Supermassive Black Holes
Interesting…
Positive Lightning
An electrical strike from the top of the cloud not the bottom. Wow. This time the electrons truly would be flowing upward.
NEW: Boynton woman’s video captures rare ‘positive’ lightning bolt up to 10 times stronger
Looks like plastic bags aren’t so bad after all
Although I’ve got a couple Aldi totes that have to have hundreds of prior uses.
You’d need to use an organic cotton tote bag 20,000 times to get the same environmental impact as a plastic disposable bag. Plastic bags are an environmental nightmare, but it looks like the other options may be worse. I think grocery retailers should have to take back plastic bags and recycle them.
Your cotton tote is pretty much the worst replacement for a plastic bag
Packaging and convenience bags are a growing problem. What is the solution?
We May Have a Picture of a Black Hole by Friday
Whoa.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy will now fly on Wednesday, hopefully
Should be a good show…
Ultima Thule
Ultima Thule, is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. A cold lump of rock at the edge of our Solar Solar System. It is a mystery.
Ultima Thule is unlike anything we’ve seen in the solar system
Dragon Has Splashed Down
Nice Job Space X!
Space X Astronaut Demo Launch
This morning Space X launched a Dragon crew module to the International Space Station. Aboard was only a dummy in a spacesuit loaded with sensors. If all goes well, and so far it has, This will be how American astronauts get to the ISS soon.
SpaceX astronaut capsule demo for Nasa lifts off
And they MADE IT!!!
Some Music
The Berklee School of Music doing a tribute to one of my favorite composers. Perhaps it isn’t your cup of tea, but I like it a lot. These students are from all over the world.
Awesome Picture of the ISS Transiting the Moon
Amazing!
An Opal Fossil
This is amazing…
Gemologist Finds Insect Trapped in Opal Instead of Amber
It reminds me of the pineopal a couple years back.
Scary
I mentioned this little guy in class the other day. Not sure which period.
Tourist in Australia Goes Viral Holding ‘Beautiful’ Octopus That Can Kill Within Minutes
Wow
This is making the rounds, but it’s cool.
Apollo Astronauts May Have Brought a Piece of Ancient Earth Back From the Moon
What’s Better than the Latest Video Game or Movie Trailer?
Real life.
What have you done today?
The ISS has Been in Orbit 20 Years!
Happy Birthday to Earth’s Space Station!
The Scientific Benefits of Boredom
Another great video from Veritasium.
18 US volcanoes rated ‘very high threat’
Peter Jackson’s WW I Documentary is Coming
to U.S. theaters next month. Jackson was able to take existing footage from WW I and enhance and colorize it to make it more natural. Eliminating the herky jerky motion of old cameras. Amazing results. These images are over 100 years old. Sadly, about 770,000 British troops alone did not survive the war.
A Stirling Engine
Kepler is Dead
Not Johannes, he’s been dead awhile. The Kepler Space Telescope named in his honor. It did it’s job perfectly, but it will be missed.
“First Man” is Looking Good
Early reports are favorable.
Ceres the Ice Volcano World
Life at 470 mph
Team Vesco’s Turbinator II set a new world record for a wheel-driven car at the Bonneville Salt Flats this past week 483 mph! Here is their 470 mph run…
Wow!
Interesting Classic TV
Circa 1980’s I’m guessing. From the Australian Kids TV Show “The Curiosity Show”.