more jpl goodness
The nucleus of Comet Wild 2. w00t! Stardust.
originally posted by xowie
The nucleus of Comet Wild 2. w00t! Stardust.
originally posted by xowie
Many, many hundreds of those stars which you could look up and see with the naked eye, most of which are actually very close, would potentially have terrestrial planets similar to the earth and Mars and Venus.
MarsDaily: Australian astronomers identify possible cradle of alien life.
We landed a rover on Mars twenty-five minutes ago; MetaFilter has some good links.
In the past 25 years the number of C.C.D. pixels in all the world's telescopes has increased by a factor of 3,000, with each pixel acting as a miniature astronomical instrument. The result, Dr. Szalay says, is that the total amount of astronomical data collected every year is doubling even while the amount spent on astronomy remains constant.Telescopes of the World, Unite!
originally posted by xowie
We are literally watching the global garden grow. We now have a regular, consistent, calibrated and near-real-time measure of a major component of the global carbon cycle for the first time. This measure can also be the basis for monitoring the expansion of deserts, the effects of droughts, and any impacts climate change may have on vegetation growth, health, and seasonality."This false-color map represents the Earth's carbon 'metabolism'—the rate at which plants absorbed carbon out of the atmosphere. The map shows the global, annual average of the net productivity of vegetation on land and in the ocean during 2002." It reminds me of another picture of the global garden I linked to a while back: 'the Breathing Earth'.
Stacy, 29: Mankind has already landed on the Moon. I think it’s womankind’s turn on Mars.
Derek, 22: It may seem a little crazy to be out here pretending we are on Mars but it is even crazier that we are not doing the real thing and exploring the planet. That would benefit humanity in ways that we can’t even imagine right now.
Pierre-Emmanuel, 38: The pioneering spirit that runs through us all is the bridge that connects past and future.
Alain, 55: I think it is very important that we go to Mars, to compare the evolution of planets, understand more about the origins of life, develop new technologies that can be used on Earth and increase young people’s interest in science. Also we need to dream.
I can’t be the only one who wants to see the reality show. BBC News: The Mars Desert Research Station.
Falling by James Dickey.Let her now take off her hat in summer air the contour Of cornfields and have enough time to kick off her one remaining Shoe with the toes of the other foot to unhook her stockings With calm fingers, noting how fatally easy it is to undress in midair Near death when the body will assume without effort any position Except the one that will sustain it
originally posted by daiichi
ARE YOU WONDERING...Then you need NASA's Flux Capaci..., er, Estimator.
- What is the best location for viewing the 2002 Leonid meteor shower?
- What night do I need to go out to see the the shower from my hometown?
- How active is the shower expected to be?
originally posted by Ben Fried