Composite Image Animation Looking Around Mars #curiosity #mars

A roboticist has created a drumming hand that can keep multiple beats simultaneously. It's on show at #robotronica at #qut this weekend.

Oh, snap ~ that must be good for a fracture or two, feel bad for him.

Meteors and Milky Way over Mount Rainier

Image Credit & Copyright: Matthew Dieterich

Credit: NASA APOD’s Website

Omg this kind of makes me a little 😵dizzy ! "Our World of ❌ Games #RealMoto Show will air tomorrow at 2 pm ET/11 am PT on ABC!"

On this day 9 years ago, Pluto was demoted from planetary status. On August 24th, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially defined what constitutes a planet. For a celestial body in our solar system to be defined as a planet, it must: 1. Be in orbit of the Sun 2. Have sufficient mass to assume a nearly round shape (officially known as hydrostatic equilibrium) 3. “Clear the neighborhood” around its orbit This designation meant that Pluto – first discovered in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh – was no different than any of the other 70,000 icy objects that comprise the Kuiper Belt, a region that extends from the orbit of Neptune out to 55 astronomical units (55 times the distance of the Earth to the Sun). After decades of observation, astronomers have continued to discover other large Kuiper Belt objects, such as Eris in 2005, which was determined to be larger than Pluto itself. The discovery of Eris – which has approximately 25% more mass than Pluto – posed an interesting question to the scientific community: would this object be the 10th planet in our solar system? “If Neptune were analogized with a Chevy Impala in mass, then how big is Pluto compared to that? Pluto would be a matchbox car sitting on the curb.” - Neil deGrasse Tyson Based upon the IAU’s definition above, any object that doesn’t meet the third criteria is classified as a dwarf planet – including Pluto, Eris, and many of the other objects located in the distant reaches of the Kuiper Belt. In spite of this new designation, Pluto still holds a special spot in the hearts of scientists and astronomers, as NASA sent their New Horizons spacecraft to observe it closely. On July 14th, 2015, New Horizons captured the first close-up images of Pluto’s surface. Image Credit: PBS Sources: 1. Pluto and the Developing Landscape of Our Solar System http://goo.gl/ncuu2x 2. Why Pluto is No Longer a Planet http://goo.gl/ekryL

NASA's Langley Research Center released video of multiple aircraft going through crash tests, which they examine to improve safety measures.

Out of a Dream, by PaulZizkaPhoto

Lake O'Hara has always felt like a page from a kids’ storybook to me. The fairytale feel was amazing that August night, with fresh snow blanketing the peaks, a touch of moonlight, a myriad of stars above and one lone cabin still lit up beneath it all. A probable “keeper” from recent shoots for Lake O'Hara Lodge. Goodnight all from Yoho National Park!

Latest SDO 24 hour movie for: 2015/08/19

And *that*, Ladies and Gentlemen, is how NOT to do it! "A box truck misjudges the height of a bridge in #massachusetts Footage: YouTube/Westwood police department."

'Star Trek: Discovery' Casts 'Walking Dead' Actress as Star: Exclusive

Huge news, Star Trek fans: The first new Trek series in a decade has found its star.

Sonequa Martin-Green, well known to genre fans for her role on AMC’s mega-hit The Walking Dead, has been cast as the lead of Star Trek: Discovery.

The casting ends meticulous search to find the ideal actress to anchor the eagerly anticipated new CBS All Access drama. Martin-Green will play a lieutenant commander on the Discovery. 

Martin-Green represents the first African-American woman to lead the cast of a Trek ensemble, fulfilling a years-long goal by the project’s original showrunner Bryan Fuller. The series will also have the TV franchise’s first openly gay character, a lieutenant played by Anthony Rapp.