WWW (aka WORLD WIDE WEB)

30-Apr-1993: CERN releases the source code of WorldWideWeb (for free!) (by sciencemug)

Wanna know the Web's full story? Go here!

Speak italian e vuoi sapere la differenza tra Internet e Web? Ascolta qui da 26'48'' a 28'45''.

HUBBLE GOES INTO SPACE!

26-Apr-1990: Hubble Space Telescope is released into space (by sciencemug)

[The picture is adapted from a Public Domain image by sciencemug (source: Wikimedia Commons)]

H- I can see galaxies which are billions of lightyears far away from here, I can see cosmic fireworks where the sky is pitch black, I can even see tired stars whose breathe is as faint as a shy whisper of light... And yet, after all these years, I'll be damned if I can see why 'Indipendence Day'* was such a huge success.
SM- Me too bro, me too...
PiPs- What?! It's the best movie ever with all those dance-battles between hippos and penguins and the flying elephant which fights the dragons in the sky over London and the weirdo with scissorhands who duels with that guy with those big sideburns and the cigar and the twelve monkeys jumpin' around while the woman in the fountain stalks that italian dude... It's awesome!
You two guys, you just don't get it, that's all...

Seriously though, Hubble's here, and here.

If you speak italian, allora qui potete ascoltare gente che parla del nostro amico telescopio (da 11'40'' a 15'00'').

*Shot in 1996.

EARTH DAY

Yes-You-Are

[The picture of the Earth is adapted from a Public Domain image by sciencemug (source: Wikimedia Commons)]

Earth Day 2013

Giornata della Terra 2013

DON'S BACK! (2/3)

Don's back! (2/3) And he's not alone... (by sciencemug)

(Don 1/3; Don; Don)

YURI GOES INTO SPACE!

1961: Yuri Gagarin is the first human being to travel into space (by sciencemug)

[The picture of Yuri Gagarin is adapted from a Public Domain image by sciencemug (source: Wikimedia Commons)]

[The picture of the Earth is adapted from a Public Domain image by sciencemug (source: Wikimedia Commons)]

Guess who said: "The sky is very dark; the Earth is bluish. Everything is seen very clearly", from space... More about Yuri Gagarin and his historic flight here and here.

NORTH POLE, DUDE!

6-Apr-1909: Henson and Peary reach the North Pole (by sciencemug)

Really? Let's read some paper: here, here, here and here.

LUNA 10, THE SOVIET SPACECRAFT

The story of soviet spacecraft Luna10 (by sciencemug)

[The picture of LUNA10 is adapted from a Public Domain image by sciencemug (source: Wikimedia Commons)]

[The background picture is adapted from a Public Domain image by sciencemug (source: Wikimedia Commons)]

Here some info about Luna 10 (by NASA). 

If you speak russian, maybe you can also dig in here.