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With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.

Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.

Absolutely beautiful

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From the Stacks: It’s amazing how two different editions of the same book can give off such a different impression when released by different publishers a few years apart. Check out the difference!

Left: Pyramid Science Fiction, 1970

Right: Jobe/HBJ, 1978 

(Both available here)

The collection includes stories by Theodore Sturgeon, Henry Kuttner, Sprague de Camp, Fritz Leiber, H.L. Gold, Nelson S. Bond, Fredric Brown, Robert K. Arthur, Anthony Boucher, Manly Wade Wellman, and Malcolm Jameson.

# Isaac Asimov illustration art vintage books from the stacks

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crookedindifference: The Diner at the Center of the Galaxy The monster at the center of our Galaxy is about to get fed. Recent observations by the Very Large Telescopes indicate that a cloud of gas will venture too close to the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. The gas cloud is being disrupted, stretched out, heated up, and some of it is expected to fall into the black hole over the next two years. In this artist’s illustration, what remains of the blob after a close pass to the black hole is shown in red and yellow, arching out from the gravitational death trap to its right. The cloud’s orbit is shown in red, while the orbits of central stars are shown in blue. The infalling nebula is estimated to contain several times the mass of our Earth, while the central black hole, thought to correspond to the radio source Sagittarius A*, contains about four million times the mass of our Sun. Once it falls in, nothing is expected to be heard from the doomed gas ever again. View Larger

crookedindifference:

The Diner at the Center of the Galaxy

The monster at the center of our Galaxy is about to get fed. Recent observations by the Very Large Telescopes indicate that a cloud of gas will venture too close to the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. The gas cloud is being disrupted, stretched out, heated up, and some of it is expected to fall into the black hole over the next two years. In this artist’s illustration, what remains of the blob after a close pass to the black hole is shown in red and yellow, arching out from the gravitational death trap to its right. The cloud’s orbit is shown in red, while the orbits of central stars are shown in blue. The infalling nebula is estimated to contain several times the mass of our Earth, while the central black hole, thought to correspond to the radio source Sagittarius A*, contains about four million times the mass of our Sun. Once it falls in, nothing is expected to be heard from the doomed gas ever again.

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27 Science fictions that became science facts in 2012. →

thescienceofreality:

  1. Quadriplegic uses her mind to control her robotic arm.
  2. DARPA robot can traverse an obstacle course.
  3. Genetically modified silk is stronger than steel.
  4. DNA was photographed for the first time.
  5. Invisibility cloak technology took a huge leap forward.
  6. Spray-on skin.
  7. James Cameron reached the deepest known point in the ocean.
  8. Stem cells could extend human life by over 100 years.
  9. 3-D printer creates full-size house in one session.
  10. Self-driving cars are legal in Nevada, Florida, and California.
  11. Voyager I leaves the solar system.
  12. Custom Jaw transplant created with 3-D printer.
  13. Rogue planet[s] floating through space.
  14. Chimera monkey’s created from multiple embryos.
  15. Artificial leaves generate electricity. 
  16. Google goggles bring the internet everywhere.
  17. Higgs-Boson Particle discovery.
  18. Flexible, inexpensive solar panels challenge fossil fuel.
  19. Diamond planet discovered.
  20. Eye implants give sight to the blind.
  21. Wales barcodes DNA of every flowering plant species in the country.
  22. First unmanned commercial space flight docks with the ISS.
  23. Ultra-flexible “willow” glass will allow for curved electronic devices.
  24. NASA begins using robotic exoskeletons.
  25. Human brain is hacked.
  26. First planet with four suns discovered.
  27. Microsoft patented the “Holodeck”.

Learn more about each of these scientific break-throughs and discoveries here.

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Hi there, I tried to order one of your books through Amazon Marketplace, but I cannot as I live in the Republic of Ireland. The Book is Antony Gormley Drawing (Hardcover)by Anna Moszynska. Please can you tell me if it is possible to send it to me. Thank you. Regards, Ginny from Anonymous

Hi Ginny,

Normally I might try to set something up, but it looks like there may have been some sort of mix-up. I don’t have any such book in stock, nor did I.

If you’d like to get in touch with me further, please shoot an email over to vortexbookstore@gmail.com and I’ll see what else I can do to help.

Thanks,

Jessica

Posted 3 months ago