I'm not sure who has been paying attention to what NASA's up to, but I just heard the magic words through NASATV and I'm so fucking ecstatic right now that I don't care.

Curiosity has touched down on Mars. We've got another rover on Mars!

We've gotten a couple of images in, and Curiosity looks just fine. I cannot wait until NASA can talk to it ( Read more... )

It's cold tonight, cold and clear, with a breeze that holds even more of a chill. The cold kept me from staying out very long, but I did get a couple of little meteor-watching sessions in tonight ( Read more... )

Yay, it's less than two weeks to Christmas. I've got mixed feelings about that, but eh, I always feel this way this time of year. Christmas is an awesome and infuriating mix of feelings for me ( Read more... )

Yay, it's snowing!

We've got enough to almost completely cover the grass, and the last forecast I heard has us down for roughly three inches between now and Friday afternoon.

It's actually white outside. XD I'm going to wait another couple of hours or so and then take my camera out there and snap a few pictures. First, though, I'm going to let ( Read more... )

[There is a certain irony to revising "Winter Night" today.]

"I just think it's amusing how often people celebrate light and how rarely anyone celebrates darkness."

"Well," I shrug, "a lot of people associate darkness with evil."

He grins. "I know. And they associate light with good. It's amusing how people oversimplify everything they can."It's ( Read more... )

Okay, for the second week in a row, I spent my Sunday night watching When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions on the Discovery Channel. It's so awesome. Tonight's episodes covered the Apollo missions and Skylab. Next week, the final episodes are going to talk about the shuttle. Can't wait; this miniseries is awesome ( Read more... )

PHOENIX HAS LANDED!

ETA: First raw images are in! There's a nice one of the horizon. :D

...but I'm a bit of a science geek. :D So here, have some science ( Read more... )