Author Archives: Stan Flouride

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From Nature.com Rotating comet The material that sublimates into space to form the coma, measured by the Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA), shows different levels of water, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. This “>map shows how … Continue reading →

Their hair and dress, their pioneer spirit, even their Indian teepees evoke the nation’s frontier beginnings. These young people are members of a commune, which they have created for themselves as a new and radical way of living. Scores of … Continue reading →

Photographer & Summary Author: John Adam; John’s Home Page What is going on here? Has the space-time continuum been distorted by a pulse of gravitational waves from a nearby supernova? Well, not quite. Gravity waves (not gravitational waves) are responsible for the shimmer effect: … Continue reading →

Another amazing image from Astronomy Picture of the Day I think it’s one of those sentient energy beings from Star Trek but scientists disagree. Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI; Radio: NSF/NRAO/AUI/VLAExplanation: Celebrating astronomy in this International Year of Light, the detailed image reveals spectacular active … Continue reading →

Another cool APoD: Image Credit: ESA/Planck; Acknowledgement: M.-A. Miville-Deschênes, CNRS – IAS, U. Paris-XIExplanation: What does the magnetic field of our Galaxy look like? It has long been known that a modest magnetic field pervades our Milky Way Galaxy because it is seen to align small dust grains that scatter background light. Only … Continue reading →

I found these photos taken by a previous guest of Neyda y Enriqué. He raved, as did several others, about the food and hospitality.

Bacteria that can eat sewer waste and produce electricity. Bacteria that can create electrically conductive nanowires to transfer energy from one cell to another. Bacteria that breathe metal or bacterial strains that can live on electrons alone. These are just a … Continue reading →

Via another one of the Pic of the Day sites I visit regularly, this one is from NASA’s Earth Observatory Picture of the Day. Explanation by William L. Stefanov, NASA-JSC: Though these images may look like they come from a science … Continue reading →

Video Credit: SOHO Consortium, EIT, ESA, NASA Explanation: Ten Earths could easily fit in the “claw” of this seemingly solar monster. The monster, actually a huge eruptive prominence, is seen moving out from our Sun in this condensed half-hour time-lapse sequence.  This large prominence, though, is significant not only for … Continue reading →