September 2008

  • Hubble: More mysterious objects in space

    By beatriz on 9/22/08 1:25pm
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    eggs in space What could these mysterious objects be?  Eggs in space?  Or cosmic river rocks?  Find out here and check out more cool pictures courtesy of the Hubble Telescope.

  • Mystery objects found in space

    By beatriz on 9/16/08 8:58am
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    New images from the Hubble Telescope show a mystery object out in space. The super-bright object was observed for 100 days and then it just disappeared. The mysterious object is not being identified as a supernova, or as belonging to any galaxy, no one knows exactly what it is. Read more here. Does anyone have any ideas?

  • Blame the Russians

    By beatriz on 9/9/08 11:44am
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    Well, they're just partly to blame. Next month the Space Shuttle Atlantis will be embarking on a mission to do repairs on the eighteen year-old Hubble Telescope. This mission might prove to be a bit tricky due to all the debris floating about in space. According to an article in the Christian Science Monitor:

    "The environment where the Hubble orbits, about 350 miles above the Earth’s surface, has more debris than where the International Space Station orbits and where most shuttle missions are conducted, at about 210 miles above the Earth. This “space junk” includes defunct satellites and spent rocket stages, fragments from exploded satellites, rocket engine effluents, paint flakes, and other small particles – all traveling at speeds of more than 15,000 miles per hour."

    That doesn't sound very good.

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  • Amazing pictures from space

    By beatriz on 9/2/08 4:31pm
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    These images from the Hubble telescope are breath-taking. I haven't been able to stop looking at them. Some of these photos look like abstract or surreal art. It's an amazing universe that we live in, and we're very fortunate to have the tools to be able to look past the heavens into outer space. I can't help but wonder how in all this vastness we could possibly feel alone. It seems silly, I know, but you know there's other life out there. they're probably peering at us through their telescopes and wondering what we're looking at.

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  • Hubble explores dark nether-regions

    By beatriz on 9/1/08 11:51am
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    Recently, the Hubble telescope was peering into George W. Bush's head and it found anti-matter--- a black hole.