Top 10 Astronomical Issues of 2003

[Inkthinker]

These are the top 10 mysteries that astronomers will be fudging around with over the next year (and beyond). Makes for some pretty interesting reading... I like to keep up on stuff like this and let it spark ideas for writing.

The Top 10 Mysteries of Space

[shinolahead]

I read these yesterday - awsome stuff. Was it here I found the space.com link?
I got the Cosmos DVD box set for my birthday...it's 20 years old but it's still fascinating. If more people like Carl Sagan were given a mic, the world be a better place. He had all the "brainy" scientific knowledge - the kind of vast knowledge that seems to find the connections in viewing history and the universe on a grand scale - and was always able to project a sense of wonder at it all.
Space is cool. I need to learn more.

[bushiboy]

I got to see Sagan speak on environmental issues back in 90 or around there at a local university. I made all my friends from science club go, and most of them slept. He was really very funny, and if they'd only paid attention would have found him very entertaining.
They had two open mics set up, and at the end people got to file up and ask him a question. He was extremley clever with his answers, and at one point some dufus said "Say "Billions and billions". Sagan explained he had never used that phrase to his knowledge, but it was used in Johnny Carson's impression of him because Johnny likd the way he said "billion". He went on for about six minutes cleverly dodging the use of "that phrase" as he called it, and at the end obliged the moron.
I got him to sign my "Contact" paperback afterwards and I got him to ramble on for 40 minutes about wormhole theories. Supercool.

[danimation2001]

I like that dark energy stuff...

yeah...

dark... energy...

definitely made for good reading.

[Digital Klown]

I agree... interesting stuff! Haven't really heard much about dark energy until now. I've heard of dark matter though. I don't know how cosmologists figure this stuff out... the theory of relativity alone is tricky enough.

And if anyone's also interested in seeing some cool astronomy pictures, may I suggest this site (there's a new picture everyday):

Astronomy Picture of the Day


Enjoy!