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SpaceVision | Largest Student Space Conference is This Month in Boulder Colorado!

Scitech Geek — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:36:59 +0000

The largest student organized conference in the world is set to meet this month in beautiful Boulder Colorado! SpaceVision 2011 is the annual conference and gathering for the student organization the Students for the Exploration & Development of Space (SEDS). SEDS was founded in 1980 at MIT and Princeton and consists of high school, undergraduate, …

Solar System & Season Scope | 3D Interactive Solar System & Seasons Browser

Scitech Geek — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:13:28 +0000

Check out this fantastic solar system browser called Solar System Scope and explore the planets! With this user-friendly Flash application you can easily understand and visualize the movement of planets and recognize the constellations. It’s fun and makes for a great education tool in astronomy and space science as well. Please install latest Flash …

A Lunar Sunrise on Tycho Crater’s Central Peak

Scitech Geek — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:03:19 +0000

NASA has captured an incredible image of a lunar sunrise! In June 2011, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) angled its orbit west, allowing the spacecraft’s high-resolution cameras to capture a stunning sunrise view of the moon’s Tycho crater. Tycho is a very prominent lunar impact crater located in the southern lunar highlands region. Tycho Crater …

SRW Science Blog | NewSpace 2011 Commercial Space Conference

Scitech Geek — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:29:02 +0000

The Space Frontier Foundation is once again holding its NewSpace Conference in 2011 at the NASA Ames Research Center from July 28-31, 2011. The theme/title this year is “The Next Big Thing” and will focus on commercial space and space tourism opportunities. The 2011 NewSpace Conference The annual NewSpace Conference is quickly becoming one of …

Blender 2.5 Free Open-Source 3D Development Suite Released!

Scitech Geek — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:42:57 +0000

The popular free and open-source 3D development, creation, and animation software suite Blender has moved to full release of the new 2.5 version. This first release out of beta marks a major update in the Blender creation suite. Scientists, engineers, and others in technical fields searching for a 3D solution should strongly consider Blender. It’s …

International Dark Sky Week, 1 – 8 April 2011

Scitech Geek — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:08:19 +0000

Join us in observing International Dark Sky Week, 1 – 8 April 2011! Everyone loves a clear starry night. However, light pollution along with the fact those most people live in cities means that many don’t get to see the night sky very well at all. In addition, light in the sky is energy wasted …

New Infrared Image of the Whirlpool Galaxy M51 from Spitzer!

Scitech Geek — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:07:30 +0000

NASA / JPL has released this new image of the “Whirlpool Galaxy / M51” from the Spitzer Space Telescope which reveals new details seen in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum (image on the right). Below, the new infrared image (R) from Spitzer is compared with an existing visible light image (L) from Kitt …

Photo / Image | Spiral Galaxy Messier 81 (M81) – Bode’s Galaxy

Scitech Geek — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:04:43 +0000

Check out this amazing photo of spiral galaxy M81 (Messier 81), NGC 3031, or Bode’s Galaxy. This image is a beautiful mutli-wavelength composite image of M81 from the Spitzer Space Telescope, GALEX, and the Hubble Space Telescope. A beautiful example of a spiral galaxy – M81, Messier 81, NGC 3031, or Bode’s Galaxy. Star Formation! …

A Boulder Scores a Hole in One – On the Moon

Scitech Geek — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:50:09 +0000

Check out this Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) photo of a large boulder that has rolled or skipped down a slope and into the small nearby crater Henry Freres on the Moon. The boulder seen here is about 10m wide and has rolled downhill into a lunar crater about 60m in diameter called Henry Freres. This …

Yuri’s Night | World Space Party!

Scitech Geek — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:28:13 +0000

Celebrate Space! The annual Yuri’s Night World Space Party happens each year in hundreds of cities all over the world, in virtual worlds, and in Earth orbit. Human spaceflight became a reality 45 years ago with the launch of a small capsule called “Vostok 1.” In this capsule was Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The first …