“Asphodel is an underworld myth for space opera fans. Whenever you see a “god” of some sort in the realm of science fiction, it’s often in the form of a technologically advanced alien race, or an A.I., and I wanted to play with the concepts in Michio Kaku’s books, giving humanity a shot at godhood for once.”
Continue Reading
NASA released the best image of Pluto we’ve seen so far. We really feel like we know the planet now, because it’s obvious: Pluto is Arrakis (from ‘Dune’).
Continue ReadingAstronomy and stamp collecting: two great geek pastimes that go great together. Now you have the chance to help the most beleaguered of astronomical objects — the “dwarf” planet Pluto — get its own USPS stamp. The proposed stamp recognizes …
Continue ReadingPluto has been revealed to be more dynamic than previously thought. New images, taken with Hubble’s revived Advanced Camera for Survey’s High Resolution Camera, reveal changing surface features where the changes are likely caused by ice sublimiating at the poles …
Continue ReadingHappy 2010 everyone! This week’s report is the first for a year in which Sir Arthur C. Clarke wrote about a return mission to a Jovian orbit. No human missions to Jupiter on the books for the year but we …
Continue ReadingMore than 3 and 1/2 years ago, a rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying New Horizons, our planet’s first mission dedicated to Pluto. Located at the farthest reaches of our solar system, Pluto is one of the largest objects …
Continue Reading