Amazing Space View From Above (Slide Show)

Oct. 4, 2008  TO VIEW THIS SLIDE PRESENTATION CLICK ON: http://www.greatdanepro.com /Blue%20Bueaty/index.htm. » read more

It's Snowing on Mars !

AN FRANCISCO -- It's snowing on Mars and winter is icumen in - to misquote the Middle English paean to springtime. Scientists studying the coded signals from the lander Phoenix on the planet's arctic surface detected the snow falling lightly from clouds drifting across the sky some 2 1/2 miles above the spacecraft, said James Whiteway, an atmospheric scientist from York University in Canada. "Nothing like this has ever been seen on Mars before," he said. Whiteway, whose team built the weather station aboard Phoenix, said the ice crystals appeared to vaporize before they reached the red Martian ground. Not that snow was unexpected.. » read more

Welcome to Celestia

Posted 9/22/08 THe freee space simulation that lets you explore our univers in three dimensions.  Celestia runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS X Homepage:  http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ CELESTIA  SCREENSHOT GALLERY http://www.shatters.. » read more

Brightest Gamma Ray Burst

Sept. 10, 2008 A bit of luck helps astronomers detect the most luminous object ever recorded from Earth JETTISONA bit of luck allowed astronomers in March to document the brightest gamma-ray burst every observed. Here, an artist's illustration offers a close-up view of the burst and shows how material likely shot outward in a two-component jet (white and yellow beams). NASA/Swift/Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith &John Jones Editor's note: Set to appear in the Sept. 11 Nature is a report on a record-setting gamma-ray burst.. » read more

A CHALLENGE TO ALL GEOLOGISTS ON EARTH - OUR SCIENCE OF HOW EARTH WORKS IS NOT CORRECT (Parts 1-12)

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The Size of Our World

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How we fit in the Universe: (video)

Posted 9/8/08 VIEW VIDEO AT: http://dingo.care2.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf. » read more

CiCLOPS - Cassini Imaging

Posted 9/5/08     Sep 5, 2008: More Ring Arcs for Saturn - Recent Cassini images reveal for the first time an arc of material co-orbiting with one of Saturn's tiny moons, Anthe, and confirm a previous Cassini detection of a ring arc co-orbiting with another small moon, Methone. [Press release here; IAU Circular 8970 here.]     Aug 14, 2008: Targeting the Jet Sources - The geologically active "tiger stripe" fractures of Enceladus are revealed in unprecedented detail in three high-resolution Cassini image mosaics, acquired during the Aug. 11 flyby. [Press release here.. » read more

The Sun Showing No Spots Makes History -

Sept. 4, 2008 There have not been any sunspots for a full month since Solar Cycle 24 began on July 31st 2007. Some believe this must mean a calm cycle --- but I and a long list of seasoned solar and geo-scientists predict the opposite.   Just as with a 'too calm' earthquake period, the results of which often take people by surprise creating an atmosphere of complacency, only to be wakened with a 6.9 magnitude in their back yard.. » read more

Japan: Ban lifted on use of space for defense

August 29, 2008 The basic space law went into force Wednesday, lifting a long-standing ban on the government use of space for defense purposes. The headquarters for space development strategy, led by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, also was established with the enactment of the basic law. The law also stipulates that the government formulate a basic plan for space use. On the same day, the Defense Ministry told the Liberal Democratic Party's joint conference of a plan to establish an office within the ministry's Technical Research and Development Institute to study technologies that could be used in space for defense purposes. Diet resolutions had limited the use of space to nonmilitary projects.. » read more

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