If you’re of a bookish bent and also of a certain age that starts with a “3,” you may well have gone through a phase in your childhood when you devoured every book in the local library on space/space travel/”the future” in general. If so, you may also emit a squeal of delight at these wonderful ’70s-era illustrations of space colonies, which we spotted at Visual News. VIA: –FLAVOR WIRE–
Between 1727 and 1734 Maharajah Jai Singh II of Jaipur, India, constructed five astronomical observatories in his native territory of west central India. The observatories called “Jantar Mantars” incorporate multiple buildings of unique form, each with a specialized function for astronomical measurement. These structures with their striking combinations of geometric forms at large scale, have captivated the attention of architects, artists, and art historians world wide, yet remain largely unknown to the general public.
NASA has ‘clear evidence’ of carbon dioxide snowfalls on Mars, the space agency revealed today – making this the only known example of carbon dioxide snow falling anywhere in our solar system.
Frozen carbon dioxide, better known as ‘dry ice’, requires temperatures of about -125C (-193F) which is much colder than needed for freezing water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zuZmhb5yrsI
Ancient Aliens Debunked is a 3 hour refutation of the theories proposed on the History Channel series Ancient Aliens. It is essentially a point by point critique of the ‘ancient astronaut theory’ which has been proposed by people like Erich von Däniken and Zecharia Sitchin as well as many others.
From David McCandless’s Information Is Beautiful Studio comes a magnificent charticle about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Above is just the top portion. See the whole thing at BBC Future, “Are We Alone?” (via Wired)
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