Nike is selling limited edition Back to the Future Nike Mags on ebay to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation. The going price? Around $5,000 currently, with 14 more hours to go on the auction. Links:
The Hertzsprung–Russell diagram is a scatter graph of stars showing the relationship between the stars’ absolute magnitudes or luminosities versus their spectral types or classifications and effective temperatures. Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams are not pictures or maps of the locations of the stars. Rather, they plot each star on a graph measuring the star’s absolute magnitude or brightness against its temperature and color.
Source: Investigating Stars, Investigating Astronomy, TERC
Astroarchaeologists to Revive Satellite from the 70’s
Several researchers at University College London plan to turn back on Prospero X3, a British satellite from the 1970’s. For more info: Discovery Space.
To resupply Arctic mines and oil rigs, roads are expensive (if not simply out of the question). A new company is building fast and efficient helium-fueled blimps to get the needed supplies to workers up north. Read more.
(via fastcompany)
A new plant in Akron, Ohio plans to divert old bottles from landfills and churn out 80,000 barrels of oil a year. Read more.
(via fastcompany)
The ISS may be unoccupied for the first time in over a decade. After the Russian Progress vehicle (seen above) failed on its last flight aboard a Soyuz rocket, the Russians are trying to figure out the problem before its next scheduled resupply mission. If they don’t figure it out in time, the next batch of astronauts and cosmonauts may not go up before the current 5 come down.
Hurricane Irene about to make landfall in NYC, as seen from the GOES-13 satellite.
The 25 Coolest College Labs
Beer brewing, explosives training, undersea vehicles… jealous.
