A Quote by Sir Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal of Great Britain



Telescopes are in some ways like time machines...
They reveal galaxies so far away that their light has taken billions of years to reach us. We in astronomy have an advantage in studying the universe, in that we can actually see the past. We owe our existence to stars, because they make the atoms of which we are formed. So if you are romantic you can say we are literally starstuff. If you're less romantic you can say we're the nuclear waste from the fuel that makes stars shine. We've made so many advances in our understanding. A few centuries ago, the pioneer navigators learnt the size and shape of our Earth, and the layout of the continents. We are now just learning the dimensions and ingredients of our entire cosmoc, and can at last make some sense of our cosmic habitat.



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Friday, September 23, 2011

An artists video of the UARSs uncontrolled fall on Earth

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

UARS set for a glorious self destruction

As UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) reaches its end of a productive 6 years of research, the world awaits its glorious self destruction as it enters earth's atmosphere on Sep 23rd 2011. It is supposed to enter the Earths atmosphere US time on the 23rd but the exact location is still unknown. As it burns itself while entering the atmosphere, scientists say, it can glow as bright as Venus. Hope to get a glimpse of this historic event.


As Sep 23rd is getting close, NASA is getting a clearer picture as to where this doomed satellite will enter earths atmosphere. Feel free to visit this page for the latest info. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/uars/index.html

Below you can see an Artists image of how it might look from up above.
I am from Southern California and maybe I am too optimistic, but wish it enters on the west coast and falls in the Pacific Ocean. Its will be a beautiful site to see.


Fingers crossed.
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