Category Archives: Universe

Horizon: Universe

Horizon: Is Everything We Know About the Universe Wrong? (Part 1 of 6) [pro-player width='530' height='253' type='video']http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge6RjTgyLr0[/pro-player] Horizon: Is Everything We Know About the Universe Wrong? (Part 2 of 6) [pro-player width='530' height='253' type='video']http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij5q8WVyNVI&feature=related[/pro-player] Horizon: Is Everything We Know About the Universe Wrong? (Part 3 of 6) [pro-player width='530' height='253' type='video']http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPDd3Umv06c&feature=related[/pro-player] Horizon: Is Everything We …

January 29, 2011 – 03:02 | By Roy Wright | Posted in Universe | Comments Off

WMAP Reveals Neutrinos, End of Dark Ages, First Second of Universe

[WMAP cosmic microwave fluctuations over the full sky with 5-years of data. Colors represent the tiny temperature fluctuations of the remnant glow from the infant universe: red regions are warmer and blue are cooler. Credit: WMAP Science Team ] Robert Naeye Goddard Space Flight Center March 2008 NASA released this week five years of data …

December 31, 2009 – 00:50 | By Roy Wright | Posted in Learning, Universe | Tagged | Comments (0)

WHERE STARS START

This visible-light portrait shows a region of the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy where stars are born. New radio telescope data on the much closer Taurus star-birth region in our own galaxy has unveiled one of the earliest phases of star formation. [ Light years: Outer space is so massive that distances have to be …

December 30, 2009 – 14:14 | By Roy Wright | Posted in Universe | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Dawn of the Universe

NASA Official: Dr. Gary F. Hinshaw Page Updated: Tuesday, 04-07-2009 Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) is a NASA Explorer mission that launched June 2001 to make fundamental measurements of cosmology — the study of the properties of our universe as a whole. WMAP has been stunningly successful, producing our new …

December 30, 2009 – 01:06 | By Roy Wright | Posted in Universe | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Innovation Time Spans

John Murdock November 2009 “What will current innovation studies reveal for the 21st Century equivalent to those that Samuel Globe, Girard Levy, and Charles Schwartz, senior staff members of Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, reported in the journal of Research Management, July 1973 on Key Factors and Events in the Innovative Process? The article …

December 8, 2009 – 00:02 | By Roy Wright | Posted in Universe | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Astrobiology – Life in the Universe

Astrobiology is the study of the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. This interdisciplinary field requires a comprehensive, integrated understanding of biological, planetary, and cosmic phenomena. Astrobiology encompasses the search for habitable environments in our Solar System and on planets around other stars; the search for evidence of prebiotic chemistry or …

July 16, 2009 – 23:44 | By Roy Wright | Posted in Physical Cosmology, Universe | Tagged , | Comments (3)

Time Exhibit

History of timekeeping from ancient to modern times. (at NIST) A Walk Through Time Calendars Through the Ages Its About Time

June 19, 2009 – 22:28 | By Roy Wright | Posted in Universe | Tagged , | Comments (0)

The Art and Technology Journey – Board Walk – Exquisite Box

The Art and Technology Journey – Board Walk at Del Ray Artisans, Alexandria, VA – August 8 -31, 2008 David A. Kosar, Rob Rudick, Jamee Telford, Monica Wise, Roy Wright and a special presentation of Rocio Barcia’s The Exquisite Box.The show exhibition is located at 2704 Mount Vernon Aveune, Alexandria, VA 22301 – 703-838-4827 http://www.thedelrayartisans.org …

June 16, 2009 – 23:19 | By Roy Wright | Posted in Universe | Tagged , | Comments (0)