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My take on the water on Mars
1) They've cried wolf enough times at this point that I'm always skeptical about every new announcement ( Read more... ) -
Pluto New Horizons
Post copypasted from Tumblr b/c I'm just that excited.OMFG I’m so excited! New Horizons flew by Pluto about 2.5 hours ago. It’s going to remain pointed at Pluto for another 5 hours or so to get as much data as possible, and then the craft is going to slew around and spit back all the images and other data to Earth, and then it’s going to take ( Read more... ) -
Bacterium uses arsenic in DNA
NASA's big press release today was that a new form of DNA was discovered in a type of bacteria living in Mono Lake, California. DNA usually requires phosphorus to hold together the different "rungs" of the "ladder". On the periodic table of the elements, phosphorus falls directly above arsenic, meaning they have the same number of electrons in ( Read more... ) -
Presidential Candidates' views on NASA
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4260504.html?series=46
Posted for seekingferret b/c I seem to recall this's one of the issues that your vote is based upon. Also, a summary of it from an astronomer. nasa, news, resources, politics, astronomy, links, astronauts, science