New Discoveries - Extraplanetary, deep space, etc.

Josh Cryer · 2002-12-06 23:41:23

They seem to be accepting an oceanic view (ie, that last for a few decades or thousand years or so), they just downplay it a lot. I don't think this is really fair. And I think that ultimately, as I said before, we'll find that the oceans were there a lot longer than they suspect. I'll try not to be redundant, though. I just think this ?epiphany? is presented in a way to make their position look new and exciting, etc, and exaggerates the truths within it.

Palomar · 2002-12-14 15:04:04

*News of our Sun and solar winds:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0209/01sun/

--Cindy

Nirgal82 · 2002-12-14 16:45:16

My question about this study is,

If they say that these impacts were enough to cover the whole world in enough superheated rock to outgas enough water to carve all those features episodically, Why is only the Northern hemisphere flat and smooth and what is the chronology between features, and how did they determine this...

-Matt

Palomar · 2002-12-17 10:55:31

*Night and Day in Melas Chasma on Mars:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021216.html

*A lovely photo of a dream come true:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021212.html

--Cindy

Echus_Chasma · 2002-12-17 15:36:05

That last photo looks a bit dodgy, check the ground, it looks very much like wet sand from a beach.

I'm not one of those stupid skeptics that say we never put a dude on the moon, but that ground looks a bit non-moon-like, and there arn't even any craters. It might just be a non-cratered part of the moon but it looks a bit strange.

Palomar · 2002-12-17 23:37:27

*On Comet [...on Cupid, on Prancer, and Vixen...]:

* * * SKY & TELESCOPE's SKYWATCHER'S BULLETIN - December 17, 2002 * **

A COMET FOR CHRISTMAS

Early on the morning of December 14th, Japanese amateur Tetuo Kudo was
scanning the constellation Hercules with his giant 20 x 120 binoculars
and
discovered a fuzzy 9th-magnitude glow moving slowly east-southeast. The
comet (named Kudo-Fujikawa) is currently about 7th magnitude, making it
a
viable binocular object for amateurs. It could be 6th magnitude or
brighter by the year's end.

> http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/current … _816_1.asp

TJohn · 2002-12-19 07:25:12

ecrasez_I_infame,

You're probably going to bash me over the head for asking this , but have you seen this guy on the HSN who sells the telescopes called Galileo? If you have, what is your opinion? I have a couple of copies of Orion telescopes catalogs but I don't know if those are good ones or not. Are there any sites out there that you can compare telescopes? Thanks.

Palomar · 2002-12-19 08:10:23

ecrasez_I_infame,
You're probably going to bash me over the head for asking this , but have you seen this guy on the HSN who sells the telescopes called Galileo? If you have, what is your opinion? I have a couple of copies of Orion telescopes catalogs but I don't know if those are good ones or not. Are there any sites out there that you can compare telescopes? Thanks.

*I'm afraid the answer to both of your questions is "no." I've not yet come across a web site which provides comparison of telescopes, their companies, and etc. Sorry.

I can recommend Edmund Scientific as a company to do business with. As telescopes go, Celestron and Meade are top of the line.

Check out http://www.skyandtelescope.com]www.skyandtelescope.com, or pick up one of their magazines. There are many options there; in fact, perhaps someone has recenty written an article for publication which compares scopes.

Hope this helps.

--Cindy

Palomar · 2002-12-19 22:02:16

*Here's the kind of news I like to read about:

http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34 … ...ce_news

--Cindy

Josh Cryer · 2002-12-19 22:15:23

Mmm, me too. I saw Gattaca recently, and it's about this guy who basically wants to go into space. His destination finally becomes Titan. One of the most memorable momments in the movie, is a bit where he blows smoke into a glass of wine, to show his friend what Titan is like.

Palomar · 2002-12-21 13:29:02

Mmm, me too. I saw Gattaca recently, and it's about this guy who basically wants to go into space. His destination finally becomes Titan. One of the most memorable momments in the movie, is a bit where he blows smoke into a glass of wine, to show his friend what Titan is like.

*I saw that movie shortly after it came out...with Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, right? I don't remember that particular scene. The report says the surface temperature of Titan is -297 F. ::Brrrrrr!!:: I wonder how clouds are even able to form and dissipate...you'd think everything would just be frozen absolutely solid. Hmmmmm.

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/imag … images.cfm

--Cindy

Palomar · 2002-12-24 13:42:51

*Oooo la la:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astrop … ropix.html

--Cindy

Palomar · 2003-01-06 12:26:49

*Good article; check out the small paragraph wherein is given the reason for the "robotic suicide."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ar … 3Jan3.html

--Cindy

Josh Cryer · 2003-01-06 16:25:21

Galileo is one of those missions I keep forgetting about. I'm going to have to read up about the findings Galileo brought to us.

Josh Cryer · 2003-01-07 21:37:06

Another planet has been found.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm....et_ever

Iron rain! Sounds like something out of science fiction. Lovely.

Palomar · 2003-01-08 12:46:21

*Mentions Mars Express:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20 … probe.html

--Cindy

Palomar · 2003-01-08 12:49:45

Another planet has been found.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm....et_ever
Iron rain! Sounds like something out of science fiction. Lovely.

*Good grief!! Get out the 4-inch-thick steel umbrellas!!

Great article! Yay...another planet found!

--Cindy

Echus_Chasma · 2003-01-08 18:19:18

Anyone seen this?
Germans get ready to go to Mars

The part I like best is "future manned Mars mission expected around 2014-15."

soph · 2003-01-08 20:58:34

how does that simulate a mars trip? why do our mars travellers have to be immobile? thats kind of stupid.

Josh Cryer · 2003-01-08 21:32:58

soph, gravity exerts very little stress on muscle tissue, so I assume that's what they're going for. Not every day you can send people up into space to test such effects.

Palomar · 2003-01-09 07:41:57

soph, gravity exerts very little stress on muscle tissue, so I assume that's what they're going for. Not every day you can send people up into space to test such effects.

*And speaking of ye olde gravity:

http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl....ce_news

--Cindy

soph · 2003-01-09 14:07:53

i saw

cool, now theoretically, warping gravity could allow us to go really really fast!

Palomar · 2003-01-09 15:21:34

i saw
cool, now theoretically, warping gravity could allow us to go really really fast!

*Mind boggling for sure

The following is an article linked to the previous one I'd posted. It's a few years old, but very interesting (and short and concise):

http://www.nature.com/nsu/010705/010705-8.html

And another [physics related...and even I understand this one...mostly!]

http://www.nature.com/nsu/030106/030106-6.html

--Cindy

Palomar · 2003-01-14 15:01:54

*Whoa Nellie!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=....ce_News

I want to name one!

--Cindy

Palomar · 2003-01-16 11:32:33

*A handful of articles relating to Mars exploration plans; one or two may have been discussed previously in various threads:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=....oration

--Cindy

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