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Finally we know the source of the northern lights!!
From CNN.com:
New data from NASA’s Themis mission, a quintet of satellites launched this winter, found the energy comes from a stream of charged particles from the sun flowing like a current through twisted bundles of magnetic fields connecting Earth’s upper atmosphere to the sun.
But [...]
Continue Reading →The Voyager 2 was launched in 1977 … that’s the year I was born! It is still traveling to the outer limits of the solar system. There are a few things that fascinates me about this:
1) The fact that it still works and is transmitting
2) It’s a person’s entire lifetime project and [...]
The launch for Atlantis has been moved to January 2nd. While this was disappointing, it pointed me to the NASA website to discover they had done a re-design of the site! Yes, I am a space dork, but the previous design of the site was lacking messaging. This design makes it easier to [...]
Continue Reading →Need to learn more about the universe and only have 4 minutes? Check out this video:
http://www.5min.com/Video/Overview-Of-The-Universe-1383218
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of NASA has a really cool website that displays the number of planets found in real time along with those that have stars with planets. This site has a ton of information about the technology being used, podcasts, photos and more … great for the space-geek like me.
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/
Continue Reading →100 Miles in 1 Day for $10k
I am running the 2012 Leadville 100 Mile Trail Run to raise awareness and $10k for the American Cancer Society. Donate Today!
