Bad Astronomy Blog informs that scientists and engineers gingerly activated the complex equipment onboard Swift satellite that would allow it to fulfill its mission: to detect and observe gamma-ray bursts, flashes of high-energy light which appear to signal the births of black holes.
The Slacker Astronomy Blog seems confident with its writing on ‘Andromeda Has Never Been So Hot’ as it said, ‘having a show about Andromeda on our home page should get our Google hits flowing with sci-fi fans.’
The synthetic image of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in the “Columbia Hills” was produced using “Virtual Presence in Space” technology. These live images, according to Space Flight Now come alive with Hollywood special effects.
Astronomy Today finds Dr. Watson’s book titled “STARGAZER” to be quite original in content and nature, compared to innumerable books on astronomy, many of which rehash the same well known material we all have on our shelves.
The current conversation about “fear of science” reminds The Space Writer that we, as humans, do what we can to “humanize” science. According to it, this brings us to things like planetarium shows and places like science museums.
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