by Captain Skellett | Feb 17, 2011 | Science at Home
A solar flare the size of Jupiter erupted a few days ago and is now causing radio and satellite signals to drop out in China. On Valentine’s Day, the sun had a coronal mass ejection associated with a flare, a burst of solar wind that speeds through space. The...
by Captain Skellett | Aug 5, 2010 | Science Art, Science at Home
Winter sun is something worth enjoying. Spreading out lizardlike and soaking up UV rays to make Vitamin D is an excellent endeavour. I often take my laptop out with me and blog in the sunlight. Today as I was doing just that, my laptop started complaining about low...
by Captain Skellett | Jul 12, 2010 | Recent Research
Up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane… well yes it’s a plane. A solar powered plane. Last week Solar Impulse flew their prototype plane through the night for the first time. The trip lasted over 26 hours, gathering and storing energy during...
by Captain Skellett | Apr 25, 2010 | Just for Fun, Recent Research
This is one of the first images sent to Earth from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) last week. The SDO satellite collects data and images of the sun, producing enough material to fill a CD every 36 seconds. Most satellites share ground stations, but because of the...
