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Re: The Science Thread
« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2009, 11:32:37 PM »
To da moon Alice!  NASA to Bomb the Moon this Friday in search of more water.
Scientific American -  "On October 9, a NASA probe called LCROSS will bomb the moon, near its south pole, to look for more signs of lunar water in the blast debris"...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=water-galore-on-moon-and-mars-2009-09

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« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2009, 10:41:26 AM »
To da moon Alice!  NASA to Bomb the Moon this Friday in search of more water.
Scientific American -  "On October 9, a NASA probe called LCROSS will bomb the moon, near its south pole, to look for more signs of lunar water in the blast debris"...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=water-galore-on-moon-and-mars-2009-09

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Re: The Science Thread
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2009, 10:51:06 AM »
To da moon Alice!  NASA to Bomb the Moon this Friday in search of more water.
Scientific American -  "On October 9, a NASA probe called LCROSS will bomb the moon, near its south pole, to look for more signs of lunar water in the blast debris"...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=water-galore-on-moon-and-mars-2009-09

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yeah, good one. 

You think the NASA guys were singing "Ice... Ice ... Maybe?" during this project?   :)
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« Reply #18 on: October 12, 2009, 10:27:38 AM »
could be in a different thread, but these are science based:

http://gethighnow.com/
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Re: The Science Thread
« Reply #19 on: October 14, 2009, 10:28:23 PM »
very cool graphic depiction of Space Exploration
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Re: The Science Thread
« Reply #20 on: October 14, 2009, 10:39:34 PM »
very cool graphic depiction Space Exploration
very cool indeed!  Must show to students.
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Re: The Science Thread
« Reply #21 on: October 20, 2009, 11:08:48 AM »
Astronomy geeks, check out these images (and commentary) from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn.

I'd recommend scrolling down to the commentary on #8 first, to get a sense of how momentous these images really are.  Note that #3 & #21 are animated series of images, so don't scroll past too fast.
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Re: The Science Thread
« Reply #22 on: October 20, 2009, 11:17:14 AM »
Astronomy geeks, check out these images (and commentary) from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn.

I'd recommend scrolling down to the commentary on #8 first, to get a sense of how momentous these images really are.

awesome, thanks for posting this.  When I was in NYC back in July the Museum of Nat History had a series of Saturn shots, taken by Hubbel, I think. 

And I heard the new very outer rings they found near Saturn are on a scale so huge that if you extend your arm all the way out, the rings would follow roughly the size of your pinky nail.
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Re: The Science Thread
« Reply #23 on: October 20, 2009, 10:08:51 PM »
Astronomy geeks, check out these images (and commentary) from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn.

I'd recommend scrolling down to the commentary on #8 first, to get a sense of how momentous these images really are.  Note that #3 & #21 are animated series of images, so don't scroll past too fast.
this is awesome.  I plan on showing it to my Earth Science students tomorrow!  Thanks
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« Reply #24 on: November 10, 2009, 07:41:28 AM »
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Re: The Science Thread
« Reply #26 on: December 07, 2009, 09:11:46 PM »
a gallery of the year's best scientific images.  Some really cool ones in here.

http://www.popsci.com/node/36702
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« Reply #27 on: December 15, 2009, 09:24:17 PM »
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Re: The Science Thread
« Reply #28 on: December 15, 2009, 09:47:04 PM »
Any suggestions?
even though they've confirmed it's from a Russian rocket launch, I still think the pics are pretty cool!
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Re: The Science Thread
« Reply #29 on: December 26, 2009, 02:45:21 PM »
Very interesting article about how science is done & how our brains work while we do it.  

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/fail_accept_defeat/all/1

Lot's of ramifications imho.  For one thing, according to the explanation in the article, I think my wife has an overactive dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.  After you read the article you'll probably have some suggestions of others you think fit the bill.
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