A beautiful way to get a sense of your place in the universe, this Laser Etched Milky Way Galaxy sparkles in 3-D on an LED stand. According to ThinkGeek, “scale is about 35,000 lightyears to the inch”, too small for the central black hole to be shown.
February 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Books: Postcards From Mars
February 15, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Astronomy stamps honor long-running BBC program and host
The Telegraph reported Tuesday that Sir Patrick Moore, host of the BBC program The Sky at Night, was honored with Royal Mail stamps, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the show. The Sky at Night is the longest-running program in the world to still feature its original host. Moore selected the six astronomical objects featured on [...]
February 15, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Rocketship Belt
February 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment
'Space Mates' Valentines
I couldn’t let Valentine’s Day go by without showing off what my lovely husband found for me yesterday: Space Mates valentines by Punch Studio of Culver City, CA. (Sadly they only sell to retail businesses.) So cute, so retro, I’d love to know more about the artwork itself, whether it’s a reproduction or just something [...]
February 6, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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