News Briefs: Astronomy, Astophysics & Space Exploration
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Just spotted two interesting IMAX movies that I'm looking forward to seeing:
Spacestation <-- now playing
Hubble <-- coming soon
Perhaps I can entice Charlie into going.
Spacestation <-- now playing
Hubble <-- coming soon
Perhaps I can entice Charlie into going.
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Here's an amusing you-tube video ... Carl Sagan and Steven Hawking sing duet about the cosmos !
Carl Sagan - 'A Glorious Dawn' ft Stephen Hawking (Symphony of Science)
Carl Sagan - 'A Glorious Dawn' ft Stephen Hawking (Symphony of Science)
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Well... poor Hawkings hardly sings...
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Not really a news brief, but perhaps of interest...
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... s-of-2010/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... s-of-2010/
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Wow!
Thanks, Curt!
They are all spectacular, but I particualrly liked the one of the dunes on Mars, and the picture of all of Orion (especially on the high-res form available with one more click)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/badastrono ... 9/sizes/o/
astrophotographer and amateur astronomer Rogelio Andreo
Thanks, Curt!
They are all spectacular, but I particualrly liked the one of the dunes on Mars, and the picture of all of Orion (especially on the high-res form available with one more click)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/badastrono ... 9/sizes/o/
astrophotographer and amateur astronomer Rogelio Andreo
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Scientists discover Jupiter-sized alien planet blacker than coal
Check out this link: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/310219
WILD speculation here, but notice the observation: "It is believed its atmosphere consists of either vaporized potassium and sodium or titanium oxide." Titanium oxide is a compound used in alternative solar cell designs...remember the Mercury Array in Charlie's "Flying to Valhalla?"
Like I said, wild speculation!
WILD speculation here, but notice the observation: "It is believed its atmosphere consists of either vaporized potassium and sodium or titanium oxide." Titanium oxide is a compound used in alternative solar cell designs...remember the Mercury Array in Charlie's "Flying to Valhalla?"
Like I said, wild speculation!
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That was a wonderful read Clong, thank you!
It's so interesting when atmospheres freeze onto planets. Eventually I'm sure Jupiter will become the brightest planet in our solar system, but not for ages!
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Nasa sends rubber chicken into space.
I wonder if Thomas Magnum donated his.
I wonder if Thomas Magnum donated his.
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Not sure that this is news, but it's worth being aware of...
http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch- ... ry-premise
http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch- ... ry-premise
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Well ... it does show a bit more than our group photo the Cassini probe shot while it was in Saturn's shadow.clong wrote:Not sure that this is news, but it's worth being aware of...
http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch- ... ry-premise
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For whomever is not quite sure:E Pericoloso Sporgersi wrote:Well ... it does show a bit more than our group photo the Cassini probe shot while it was in Saturn's shadow.clong wrote:Not sure that this is news, but it's worth being aware of...
http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch- ... ry-premise
Read more hereCassini Spacecraft Snaps Photo of Earth from Saturn
Leading up to the event, NASA urged Earthlings to "wave at Saturn" at the appointed time, a purely symbolic gesture ...
They also encouraged the public to ... take pictures of groups waving at Saturn.
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In the left (western) half of the picture, the craters' inner walls are lit on the eastern side.
In the right (eastern) half, the inner walls are lit on the western side.
Clearly left and right picture halves were taken several days apart and certainly NOT during a new moon.
from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... Earth.html
NASA's Trick Moon Picture
In the image below, assume that the upper edge is north.In the left (western) half of the picture, the craters' inner walls are lit on the eastern side.
In the right (eastern) half, the inner walls are lit on the western side.
Clearly left and right picture halves were taken several days apart and certainly NOT during a new moon.
from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... Earth.html
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I totally agree with your analysis. But you should have explained that if it had been during the "new moon" (as seen from Earth), that would be fully lit, from "above" with no shadow, since this is the "hidden side". I was taken aback for awhile...E Pericoloso Sporgersi wrote:...NASA's Trick Moon PictureIn the image below, assume that the upper edge is north.
In the left (western) half of the picture, the craters' inner walls are lit on the eastern side.
In the right (eastern) half, the inner walls are lit on the western side.
Clearly left and right picture halves were taken several days apart and certainly NOT during a new moon.
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Promising Comet ISON Now Brightening for Stargazers on Earth.
Remember to get up three hours before the sun!
Mike Hankey of Monkton, Maryland took this photo of Comet ISON in outburst the morning of Nov. 14.
The tail now shows multiple streamers.
Read more at
http://www.space.com/23515-comet-ison-b ... pdate.html
and
http://www.universetoday.com/106404/com ... d-the-sun/
Remember to get up three hours before the sun!
Mike Hankey of Monkton, Maryland took this photo of Comet ISON in outburst the morning of Nov. 14.
The tail now shows multiple streamers.
Read more at
http://www.space.com/23515-comet-ison-b ... pdate.html
and
http://www.universetoday.com/106404/com ... d-the-sun/
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Now, let's see bow many tail-spawning pieces emerge after the thanksgiving solar fly-by.