On February 11, 2010, NASA launched their state-of-the-art Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) into space. This satellite is designed specifically to study the sun. On April 21, 2010, NASA unveiled the first images received from that satellite, and they’re amazing! Read More...

Last night Rosie asked me to look up at the moon. She said there was a big ring around it. I looked up and saw no ring. Instead it looked pretty fuzzy, and I told her the moon was just infested with fungus. She said over and over to look so I looked again. And way our, further out than I had ever seen was a huge moon ring! I had never seen one so big. The moon was directly overhead so it was difficult to stand and look straight up at it. But that ring… beautiful!
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As seen in the sidebar, the book I'm currently reading/studying is Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe. This is a book I've had for a while and is probably a little outdated with the latest research, but it starts with a good basis on explaining string theory and will help to get a good grasp on the subject. Read More...

"By fearlessly taking on the science, and leveraging its intrinsic fascination to produce entertaining works of substance and drama, the arts may well be the perfect medium to fully integrate science into the world’s conversation. We may even find that the art world’s scientifically inspired works will provide new stimulus to the scientific imagination and, in some possibly intangible way, prepare us for the next step in understanding the universe. Certainly, shifting the sharp spotlight illuminating science from the purely rigorous, numerical, and cognitive, to one with the softer, more ambiguous glow of human sensibilities, is enormously potent. When science is widely seen as an integral part of what makes us human, our own connection to the cosmos will be significantly strengthened; truly, science is the thread that weaves us all into..."
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A planet twice the size of jupiter but 70 times less dense than earth is orbiting a star in the wrong direction.

News Articles:
The Planetary Society
Astronomy.com
Current.com
Scientific American
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