Space Shuttle Discovery touched down at Kennedy Space Center at 11:16 am EDT today after a successful assembly mission to the International Space Station delivering the new Japanese Laboratory Module called "Kibo" (which translates into "Hope").Now we have to wait all the way until October 8th for the next shuttle mission, STS-125, to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

Since it’s Friday again, it’s time for some more fun videos. I especially like the late entry. Thanks to TheMovieBlog.com for the heads up :) YouTube

Summer have arrived in Norway (although it’s taken a short break now). It has been hot and the beaches have been crowded. This reminded me of a little thought experiment you can try on your own the next time you’re on the beach.While you’re there, grab a handful of sand. How many grains of sand would you guess you had in your hand? One hundred thousand? A million? Even more? Now try to think how many grains of sand there are in total on that beach. A number you can hardly imagine, right? This number would actually be close to the number of stars in our galaxy (roughly 3 x 10^11, or 300 billion).Now look at this latest photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. What […] Read more