Tuesday 25 November 2014

Orion Nebula Case For iPad Mini

Here's a great iPad case from Zazzle featuring a Hubble-related design. Maybe you'd like to see your name on it? Click to personalize and see what it's like!


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A lovely image of the Orion Nebula thanks to NASA/Hubble Space Telescope.

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Converting Human-Generated Waste Into Fuel in Space

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Who would've known human waste could be used to propel spacecraft from the moon back to Earth? Researchers responded to the call from NASA and came up with a process to convert waste to methane and propel spacecraft to Earth.

via Science Daily

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Espresso in space: You knew it was only a matter of time before espresso made its way to the International Space Station, right?

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Espresso-loving astronauts, rejoice! You may soon be able to enjoy your beloved beverage in space, thanks to a new cup designed specifically to defy the low-gravity environments encountered aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

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Major class of fracking chemicals no more toxic than common household substances

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The “surfactant” chemicals found in samples of fracking fluid collected in five states were no more toxic than

The post Major class of fracking chemicals no more toxic than common household substances has been published on Technology Org.

 
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Moving spacecraft with the Inchworm Effect

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Moving spacecraft with the Inchworm Effect
Ok, that's my term for it...
The problem in outer space for moving a spaceship around is you've got nothing to push against. You can't use a propeller, you can't use wheels like you can on earth.
So what we do is chuck stuff out the back at very high speeds and get forward thrust that way.
BUT, there is another way!
Watch the Inchworm in this thought experiment:
We know we can change the mass of an object (Einstein's famous E=MCsquared).
So, imagine a spaceship pulling something along behind it - lets call it an anchor.

1) We do whatever is needed to increases the anchor's mass and then we push against it.
The anchor goes back a bit and the ship goes forward a bit.

2) Then we stop doing whatever it was and the mass of the anchor goes back to normal... and we reel it in.
We move back a bit but the anchor moves forward a little bit more because it doesn't have as much mass as when we pushed against it.

Repeat.
After every 'cycle' completes, the ship and anchor have inched forward a bit.

It's really called the Woodward Effect and you can read more about it below.
  #forwidersharing #outerspace  

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Vintage Astronomy Celestial Renaissance Moon Stars Poster

Here's a great poster featuring a beautiful image from deep space


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Vintage illustration astronomy and celestial black and white Renaissance drawing of a landscape and the moon (lune) in the night sky with stars and constellations. People are standing next to a river, bridge and buildings. Created in 1683 by Allain Manesson Mallet (1630 – 1706), a French cartographer and engineer.

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VIDEO: First Italian woman arrives at ISS

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Italy's first female astronaut has arrived at the International Space Station. 
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The Creature from the Red Lagoon

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Carina Nebula Hubble Space Room Decal

Here's a great wall decal featuring a beautiful image from deep space


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Hubble telescope photograph of the Carina Nebula

This photo of the Carina Nebula was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is reminiscent of a sci-fi/fantasy illustration, and shows an enormous mountainous pillar of dust and gas in rich orange tones, against a starlit deep blue background.

Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

You can personalise the design further if you'd prefer, such as by adding your name or other text, or adjusting the image - just click 'Customize it' to see all the options. IMPORTANT: If you choose a different sized version of the product, it's important to click Customize and check the image in the Design view to ensure it fills the area to the edge of the product, otherwise white edges may be visible.

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Tarantula Nebula Hubble Space iPad Folio Case

Here's a great iPad case from Zazzle featuring a Hubble-related design. Maybe you'd like to see your name on it? Click to personalize and see what it's like!


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Cool space / astronomy photograph from NASA. This is a Hubble Space Telescope photograph showing a detailed area of the Tarantula nebula. This nebula is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, about 170,000 million light years away. This photo has shades of blue, green and orange, with sparkling stars.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA

You can personalise the design further if you'd prefer, such as by adding your name or other text, or adjusting the image - just click 'Customize it' to see all the options. IMPORTANT: If you choose a different sized version of the product, it's important to click Customize and check the image in the Design view to ensure it fills the area to the edge of the product, otherwise white edges may be visible.

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ORNL thermomagnetic processing method provides path to new materials

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For much the same reason LCD televisions offer eye-popping performance, a thermomagnetic processing method developed at the U.S.

The post ORNL thermomagnetic processing method provides path to new materials has been published on Technology Org.

 
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Vintage Astronomy, Celestial Planisphere Map Poster

Here's a great poster featuring a beautiful image from deep space


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Vintage illustration astronomy and celestial star chart map created in 1702 featuring the signs of the zodiac and other figures from Greek mythology. Planisphere Celeste featuring the constellations of the northern and southern night sky, planets (Mercury, Mars, Venus and Saturn), the phases of the moon and the sun. A mythological representation of our universe.

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Star Birth in Constellation Cygnus, The Swan Stickers

Here's a great sheet of stickers featuring a beautiful image from deep space


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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A gorgeous star forming region in Constellation Cygnus (The Swan). This Hubble image shows a dust-rich, interstellar gas cloud with a new-born star in the centre of the hour-glass shape. The glowing blue of the hydrogen in this nebula is due to the jets being emitted from the forming star as dust falls into into it and this causes the heating and turbulence of the hydrogen. The star, known as S106 IR, is reaching the end of its birth and will soon enter the much quieter period of adulthood known as the main stage.

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Image credit: NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) and ESA

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Physicists and chemists work to improve digital memory technology

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Researchers are studying graphene and ammonia to develop high-speed, high-capacity random access memory. The team engineered and tested improvements in the performance of a memory structure known as a ferroelectric tunnel junction.

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Magnetic fields and lasers elicit graphene secret

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Scientists have studied the dynamics of electrons from the 'wonder material' graphene in a magnetic field for the first time. This led to the discovery of a seemingly paradoxical phenomenon in the material. Its understanding could make a new type of laser possible in the future.

via Science Daily

Carina Nebula Hubble Space Room Decal

Here's a great wall decal featuring a beautiful image from deep space


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Hubble telescope photograph of the Carina Nebula

This photo of the Carina Nebula was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is reminiscent of a sci-fi/fantasy illustration, and shows an enormous mountainous pillar of dust and gas in rich orange tones, against a starlit deep blue background.

Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

You can personalise the design further if you'd prefer, such as by adding your name or other text, or adjusting the image - just click 'Customize it' to see all the options. IMPORTANT: If you choose a different sized version of the product, it's important to click Customize and check the image in the Design view to ensure it fills the area to the edge of the product, otherwise white edges may be visible.

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