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Now let’s build a ship to sail it. ikenbot: Triton: The Outer Most Ocean in The Solar System A new day dawns on Triton. It’s going to be a cold one, much like the last. And the one before that… and...
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Titan has seasonal weather, landforms, stable liquid lakes and rivers (probably of light hydrocarbon alkanes), a dense atmosphere that is primarily nitrogen, and a ton of water ice. Not surprisingly...
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In just 44 days, NASA most advanced Mars rover ever, Curiosity, will land on the surface of the red planet on August 5th. This bad boy is massive for a rover… about 10 feet long, and about 4 times as...
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We live in a great neighborhood. ikenbot: Parts of Mars Interior as Wet as Earth’s The interior of Mars holds vast reservoirs of water, with some spots apparently as wet as Earth’s innards, scientists...
View ArticleUwingu and Funding for Science/Exploration
I caught the word from Dr. Pamela Gay (on whom I have a giant nerdcrush) about a new start-up that is trying to change the way science and exploration are funded. Uwingu is in the middle of a...
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“Those worlds in space are as countless as all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the Earth. Each of those worlds is as real as ours. In every one of them, there’s a succession of incidence,...
View ArticleA Sense of Perspective
Every now and then, usually when something like politics or racism or injustice or terrorism or whatever else gets nasty, I find it helpful to get a dose of perspective. Thanks to ESO’s VISTA...
View ArticleApplications open for Mars One, the first human space colony | Ars Technica
Want to travel to space and live on Mars? Are you willing to make that ticket one-way only? Ars Technica is reporting that applications are open for Mars One, the first human space colony: Mars...
View ArticleWe Need More Science Teachers
One more video posted from BTR, this one an interview on science teaching in particular and why we need more science teachers.
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