In Brief: I actually can’t do better than the episode title… In Depth: A very good episode that jumps straight back into the current set up for the first half of Doctor Who series 7, whereby the Doctor has no regular travelling companion, instead he picks up people along the way for brief trips and then drops them off again! “This is the gang! Never had a gang before!” This episode figuratively blasts off from Egypt 1334 BC, to India 2367, to African plains circa 1902, to modern day Earth (specifically the Ponds [they are not Williams’] living room) and then FORWARD again to 2367. All in the first 10 minutes – got that? That is...
Curiosity from above
posted by Andi Hamilton
This image blew me away… This was taken from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter where you can clearly see the progress that the Curiosity Rover has...
Curiosity Rover Repo...
posted by Andi Hamilton
NASA have released a video to update us earthlings as to what the Curiosity Rover has been up yo on Mars this week, check out the video below for full details;
The Perseid Meteor S...
posted by Andi Hamilton
As there is a bit of a space theme going around the Internet this weekend; I thought I’d continue it. The annual Perseid Meteor shower is now upon us and is set to peak this Sunday night and during the small hours of Monday morning. The Perseids along with the Geminids in December are...
Curiosity Has Landed
posted by Andi Hamilton
Congratulations to NASA and the entire team behind the Curiosity Rover trip to Mars. At 05.32 GMT, Curiosity successfully landed on the surface of Mars. Â I was watching it live on NASA TV and loved the reaction from the team when they heard the news. The image below sums up the reaction...
The Pale Blue Dot
posted by Andi Hamilton
That’s us, that pale blue dot right in the center of the image is Earth. The image above and the video posted below just makes you realise just how small we are in the grand scheme of the universe. Enjoy the...
The Grand Design Spi...
posted by Andi Hamilton
One of the things I love to look at in life are the stars, and I am sure a lot of you sci-fi loving geeks are the same. The above image shows the sharpest picture ever taken of the Grand Design Spiral Galaxy M81. It uses the combination of images taken in blue, visible, and infrared light to...
The Known Universe
posted by Andi Hamilton
I came across this video on YouTube, which has been produced by the American Museum of Natural History. They describe the video as: The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and...
