Kepler's Somnium

Exploring Johannes Kepler's 'Somnium' science fiction c.1610 online in Kepler's Latin & English translation & this feed by human not AI @HHAspasia

[Kepler's Somnium @SomniumProject]

I started out translating the text, but Kepler's footnotes are important for understanding it. So now I'm catching up on the footnotes.

https://t.co/FOOHjNhi4F

[Museum @DailyClassicArt]

Andreas Achenbach - "River landscape in moonlight"

[NASA Marshall @NASA_Marshall]

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host a virtual conversation at 2:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 30, to share updates to NASA’s plans to build a Moon Base on the lunar surface.

Learn more here: https://t.co/6wrzqxVR8B

[The Scientific Lens @LensScientific]

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”

— Albert Einstein

[Bad Spit @BadSpit]

[1954] Soviet inventor Léon Theremin demonstrating his creation, the Thereminvox (widely known simply as the theremin).

In the footage, he performs a moving rendition of the 1841 Russian romance song "Don't Scold Me, Dear" (composed by Alexander Varlamov).

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

Colin Wilson, author of The Space Vampires, was born today in 1931!

[𝑨𝒓𝒕 🎨 @_ArtMuseum]

Frescoes from Knossos, Greece

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1973)

[Aviation Archive - Tim Farmer @aviationarchive]

Despite its advanced rocket design, the Me 163 required extensive ground support for every flight. It was towed to the runway by a Scheuchschlepper using a tow bar, started with an auxiliary unit, and jettisoned its takeoff dolly shortly after liftoff. After a short powered flight it glided back and landed on a skid. Recovery used a specialized lifting vehicle or inflatable wing cushions to move it quickly to the hangar. Refueling the two hypergolic propellants had to be carried out in separate operations with protective gear and continuous water sprays due to their tendency to ignite explosively on contact.

[SciFi Art @retroscifiart]

Dune board game set and two expansion modules. Box art by Chris White. (Avalon Hill, 1979)

[Kepler's Somnium @SomniumProject]

Same day as Carpenter's 'The Thing'

[Tatiana Fajardo @Tatiana19796]

The science fiction masterpiece 'Blade Runner' was released in the US 44 years ago today. It is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' #liketearsinrain

[Kepler's Somnium @SomniumProject]

@Gibboanxious Same day as Blade Runner!

[Alexander's Cartographer @cartographer_s]

Marathon by Moonlight - Karl Joseph Aloys Agricola, 1829

[MΛЯIПΛ @oscillate23]

The Woman Clothed with the Sun and the Seven-Headed Dragon
Detail of the Apocalypse fresco cycle by Giusto de' Menabuoi (c. 1375–1378).

[exQUIZitely 🕹️ @exQUIZitely]

I rewatched the movie "The Time Machine" (1960) yesterday. I love movies from that era.

If you could go back in time to any event in history for 1 day, what would you pick? Or would you alternatively pick a random day a few hundred years in the future to see what it looks like?

[Autunna @Autunna3]

Bruce Pennington

[Xavi Bros @Xavi_Bros]

Venus and the moon in a only one hour of interval…
Enjoy it!
Images by Carles Labordena:

[NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs]

How do you build the ultimate movie of the cosmos? 🎬🌌

Start with a decade of observations, millions of images, billions of stars and galaxies, and enough data to fill tens of thousands of laptops.

Talk about a blockbuster 🤯