On a gray January afternoon in Houston, Walt Cunningham leaned into his Eames Lounge Chair and clasped his hands behind his head, the better to try and bend his thoughts back across five decades.
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A PHOTO: Hubble Uses Gravitational Lens to Capture Disk Galaxy
By combining the power of a "natural lens" in space with the capability of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers made a surprising discovery—the first example of a compact yet massive, fast-spinning, disk-shaped galaxy that stopped making stars only a few billion years after the big bang. via NASA http://ift.tt/2t2PLCd
A PHOTO: The White Cliffs of ‘Rover’
This image was acquired by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on April 18, 2017, at 14:04 local Mars time. It reminded the HiRISE team of the rugged and open terrain of a stark shore-line, perhaps of the British Isles. via NASA http://ift.tt/2rGyUke
A PHOTO: Visualization of the August 21, 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
On August 21, 2017, the Earth will cross the shadow of the moon, creating a total solar eclipse. Eclipses happen about every six months, but this one is special. For the first time in almost 40 years, the path of the moon's shadow passes through the continental United States. via NASA http://ift.tt/2rRirhl