h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29447159

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-20761903

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29620127

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29633734

lets park here next to the toiletsand send a postcard off - sunny 67P, wish you were here


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29644406
HA! lets see "them" put water meters on there

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Name_Rosetta_mission_s_landing_site


a bit late in putting that on tv teletext pages

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141016-space-death-star-moon-mimas-ocean/


Darth Vader or Ming the Merciless the force makes weird shapes

http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1113264469/comet-67p-is-a-real-stinker-102414/

Comets in the the class look so much like asteroids of the Kleopatra-Icarus class its tempting to think of the latter as very old and decayed specimens of the former, which may still have substantial volatiles in their cores.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1113179940/asteroids-affected-by-solar-winds-062714/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29759709


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29724071
listen to space

http://soundcloud.com/nasa

space and other sounds

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29932609

how to make a solar system - issue No1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29934458


lets make a cuppa while they argue

http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/rosetta-races-toward-comet-touchdown/index.html#.VFv_7GeCOuc

6 days to go, for a possible historic event

humans 1 - asteroid nil

http://www.h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/brunel/F105207?thread=7512008&show=20&skip=320#pi328 See link in post 324.

Just in case the internal link to "Wow! /Cool. /Hmmm, hat's interesting..." doesn't post properly:

Time Lapse Sky Shows Earth Rotating Instead of St…: http://youtu.be/nkn2ZXWDl6k

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/30034218

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30034060

"one small step"

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/station_spacewalk_game.html

come on folks! get some practice injust in case they don't have enough astronauts handy

Something new: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/25/ancient_fatty_surprises_astroboffins/




I saw a meteor last night, so slow moving it left no visible streak, appearing as discrete point over the entire time of its reentry flare.

Probably a small particle of satellite debris.

http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-release-new-pluto-images-science-findings-at-july-17-nasa-tv-briefing


Bring it back to being a planet!

http://images.nasa.gov/#/

latest info Nasa has "opened up" 140,000 images/videos/audio files for free download.
These are "embeddable" = can be added to blog or website - or your own pc

just the thing for "Babe amongst the stars" GB

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39642995

HA! I bet no one ducked

for when I am no longer caring 6 days a week. Thanks Prof