The Stuff

In 347 years the earth is going to fall into the sun, and unless you have a time machine, you can’t prove me wrong.

I suppose String Theory and M Theory is pretty boring stuff for most people, but I find it amusing. Right before I fall asleep I watch this stuff — it gives me some wicked dreams. Here’s some videos for you.

String Theory 101:

BBC Horizon’s Super-String Theory M-Theory Origin of the Univers

BBC Horizon’s Super-String Theory M-Theory Origin of the Univers

Spring is Aurora Season.

Gamma Ray burst visible to naked eye. Gamma Ray bursts won’t turn you into the Hulk, but they could wipe out your entire solar system with a single blast. Luckily we don’t live close enough to a super-massive star ready to collapse.

New Solar Cycle, olde Sunspots.

Crafty tricks for finding water on the moon. Just in case you’re hiking on the moon and forgot your canteen.

Update:
A photo of the sunset on Mars.

Will the Martian rovers be shut down? Maybe not!

I made a video for the song Hubble from the Secret Lives of Probes, Satellites and Rovers. Enjoy.

Mark your calendar! Take a Sharpie marker and mark it — from the night of Thursday the 13th to the morning of Friday the 14th you will be able to see the Geminid meteors. All you have to lose is a little sleep.

“It’s the Geminid meteor shower,” says NASA astronomer Bill Cooke of the Marshall Space Flight Center. “Start watching on Thursday evening, Dec. 13th, around 10 pm local time,” he advises. “At first you might not see very many meteors—but be patient. The show really heats up after midnight and by dawn on Friday, Dec. 14th, there could be dozens of bright meteors per hour streaking across the sky.”

More info from the folks at NASA.

20 Things You Didn’t Know About Living In Space.

Exploding boobs, toilet target practice, the second birth…

Good article, especially for sci-fi fans who are pedantic in regards to scientific facts about space. I was kind of surprised that Discover Magazine would use the term “boobs”, but I guess once you shove plastic bags inside your chest, they really do become “boobs” don’t they.