Wednesday Wanderings: Europa Plumes, Secrets Under Paintings, Real Life Transformer, and Cat Bouncing!

The Hubble telescope has recorded what may be major activity under Jupiter's moon Europa: Water Plumes on Europa (Which is all well and good, but I can't help thinking of 2010: "ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA.ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE." Maybe we should just leave well enough alone?) … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Europa Plumes, Secrets Under Paintings, Real Life Transformer, and Cat Bouncing!

Wednesday Wanderings: Hubble Images, Olympic Trivia, Star Wars Characters in High School, and Scifi/Fantasy Headgear

A gallery of images from the Hubble space telescope. Some really gorgeous stuff here: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/ Since we are in the midst of the Winter Olympics, here is some Olympic trivia: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0771580.html This week's bit of silliness is one artist's idea of what some of the Star Wars characters would have looked like if they were … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Hubble Images, Olympic Trivia, Star Wars Characters in High School, and Scifi/Fantasy Headgear

In 1996, scientists pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at what appeared to be a blank void in space. What they actually captured in the images is amazing: http://all-that-is-interesting.com/important-image-captured-by-hubble Here is a physics student talking- well, singing, actually- about string theory to the tune of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. It may not exactly explain all that physics … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Important Hubble Image, Queen Meets String Theory, Pagan Ritual Costumes, and Pretty Pictures