If you'd told me yesterday that it was possible to make a solar system mobile from nothing but yarn and styrofoam craft balls that I'd be proud to hang in...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday September 8th, 2010 2:05 PM
Categories: Craft, Kids & Family, Science | No Comments
The best stellar photography requires long exposure times to capture the dimmer stars. The problem with long exposures of the night sky, of course, is that it moves. Or rather,...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday July 2nd, 2010 6:40 AM
Categories: General, Photography & Video, Science | 1 Comment
Our intrepid space-beat reporter Rachel Hobson spotted these cool model Hubble Telescopes on the Hubble website: There are three versions: a PVC pipe version, a basic paper model version, and...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday April 1st, 2010 10:52 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, General, Kids & Family, Science | 1 Comment
Craig Smith, of Firefly Workshop, has been planning a home observatory and is working out the details of easily building a domed roof for it. He writes: Anybody with a...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Monday March 8th, 2010 10:32 AM
Categories: Science | 6 Comments
Happy Birthday Gallileo Galilei! Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 - 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution....
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Monday February 15th, 2010 1:14 AM
Categories: Makers, Science | No Comments
Here's a great story in the Telegraph about an amateur stargazer who tricked out his garden shed in the U.K. and surprised professional astronomers around the world with his top-notch...
Posted by shawnconna | Saturday January 23rd, 2010 12:24 PM
Categories: Hacks, Makers, Science | 2 Comments
I received the most special gift this Christmas. My husband, Chris, was holed up in our garage most nights since November, feverishly working on a secret project for me. He’s...
Posted by Rachel Hobson | Sunday December 27th, 2009 8:19 PM
Categories: Science | 8 Comments
From the Chromoscope intro: Ever wanted X-ray specs or super-human vision? Chromoscope lets you explore our Galaxy (the Milky Way) and the distant Universe in a range of wavelengths from...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Sunday December 13th, 2009 9:54 PM
Categories: Art & Design, Science | No Comments
Craig Smith sent us these pics and note: My telescope is low end in the scope-world, a 60mm refractor. But I discovered the eyepiece is the same size as my...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Friday November 6th, 2009 2:15 PM
Categories: Art & Design, Photography & Video, Science | 3 Comments
If you missed December’s biggest full moon of 2008, tonight will be the biggest full moon of 2009. NASA has a nice article about it. Johannes Kepler explained the phenomenon...
Posted by Patti Schiendelman | Saturday January 10th, 2009 10:11 AM
Categories: Kids & Family, Science | 6 Comments
Paul Neave has a wonderful site to wander through, it’s full of little toys and wiggly kind of stuff. I really liked the Neave Planetarium; you can virtually explore the...
Posted by Patti Schiendelman | Wednesday December 31st, 2008 3:29 PM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Kids & Family, Science | No Comments
If you live somewhere that will have clear skies tonight, look up; NASA says the full moon will be the biggest of the year. The moon will become full just...
Posted by Patti Schiendelman | Friday December 12th, 2008 2:36 PM
Categories: Kids & Family, Science | 1 Comment
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