Astronomy – Star Bear Publications

Puzzle Space Piece

Posted on September 9, 2013 by michelledevilliersart

HourGlass Puzzle Pieces falling into Space — HourGlass Puzzle Pieces falling into Space– (CC 3.0 Unported picture in puzzle piece via ESO)

H/T to Bizarre Alignment of Planetary Nebulae (ESO)

Mystery Alignment of Dying Stars Puzzles Scientists, Mike Wall, (theboldcorsicanflame.wordpress.com)
Hubble and NTT Capture Strange Alignment of Planetary Nebulae (universetoday.com)
Bizarre alignment of planetary nebulae (nanowerk.com)
Bizarre Alignment of Planetary Nebulae Discovered by Hubble and NASA (scienceworldreport.com)
Bizarre alignment of planetary nebulae (eurekalert.org)
Bizarre alignment of planetary nebulae (earthsky.org)
Puzzling Planetary Nebulae Alignment (spaceref.com)
Bizarre alignment of planetary nebulae (phys.org)
Bizarre Alignment of Planetary Nebulae (spacefellowship.com)
Bizarre alignment of planetary nebulae (spacedaily.com)

Show’er Meteor?

Posted on August 9, 2013August 9, 2013 by michelledevilliersart

XKCD’s Guide to Meteor Showers

Mmm: STARBEARID’S not there…Great balls of fire! (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Can you hear a meteor? (sott.net)
Fireballs are flying — and Perseid meteor shower hasn’t even peaked (nbcnews.com)
Perseid meteor shower should dazzle stargazers (nbcnews.com)
Get ready for one of the year’s best meteor showers (globalnews.ca)

A P/2010 A2-Shaped Haiku

Posted on June 5, 2013 by michelledevilliersart

a P/2010 A2 Haiku — A P/2010 A2 Haiku

Hat Tip to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope suspected asteroid collision picture, and to Antoine Cassar’s Haiku to Mars article.

Send Your Haiku to Mars! (geeksaresexy.net)
Strange asteroid has a tail 620,000 miles long! (science.nbcnews.com)
Send Your Haiku To Mars! NASA Seeks Poets : The Two-Way : NPR (becausewerepoets.wordpress.com)
Theory of Life Haiku (starbearpublications.wordpress.com)
Strange Asteroid’s Long Tail Revealed (livescience.com)
NASA plans to send English haiku on space trip to Mars (tokyotimes.com)

Some Strange Things Are Happening To Astronauts Returning To Earth

Posted on February 21, 2013 by michelledevilliersart

Insights of Space Travellers; original video by Planetary Collective

Martian Chit-Chat

Posted on October 11, 2012 by michelledevilliersart

Basaltic — No, not Basil D’Oliveira. The name is Jake. Jake Matijevik.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.

Mars rock touched by Curiosity has surprises (Phys.org)
Curiosity Rover Finds Rock Type That’s Never Been Seen on Mars (Wired.com)
NASA Home Page: Target: Jake Matijevik Rock (NASA)
Curiosity zaps Martian rock with laser (cbc.ca)