Tuesday, October 29, 2013

British man charged with hacking U.S. military networks Reuters

I am reading this article British man charged with hacking U.S. military networks Reuters By Jonathan Stempelon on Yahoo's website. Wow, this sounds very serious.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Spring on Saturn's Moon Titan Reveals Amazing Views of Otherworldly Lakes (Photos)

I am reading this article Spring on Saturn's Moon Titan Reveals Amazing Views of Otherworldly Lakes (Photos) Space.com By by Megan Gannon, News Editor, on Yahoo's website. Nice photographs from Cassini space probe.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Chinese no longer banned from NASA astronomy meet

I am reading this article Chinese no longer banned from NASA astronomy meet on Yahoo's website. Sounds like a deplomatic issue.

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Second Sea Serpent Washes up in California

I am reading this article Second Sea Serpent Washes up in California By LIZ FIELDS | Good Morning America on Yahoo's website. I hear about the first oarfish after it was brought up by a marine scientist.

Astronauts Take Underwater Moonwalk In 'Apollo 11 Under the Sea' (Photos)

I am reading this article Astronauts Take Underwater Moonwalk In 'Apollo 11 Under the Sea' (Photos)SPACE.com By By Tom Chao, SPACE.com Producer. Interesting training exercise.

Friday, October 18, 2013

Study: Good night's sleep cleans out gunk in brain

I am reading this article Study: Good night's sleep cleans out gunk in brain Associated Press By ALICIA CHANG on Yahoo's website. Interesting study I think.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

'God particle' theorists receive Nobel Prize in physics

I am reading this article 'God particle' theorists receive Nobel Prize in physics By Ben Brumfield, CNN, on CNN's website.

'Black Hole Indigestion' Captured by Giant Radio Telescope

I am reading this article 'Black Hole Indigestion' Captured by Giant Radio Telescope (Photos) SPACE.com By by Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer, on Yahoo's webiste.

Biggest Star Ever Found Is Ripping Apart

I am reading this article Biggest Star Ever Found Is Ripping Apart (Photo) SPACE.com By by Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer, on Yahoo's website. W26 sounds like an interesting super giant red star.

Monday, October 14, 2013

A dangerous game of "cosmic roulette"?

I watched a reply of A dangerous game of "cosmic roulette"? from CBS 60 Minutes on CBS This Morning during their story Detecting asteroids: How telescope could help locate dangerous objects before they strike Earth. Michio Kaku gave an interesting talk on these meteors. (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50156579n) (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57606346/detecting-asteroids-how-telescope-could-help-locate-dangerous-objects-before-they-strike-earth/)

PBS NOVA Episodes

I watched two episodes of NOVA, Inside The Megastorm and Megastorm Aftermath, over the last two weeks. The storm looked worse than I had imagined. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/inside-the-megastorm.html) (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/megastorm-aftermath.html)

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Lee Billings

I heard an interview with Lee Billings, who discussed Exoplanets, on Coast To Coast AM on 3 October 2013. I went to his website and would like to read his book, Five Billion Years of Solitude (http://leebillings.com/five-billion-years-of-solitude/)

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

New app being tested to spot California whales so ships can avoid them

I am reading this article New app being tested to spot California whales so ships can avoid them on Yahoo's website.

NASA spacecraft finds plastic ingredient on Saturn's moon Titan

I am reading this article NASA spacecraft finds plastic ingredient on Saturn's moon Titan on Yahoo's website.