Category Archives: Space

Popular Science’s 137 years

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Matthew Wilcoxson

The magazine Popular Science holds a remarkable piece of history spanning 137 years covering science progress and future predictions back till 1873. To celebrate this years birthday they have partnered with google to bring you their complete back catalogue, something … Continue reading →

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Stardust success?

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Matthew Wilcoxson

The Stardust project, four years since the probe landed (or more accurately since the probe crashed slowly), the Stardust@home project has, no, might have, actually found some interstellar material – ancient material older than the Solar System. I say maybe … Continue reading →

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Galaxy Zoo Two

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Matthew Wilcoxson

It’s back, and better than ever before. Now you can help classify galaxies in even more detail, but still with the excitement of exploring the cosmos and helping expend human knowledge further. Take part here. But to see some great … Continue reading →

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Mars goes Google.

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Matthew Wilcoxson

The beautiful Google Earth program has gone Martian. The planet Mars is now explorable in full 3D (not just an overlay). See Olympus Mons rise above the distant horizon or fly down Valles Marines in a full 3D projection. You … Continue reading →

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Martian trippers enjoy storm free journey

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Great news for all Martian wannabes. The trip to Mars can be made much safer with the realisation of a “Force Field”. This will drastically cut down the problems the solar wind can cause, especially when a solar storm occurs. … Continue reading →

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E-Petition: Save physics

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Matthew Wilcoxson

There has been sudden and wide reaching changes to the support Britain will be giving to Physics research in the coming months, all negative, and impacting some of the biggest experiments across the world. Please show your suppport by signing … Continue reading →

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Becoming an intergalatic explorer 2 – Visit the zoo

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Matthew Wilcoxson

I’m sure you’ll remember my last post about becoming an intergalactic explorer, well now there’s a new project to help you explore the cosmos but in a similar way to the last one. The project is:http://www.galaxyzoo.org/ You’ll be rummaging through … Continue reading →

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Earth II? Or would you prefer "GLIESE 581 C"?

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Matthew Wilcoxson

A planet which is suspected to be the closet resemblance to Earth has been seen, and its a neighbour. Just 20 light years away (almost in touching distance) around the star Gliese 581 is a planet not much bigger than … Continue reading →

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Serenity showing for Charity

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Well I can’t believe my luck… I’ve become, almost overnight, a browncoat. (No, not a tramp…) Browncoats are what fans of Firefly/Serenity call themselves, and in the last few weeks when I started watching the show I’m definately one of … Continue reading →

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Is this flight tax? It's certainly not fair tax.

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Usually, I support taxes, at least in principle or until something better comes along. But this story (below) REALLY gets me going… You win a prize, an amazing astonishing superb prize of flying into space, of becoming an astronaunt. But … Continue reading →

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