kottke.org posts about comets
kottke.org posts about physics
Spruce it up with moons, rings, comets, or even a black hole.” You can collide planets and stars or simulate gravity: “N-body simulation at almost any speed ...
Founded in 1998, kottke.org is one of the oldest blogs on the web. It's ... Frequent topics of interest among the 26,000+ posts include art, technology ...
taken by the ESA's Rosetta spacecraft of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko to make this short video that makes the mission feel like sci-fi a la Alien or District ...
kottke.org posts about geology
Geological features called chevrons could be evidence · Geological features called chevrons could be evidence of violent comet/asteroid impacts as recently as ...
kottke.org posts about Kurzgesagt
Your speed through spacetime is the sum of your separate speeds through time and space. It is impossible for you to stay still. Even if you are not moving ...
kottke.org posts about astronomy
Every day, approximately 60 tons of dust from asteroids, comets, and other celestial bodies fall to the Earth. These tiny metallic, alien stones of various ...
Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun. When frozen, they are the size of a small town.
Twitter has shut off API access to the app I've used since 2008 to post links here. Until a change in ownership (or in the owner's stability & political views), ...
kottke.org posts about Andrew McCarthy
“Due to the comet's motion, it has to be stacked differently. I tell the software to stack the images based on the comet position and star ...
kottke.org posts about science
It's about the history of the JWST, humanity's biggest ever space telescope, a machine that allows us to peer deeper & clearer into the universe than ever ...
kottke.org posts about Justin Hall
Real websites for Halt and Catch Fire's Rover and Comet. HACF Comet. This season on Halt and Catch Fire, competing teams made up of the main ...
kottke.org posts about Wolfgang Stangl
kottke.org posts about Wolfgang Stangl · Lunar Landing Recreated from Archival NASA Photos · The Comet.
Santiago Borja is an airline pilot who takes stunning photos of storms and clouds from the flight deck of his 767. Definitely offers up a different perspective ...
Jason Kottke (born September 27, 1973) is an American blogger, graphic designer, and web designer known for his blog Kottke.org.
But with powerful telescopes, they have detected a chemical — phosphine — in the thick Venus atmosphere. After much analysis, the scientists assert that ...
kottke.org posts about black holes
Kurzgesagt is back with another video about black holes; it has the innocuous-seeming title of The Easiest Way To Build a Black Hole.
kottke.org posts about science
Is there a physical limit to how loud a noise can be? As you might imagine, the answer is somewhat complicated, even if you assume normal atmospheric conditions ...
kottke.org posts about Kurzgesagt
Do we need nuclear energy to stop climate change? More and more voices from science, environmental activists and the press have been saying so in recent years — ...
55 years ago today, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon and went for a little walk.
kottke.org posts about physics
This one is notable for its concise, intuitive explanation and visualization of our constant speed through spacetime (special relativity).