Wednesday, April 16, 2008

The Astronomer’s Chronograph


OhGizmo reviews a watch for astronomers: it tracks things such as sunrises and sunsets, moonrise and moonsets, on 583 preset cities.

Oh, and its $495.95

13-yr Old Corrected NASA

A 13-year old German schoolboy handed NASA an egg on the face, by correcting the agency's estimates on an asteroid collision.

Nico Marquardt calculate that there was a 1 in 450 chance that the Apophis asteroid will collide with Earth, far from NASA's estimate of 1:45,000 chance of it happening.

And the best part is? NASA concurred.

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John Wheeler, 96


John Archibald Wheeler, the cosmologist who coined the term 'black hole,' passed away at age 96.

Friday, April 04, 2008

Jules Verne Launch


The Jules Verne automated transfer vehicle, launched by ESA's Ariane 5

Jules Verne ATV



The European-built Jules Verne automated transfer vehicle, which docked to the International Space Station on April 3.