I hope you’ve been to the beach and reflected upon the grains of sand as I suggested in one of my previous blog posts. Even if you didn’t, here’s something else to think about.Go back to that previous post and look at that Hubble photo once more. How many galaxies can you count in that photo? If you do end up with a number, let me know, because there are too many for me to count. Even if you don’t count them you can clearly see there’s a lot of them. And bear in mind that this is just a very, very small piece of the skies above us. Also remember that every galaxy consists of a whole lot of stars (roughly 3 x 10^11, […] Read more

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