Tag: Space
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Northern lights, cameras, action: Night sky watchers capture dramatic aurora over Seattle
Photographer Tim Durkan’s image from West Seattle looking back at the city, with the Space Needle on the right, and the northern lights. (Tim Durkan Photo) The beautiful sunshine in Seattle on Saturday gave way to an equally awesome display in the night sky as the northern lights made a rare appearance over the city…
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President Trump’s budget plan gets a bad review from the science community
President Donald Trump is calling for significant cuts in science spending. (Flickr / Gage Skidmore) President Donald Trump sent his budget request for the next fiscal year to Congress today, giving the science community a glimpse of what may be to come – and many don’t like what they see. The budget proposal cuts funding for most research…
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Podcast: Jeff Bezos tells kids about his vision for space, and gives practical tips for success
Jeff Bezos talks with students at the opening of the Apollo Exhibit at The Museum of Flight. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos fielded questions from some very savvy kids at the new Apollo exhibit at Seattle’s Museum of Flight this weekend. The exhibit features F-1 engines from some…
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How Jeff Bezos’ passion for space is inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs and explorers
Jeff Bezos gets his picture taken with students at the Museum of Flight. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos visited the Museum of Flight this weekend to answer questions from students, the kids did not hold back. “That’s one of the great things about kids,” Bezos said on Saturday. “There are…
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GeekWire at the Movies: ‘Alien: Covenant’ delivers the gory goods, and some answers
“Alien: Covenant” expands the film franchise’s monster menagerie. (Twentieth Century Fox) Spoiler Alert: This item avoids discussing major plot twists in “Alien: Covenant,” but wait until after you see the movie to read it if you want to stay totally in the dark. We’ve seen enough “Alien” movies by now that we pretty much know…
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Google film ‘Dot of Light’ features pioneering female astronauts and dramatic views from space
Three female pioneers of space exploration are the subjects of a new short film from Google. And the experiences the women had and how they describe it all has led the tech giant to offer new Google Artworks Live Case designs for Pixel and Nexus smartphones. The 10-minute film, called “Dot of Light,” mixes historic footage…
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How we wedged Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and their space race into an onstage startup
Val Brunetto, Liam Lawe and Zach Sanders take the stage in “The Inconstant Moon,” Marcy Rodenborn’s update of the Romeo and Juliet story for the commercial space race. Lawe portrayed Elon Musk (shown here persuading Brunetto’s character to fly to Mars) as well as Jeff Bezos. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) I’m the last person…
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First-of-its-kind stamp will use body heat to change images in celebration of Aug. 21 solar eclipse
The solar eclipse and full moon images on a Forever stamp coming this summer. (USPS Photo) When you press a stamp onto a letter this summer, be sure to take a second look after you release your finger. The United States Postal Service is releasing a first-of-its-kind stamp that uses body heat to change images.…
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First live ultra-HD video from space features oohs, ahhs and zero-G ping pong
As NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson looks on, crewmate Jack Fischer jokes that “you can probably see into my pores” during the first’ever live 4K UHD video feed from the International Space Station. (NASA via YouTube) NASA and AWS Elemental showed off something completely different from the International Space Station today: the first live video in ultra-high-definition…
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Stay up and look up as annual Lyrid meteor shower is expected to put on a show this weekend
A composite image of Lyrid and non-Lyrid meteors, seen over New Mexico from April 21-23, 2012. (NASA/MSFC Photo / Danielle Moser) If you’re up late tonight and into Saturday morning, you might as well look up and try to catch a glimpse of the annual Lyrid meteor shower, which is supposed to peak in the…