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What will you hear?

Photo: UC Berkeley / SETI radio astronomy antenna dish array at Hat Creek, near Mount Lassen, California. One of the great things about radio astronomy is you don't need clear skies to gather great information vital to your research. Such was the day when I showed up during a rainstorm…
Gary Crabbe
July 29, 2011
PhotosSpace and Science

Remembering Apollo 11

Picture: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, photographed by Neil Armstrong (visible in reflection) - Courtesy: NASA This month, the Boston Globe's Big Picture marks the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, the first mission to land a man on the moon. In a way, this is a happy anniversary because it allows us…
Gary Crabbe
July 17, 2009
Space and Science

Seeing it for the first time

"So that's what it looks like." There's an unmistakable feeling you get when you see something for the first time. It's that sense of "wow" and awe when you discover something heretofore unknown. I had that feeling this last weekend as I came across a recent posting by one of…
Gary Crabbe
June 15, 2009
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Touching History

Picture: Touching fossilized dinosaur tracks, near Moab, Utah. Back when I was acting in college, one of my all-time favorite scenes was performing the closing act of Inherit the Wind, the dramatized tale of the famous Scope's Monkey Trial that pit the Evolutionists against the Creationists. Yesterday it was announced…
Gary Crabbe
May 20, 2009
PhotosSpace and Science

Where in the world

Once again the Boston Globe's BIG PICTURE has scored an impressive collection of images I felt compelled to pass along. This time, it's a collection of photos taken from NASA's Earth Observatory. These are remarkably crisp, detailed portraits of our planet, and well worth a look. The image above is…
Gary Crabbe
January 15, 2009
Space and Science

Holey Bad Breath, Batman!

And you thought you were having a bad day? Imagine this; You're living on a planet somewhere. Then, all of the sudden, a blast of cosmic winds from the galaxy next door comes along, and toasts you, your planet, and all the other planets in your part of the galaxy.…
Gary Crabbe
December 18, 2007
Space and Science

Look, Look, Up in the sky!

Last night I was escaping the lull in the current heat wave by enjoying the night air (81 degrees F) lounging in my patio recliner. As I looked up, I saw a bright light moving through the sky. Normally, I'd just chalk it up to being another one of those…
Gary Crabbe
June 15, 2007
Space and Science

Out of this World

Picture: Shadow of space shuttle exhaust plume pointing to a rising full moon at sunset. People who have followed this blog, or seen my email signature know that I have a fascination with space sciences. One place that I feed my fascination is that APOD; Astronomy Picture of the Day.…
Gary Crabbe
June 6, 2007
NewsworthySpace and Science

Boom. Big Badda Boom.

The brightest supernova seen to date is being touted in the media. The Media is here on our little rocky outpost. Fortunately, the supernova is in a galaxy far far away. What I would love to see (at least I think so) is if a star in our own galaxy…
Gary Crabbe
May 9, 2007
Space and Science

That far, huh?

Check me on this distance thing: The oldest stars in the universe are some 14 Billion Light years away. That's 186,000 miles per second, times however many seconds there are in a year, times 14,000,000,000. And yet, some scientests calculate the nearest parallel universe is only 1/10,000,000,000,000 of a millimeter…
Gary Crabbe
November 13, 2006
PhotosSpace and Science

APOD’s

Maybe you've realized from browsing through this weblog that I'm a bit of a Space & Science fan. One place I love to visit is APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day). I've selected out a few really cool images that are worth seeing. 1.) Saturn Eclipses the Sun - taken…
Gary Crabbe
October 18, 2006
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