Bonbons of science and skepticism

Sunrise at the 82-inch Otto Struve telescope at McDonald Observatory. Photo Dec. 2003.

The Carina Nebula (with the massive star Eta Carina in the spotlight) on the screens at the Vislab in the ACES building at UT. Photo 2010.

This is just a section of the whole array of monitors – there are a total of 75 monitors at 2560×1600 resolution. Photos, of course, do not do it justice!

Renazzo carbonaceous chondrite meteorite at the Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites in the American Museum of Natural History. Photo: August 2006.

The Space Shuttle Columbia re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere July 27, 1999

This was the historic first flight of a female commander, Colonel Eileen Collins whose crew released the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.


Meteorite at American Museum of Natural History, Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites. Photo: August 2006.

I think this might be a fragment from the Barringer Crater in Arizona, but unfortunately I don’t have a good photo of the information plaque so I can’t be sure.


New images of Pluto, released today. Click here for more information.

These are making me very impatient for New Horizons to get out there!


Another ancient sea creature at the Academy of Natural Sciences Natural History Museum in Philadelphia. Photo August 2006.


Egyptian cat mummy at the Academy of Natural Sciences Natural History Museum in Philadelphia. Photo August 2006.

Skeleton of a gorilla at the Academy of Natural Sciences Natural History Museum in Philadelphia. August 2006.

Although I’m way late to the game with this, here is the newest offering in the Symphony of Science series – an incredible collection of music videos created from auto-tuned clips of famous scientists.

The three previous videos can be seen at Symphony of Science

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