http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16nov_europa/

In a potentially significant finding in the search for life beyond Earth, scientists studying data from NASA's Galileo probe have discovered what appears to be a body of ( Read more... )

http://news.discovery.com/space/earth-moon-life-tilt-110808.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1

Something just occurred to me:

Our modern, high-tech civilization requires helium for numerous applications. It is a superfluid that will remain liquid all the way down to absolute zero (0K), something that is true of no other element, not even hydrogen. For that reason it is used for refrigeration in our MRI scanners and other vitally needed ( Read more... )

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/09may_morningplanets/

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/29mar_vesta/

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(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3fqE01YYWs)

From an original CD: JUPITER NASA-VOYAGER SPACE SOUNDS (1990) BRAIN/MIND Research ( Read more... )

http://www.universetoday.com/74755/astronomy-without-a-telescope-solar-or-rtg/

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/07oct_yss/

It would be an interesting survey to catalog the initial reactions readers have to “Trojans“. Do you think first of wooden horses, or do asteroids spring to mind? Given the context of this website, I’d hope it’s the latter. If so, you’re thinking along the right lines. But how much do you really know about astronomical Trojans? . . . More: Read more... )

The "demotion" of Pluto and other Kuyper Belt bodies, e.g., Eris, Huamea, etc., from planetary to "dwarf" status, wasn't particularly intelligent, nor was it scientifically justified. For the details of that, see, e.g., pluto and hades. Suffice it to say that calling a body that has achieved hydrostatic equilibrium a "dwarf" doesn't tell anyone ( Read more... )