Blog Posts on planets

Simplify Computing: IBM PureSystems by KUMAGCOW - The Goodlooking Guy on His Journey : ) on May 14, 2012Mr. Scott Firth, Director for Systems Software Marketing and IBM Virtualization shows the next era of IT through IBM PureSystems. Last night while I was writing this article I was thinking of something complicated to press on the keyboard because thi...

Planet Venus visible all night long this weekend by The Blog of Innocence: SilentVoice Points on Apr 13, 2012The planet Venus is now at its peak of visibility in the evening sky this weekend, making now a prime time to spot the bright planet. This weekend, Venus should appear in the western sky at sunset, weather permitting, and should be visible as a...

Walking Through Our Solar System by Filipino Freethinkers on Apr 5, 2012How far are the planets with respect to each other?

“Frozen Planet” Premiere: 7-Part Series by on Mar 19, 2012Discovery channel uncovers first episode of the seven-part series “Frozen Planet” from the makers of “Planet Earth” on Sunday, March 18. “Frozen Planet” narrated by Alec Baldwin, is a documentary about life-and-death at the poles of the E...

Dead Russian satellite to fall from space next week by on Mar 18, 2012The Russian Space Agency will be guiding a dead Russian satellite from space staring March 20. A senior official from Russian’s state-owned satellite telecommunications operation said that the telecommunications space satellite dubbed as Express-AM...

Two extreme solar flare chases towards Earth (Video) by on Mar 8, 2012The largest solar flare in years is ripping towards Earth at 4 million mph and is expected to hit early Thursday morning, Associated Press posted.The powerful solar flare frightening to set free of charged particles that could disrupt utility grids,...

Solar Flare 2012: Solar storm headed for Earth (Video) by on Mar 7, 2012Several news sites reported that a solar storms was unleased yesterday after a massive solar flare erupted from the sun. It is considered as one of the most powerful solar storms in the last five years. Space weather scientists are closely monitoring...

Triple play – Moon, Jupiter and Venus Line Up this Weekend by on Feb 28, 2012This past weekend, Saturday and Sunday, three planets joined the moon in an unusual sky alignment. Moon, Jupiter and Venus came together in a shining triangle which gives stargazers a celestial delight. These celestial bodies have been joined by Merc...

Feeding Mosquitoes by Paper, Chalkdust and Stars on Feb 22, 2012Yep, figuratively and literally those little insects feast on both of my chicken pox infested legs last night while I was trying to image Mars. I hope they did suck out the varicella virus as well. I hope to get well soon, I am certainly missing a l...

Clouds, Planets and DIY Spectrometer by Paper, Chalkdust and Stars on Feb 20, 2012We had an overnight stargazing activity at school. Thanks to <insert sarc mark here> the LPA, clouds quickly hid the view of Jupiter, good thing we savored a few minutes observing Venus.   As minutes of hopelessly waiting for skies to move b...