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"Second Earth" found--20 lightyears away!
guardian.co.uk — Scientists have discovered a warm and rocky "second Earth" circling a star, a find they believe dramatically boosts the prospects that we are not alone.More… (Space)
BonekhanMars Rover to be TURNED OFF - due to BUDGET CUTS at NASA!
[Reported by Diggers as Possibly Inaccurate]badastronomy.com — To save money, NASA will switch off Mars Rover Spirit for the Winter. What a disgusting fate for so intrepid an explorer!! What if it won't wake back up?? Please DIGG this - maybe we can pressure them to restore the $4 Million to JPL. After lasting 1490 days into a '90 day mission' - to be turned off due to lack of money? Hang Tough Rover Team!!More… (Space)
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"Perfect Evidence" ICE on Mars!
phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu — "It must be ice," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson. "These little clumps completely disappearing over the course of a few days, that is perfect evidence that it's ice. There had been some question whether the bright material was salt. Salt can't do that." More… (Space)
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"We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!!"
blog.wired.com — There is water ice on Mars within reach of the Mars Phoenix Lander, NASA scientists announced.More… (Space)
Google Sky Released!
google.com — Now you can explore the universe without Google earth...More… (Space)
murph1
Mythbusters to tackle the moon landing hoaxes
badastronomy.com — Set to air April 25th. The build team — Kari, Grant, and Tory — went to Marshall Space Flight Center to use a vacuum chamber there. Looks like they’ll be recreating Dave Scott’s famous feather and hammer drop from Apollo 15, as well as the hoax claim that dry lunar regolith can’t hold a footprint, and how the flag can wave in a vacuum.More… (Space)
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Apollo 14 Astronaut Claims Aliens HAVE Made Contact
dailymail.co.uk — Aliens are real and have made contact with us several times, but it has been covered up for 60 years, according to Apollo 14 astronaut Dr Edgar Mitchell.More… (Space)
MediaSight
Firefox Logo Spied In Deep Space
blog.wired.com — The gas cloud surrounding a star that went nova in 2002 looks uncannily like the logo for the popular browser Firefox.More… (Space)
aaron4Radio Signal Detected from Beyond Solar System
indlebe.dut.ac.za — On the evening of July 28th, the Indlebe Radio Telescope, situated on the Steve Biko campus of the Durban University of Technology, successfully detected its first radio source from beyond the solar system. A strong signal was detected from Sagittarius A, the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy, approximately 30 thousand light years away.More… (Space)
tomboy501The Greatest Picture Of The Moon [Hi-Res Photo]
boredstop.com — Beautiful picture of our moon shown in stunning detail...More… (Space)
"The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov
filer.case.edu — Probably my favorite short story. I'll bet if you read it, that it will stay with you forever.More… (Space)
We're going back, and this time we're going to stay - NASA
news.com.au — Man to live on the moon - "We're going back, and this time we're going to stay,'' S. Pete Worden, director of NASA Ames, said in remarks opening the lunar science conference. "This is the first step in settling the solar system.'' More… (Space)
dteleCreationists can't fail Earth Science: Oklahoma
[Reported by Diggers as Possibly Inaccurate]badastronomy.com — The Oklahoma House of Representatives has passed a bill that says that a student can receive a passing grade in an Earth Science class if they say that the Flying Spaghetti Monster created the Earth an hour ago, and then planted false memories into every single living creature on Earth to make it seem like they’ve been around longer.More… (Space)
MRO captures pic of Phoenix Lander DURING LANDING!
badastronomy.com — Think on this, and think on it carefully: you are seeing a manmade object falling gracefully and with intent to the surface of an alien world, as seen by another manmade object already circling that worldMore… (Space)
Yes this really is a Moon...... (pic)
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov — This is a cool picture..... It almost doesn't even look like a real moon.More… (Space)
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