Good to see Mark McCaughrean on the live feed from ESA... he will, of course, be at the Flamsteed in February to talk about the mission:
Big milestone there.... Philae has separated from Rosetta. 7 hours until landing!
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You’re not the buyer, are you, Mike? No, I wanted one for each wrist, and they couldn't accommodate ;) Seriously though, it is utterly beautiful.
Stuart Clark's live blog on the Guardian is now up and running: So, apparently, the third go/no-go was delayed because the cold gas thruster on top ...
Just one thing bothers me: haven’t they misspelled ‘sidereal’? Is this actually a Chinese fake worth twenty bucks??? I think both spellings are accep...
Wow, that is stunning. Really well done, Rupert! The sunspot looks superb, but I'm really impressed by those wonderful filaments. The one on the left...
But it is a rare movie that retains the services of Kip Thorne and appears to have advanced the frontiers of human knowledge in its rendering of a bla...
Forgot to mention... yes, the sound mix is really poor in places, and you had to really concentrate on what some of the characters were saying. I thi...
Well, I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed that. I had also read the Deborah Ross review, so my expectations were very low. However, it's one of those ...
Well, I'm going to see it this morning at the Curzon in Canterbury, so I'll report back later!
An excellent report of this lecture, written by Andy, is now online: