Tag: Planets

Wednesday Wanderings: Exoplanets with Water, Is Opportunity Still Alive, Bending Spaghetti, and Steve Perry Releases Second Single

~ M.A. Kropp

These seven exoplanets of the Trappist-1 star are likely rocky with plenty of water: Seven Planets Will Opportunity wake up?: Mars Rover Too bad this isn't really practical for the kitchen, but I was amused by the idea of a  spaghetti-bending-machine: Bending Spaghetti I think all of my fellow Journey fans know by now that … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Exoplanets with Water, Is Opportunity Still Alive, Bending Spaghetti, and Steve Perry Releases Second Single

Wednesday Wandreings: Our Second Moon, Overthinker Problems, Zodiac Monsters, and Superheroes with Dirty Minds

~ M.A. Kropp

It seems we have a second moon orbiting the Earth. But this one has one wacky orbit: Second Moon We overthinkers have our own special problems. Here are five, and, yes, I can relate to every single one of them: Overthinker Problems The twelve signs of the Zodiac, re-imagined as pretty cool monsters: Zodiac Monsters … Continue reading Wednesday Wandreings: Our Second Moon, Overthinker Problems, Zodiac Monsters, and Superheroes with Dirty Minds

Wednesday Wanderings: Google Earth Fails, The Known Universe, Beautiful Buildings, and Dance of the Planets

~ M.A. Kropp

Google Earth is a wonderful tool, but occasionally, they do get things a bit, um, wrong: http://www.viralnova.com/when-google-earth-screws-up/2/ A digital tour of the entire known universe, starting in the Himalayas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jymDn0W6U The Known Universe Some truly beautiful examples of unusual architecture: http://news.distractify.com/alex-scola/breaking-conventions Dances of the Planets make intricate designs: http://ensign.editme.com/t43dances Those last remind me of the … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Google Earth Fails, The Known Universe, Beautiful Buildings, and Dance of the Planets

Wednesday Wanderings: 12 Old/New Words, New (Cute) Mammal Discovered, Book Lovers Will Understand, Rogue Planets, and That Fresh After Rain Smell

~ M.A. Kropp

Here are twelve words that just might be older than you realize. Just one more example of what goes around, comes around: http://mentalfloss.com/article/51150/12-old-words-survived-getting-fossilized-idioms A new mammal species was discovered recently. Oddly enough, there was one in a zoo for a long time, but zoologists thought it was one of a different (known) species. The article … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: 12 Old/New Words, New (Cute) Mammal Discovered, Book Lovers Will Understand, Rogue Planets, and That Fresh After Rain Smell