Awesomeness Round-up – 11/16/10
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 16, 2010
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This recently released image is basically a map of dark matter. It shows the distribution of the dark matter in the center of the giant galaxy cluster Abell 1689, which contains an amazing number of galaxies (about 1000) and trillions (!) of stars. Abell 1689 is 2.2 billion light-years from … Continue Reading →
Podcast: When Science Inspires Comedy
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 15, 2010
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One of the bonuses of our set visit to The Big Bang Theory was that we got the chance to talk to co-creator and executive producer Bill Prady about how the show came to be, and how they get the science right in every episode. Since much of what we … Continue Reading →
NASA on the Big Bang Theory
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 10, 2010
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As you might know, because we have mentioned it a whole bunch of times because we’re still excited by it, Bill Prady, the co-creator/producer of “The Big Bang Theory”, invited us out to visit the set of the show. We brought a whole bunch of NASA goodies with us to … Continue Reading →
Blueshift Road Trip follow-up
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 5, 2010
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You might recall that we posted that we were going on the road again. We didn’t have any guessers – but then, maybe we gave it away on Twitter? We were actually in Las Vegas attending the Blogworld and New Media Expo 2010!
What will the James Webb Space Telescope see?
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 3, 2010
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The James Webb Space Telescope, is, as you may know, the successor to Hubble. No, it won’t be exactly like Hubble, so… what kind of science will it actually do? Well, this series of videos about what Webb will see was just released today. There are actually 5 narrated videos … Continue Reading →
Spooky Astronomy
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 31, 2010
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Sometimes clouds and dust can take on recognizable shape – like, a horse’s head. But astronomical imagery can be more…well…sinister in appearance. Which makes these perfect for Halloween! Thanks to our friend @NASAUniverseEDU for compiling these. Credit:A. Fabian (IoA Cambridge) et al., NASA This screaming skull above is actually a … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-up – 10/25/10
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 25, 2010
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There’s been a trend lately to have webcams or live streams in some of NASA’s cleanrooms so that you guys can see flight hardware being built and tested. And every once in a while, something unexpected happens! (At about 10 seconds in, in this case…) You can see a new … Continue Reading →
Blueshift ponders… when does Hollywood get it right?
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 21, 2010
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We’re avid readers of Dr. David Saltzberg’s blog, The Big Blog Theory. As the science advisor for The Big Bang Theory, he blogs after each episode airs to give an in-depth explanation of the episode’s science. Last week’s blog caught our eye because, well, it’s about the episode that must … Continue Reading →
Blueshift hits the road again!
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 13, 2010
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Yes, that’s right – Blueshift is going on another road trip! Where are we going this time? Hint 1: it’s a plane trip again, so we’re not driving from Maryland. Hint 2: Sheldon and Leonard are not in any way involved this time (aww…). If you have an idea of … Continue Reading →
The Universe on a Ball
- By Maggie Masetti
- September 24, 2010
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[Sara’s note: This is the original blog entry that sparked the roadtrip – the interview about the as-seen-on-TV beach ball that got us onto the Warner Brothers studio lot. How many beach balls can do that? This is part 2 of our Blueshift roadtrip series. We’ll have the eagerly-anticipated Big … Continue Reading →
