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Wow and I was this close to trying it.Thank you science once again you have come through and saved us all from eating White dwarf's.I blame lucky charms with all there delicious blue moons yellow stars green clovers and pink diamonds.
From the page: "trick photography and computer wizardry" WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY. Also: NOTHING TO DO WITH SPACE EXPLORATION. Still good pictures though
NASA Discovers A Ring Around The Solar System NASA scientists have discovered a mysterious ribbon around our solar system --- a stripe made of hydrogen --- that defies all current expectations about what the edge of the solar system might look like. Richard Fisher, the... more
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See them all at the above site..... From the page: "October 12, 2009--Saturn's icy moon Enceladus may be the extraterrestrial body most likely to support life as we know it in our solar system, according to a new way to measure a world's fitness for life. The... more
(thanks to the slash-dot list) PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn -- by far the largest of the giant planet's many rings. The new belt lies at the far reaches of the Saturnian system, with an orbit... more
"Despite its gusty reputation as a â€oegas giant,” Jupiterâ€s blood-red clouds hide a dense, rocky core thatâ€s perhaps 20 times as massive as Earth. That core blocks any spacecraftâ€s passage through the center of the planet, but even a detour through the clouds would... more
NASA has made a series of critical strides toward the development of new nuclear reactors the size of a trash can that could power a human outpost on the moon or Mars.
My own opinion is that if interstellar travel is occurring, it is taking place through some means that overcomes the space-time barrier. I think using rocket ships to get from star to star is about as sensible as going from North America to Asia by walking on the ocean... more
Amazing picture, just stunning. But somewhere deep down I feel sad, all our work towards reusable spacecraft but poor finances and a (relative) drop in interest in the space programs of the world and we have to go back to the old one use wonders. Russia's been using them,... more
