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Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:32 pm

Mars Science Laboratory - Curiosity Rover - Mission Animation

Looks very cool, but the landing technique they're going to use seems awfully complicated (=more chances of it going wrong).
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Postby enterprikayak » Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:20 pm

'Star Trek' moment for Earth-bound shuttle Discovery
Mar 2011

US astronauts awoke to actor William Shatner's voice
and theme music to the movie Star Trek on their final day
at the International Space Station before starting their journey
back to Earth...[read more]
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Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:22 pm

Why humans are all much more related than you think
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Postby Distracted » Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:42 pm

Some even more than others, especially here in south Louisiana. Did you know that one of the only cultural groups besides Ashkenazi Jews to have a significant incidence of Tay Sach's (and several other extremely rare recessive genetic syndromes) are the Cajuns? Why? Because we marry our second cousins down here, cher. On a quite regular basis. :roll:
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Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:18 am

Titan’s weird orbit reveals a giant ocean hidden beneath the moon’s surface
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Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:12 pm

Alien trees just might look black
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Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:35 pm

With SETI shut down, is the search for extraterrestrial life over?

The strange case of the asteroid planet Vesta
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Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:26 pm

NASA's Voyager Probes to Leave Solar System by 2016
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Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Tue May 10, 2011 11:17 pm

NASA plans test of advanced nuclear power generator
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Re: Daily science stuff

Postby justTripn » Wed May 11, 2011 12:42 am

Kevin Thomas Riley wrote:Alien trees just might look black


Wow! I really like that one. It can help us write better sci fi.
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Re: Daily science stuff

Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Fri May 13, 2011 4:44 pm

Beneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io, there is an ocean of magma over 30 miles deep
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Re: Daily science stuff

Postby justTripn » Wed May 18, 2011 12:51 pm

Look at the Milky Way with Jordi glasses
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Re: Daily science stuff

Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Thu May 19, 2011 7:05 pm

Monster Storm Rearranges Saturn Before Our Eyes
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Re: Daily science stuff

Postby enterprikayak » Thu May 19, 2011 10:27 pm

Never heard about this, but I bet a lotta you guys will have:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1006/08SETI/
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Re: Daily science stuff

Postby Cogito » Thu May 19, 2011 11:06 pm

Spooky stuff. Perhaps we'll never find out, now that SETI has been suspended.
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