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Image of another universe being observed through a wormhole throat - Socrates II - 9/6/2008 5:45:16 PM

Enceladus sodium found? - marsbug - 9/6/2008 4:26:28 PM

Anyone teaching about the Moon out there? - Ken Murphy - 9/5/2008 11:46:49 PM
- Merci, Ken!!! Of use for IYA 2009! (n/t) - Raoul - 9/6/2008 10:08:08 AM

Chinese manned orbital launch coming up. - Bowser - 9/6/2008 2:07:23 AM

2 arcs around Saturn resonating with Mimas and co-orbiting with... - Raoul - 9/5/2008 7:24:25 PM

Extending the shuttle to 2015? - E.P. Grondine - 9/3/2008 10:02:48 PM
- Unintended consequences. - Bowser - 9/3/2008 11:44:53 PM
  - re: Unintended consequences. - E.P. - 9/4/2008 9:39:01 PM

The VLBA studies our Galaxy's center - Raoul - 9/4/2008 5:51:05 PM

STS 125 Atlantis... HST repair - Raoul - 9/4/2008 5:05:14 PM

Missile caught in-flight on Google Map - Eric - 9/3/2008 9:45:06 PM
- Nowhere near Ft. Collins, not a missile - dtb - 9/3/2008 11:25:10 PM
  - I agree it looks somewhat like a passenger jet - Bluh - 9/4/2008 3:44:52 AM
  - What is that reddish/bluish mark directly above the craft? - alcaray - 9/4/2008 1:56:22 AM
- re: Missile caught in-flight on Google Map - Bluh - 9/3/2008 10:41:27 PM
  - re: I was way off on the location - Eric - 9/4/2008 1:30:58 AM

Phoenix update - alcaray - 9/3/2008 11:37:32 PM

One week to go. - Jacob - 9/3/2008 1:45:49 PM

Particle Physics... - Jody - 9/2/2008 11:08:25 PM
- Dammit ARRELL!!!:) (n/t) - Jody - 9/2/2008 11:10:43 PM
  - :) It IS a great video (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/3/2008 12:57:09 AM

Could category 5 winds end the Space Shuttle program for good? - Jacob - 8/31/2008 9:25:48 PM
- re: Michoud Assembly Facility Ride-Out Team - Vince - 9/1/2008 6:05:32 AM
  - All hands to the pumps... - nick hoffman - 9/1/2008 8:16:50 AM
- Sic Transit Gloria Mundi - Nick Hoffman - 8/31/2008 10:12:04 PM
  - re: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi - Marcia - 9/2/2008 10:22:08 PM
  - Now down to Category 1 and decreasing...NO and NASA's facilities dodged a bullet. (n/t) - Jacob - 9/1/2008 7:08:52 PM

From HST: Barred spiral galaxies (like our own) came later - Raoul - 8/3/2008 12:51:53 PM
- Fascinating - RobVG - 9/1/2008 7:01:16 PM
  - it's a dynamic resonance, not a rigid object - n - 9/1/2008 11:45:01 PM
    - Yeah, but that doesn't mean that what we do see is a mirage. - RobVG - 9/2/2008 1:17:48 AM
      - Everything orbits the centre, more or less - nick hoffman - 9/2/2008 8:23:00 AM
  - How does an orbiting star get "locked into place". - RobVG - 9/1/2008 9:20:34 PM
    - I'm puzzled too. - ER - 9/1/2008 11:47:04 PM

LHC in CERN explained in a novel way - ARRELL - 9/2/2008 1:50:18 AM

Nuclear Decay Rates May Be A Function Of Earth-Sun Distance - phil - 8/29/2008 2:27:39 PM
- Previous work on variations in the fine structure constant with Earth-Sun distance - ARRELL - 9/1/2008 5:48:15 AM
  - Given that there are so many approaches that can be used to explore the fine structure constant... - ARRELL - 9/1/2008 6:06:44 AM
- Would Mercury be older or younger radiometrically? - Adam - 8/31/2008 9:48:03 PM
  - A paper covering the possible effect on radiocarbon dating - Adam - 9/1/2008 9:49:14 PM
    - oops - Adam - 9/1/2008 9:50:54 PM
- [Finnish Babel deleted] - Space Moderator Nick - 8/31/2008 6:27:42 AM
  - BabelFinnish - Robert - 8/31/2008 6:09:26 PM
- Anyone else besides me reminded of Vernor Vinge? - Fox - 8/30/2008 3:36:17 PM
  - re: Anyone else besides me reminded of Vernor Vinge? - Hans - 8/31/2008 4:20:54 AM
- re: Nuclear Decay variation - nick hoffman - 8/30/2008 6:39:16 AM
  - Plasma Opacity and Optical Depth - ER - 8/30/2008 12:46:20 PM
    - I'm well aware of that time lag but there are other effects... - nick hoffman - 8/31/2008 6:35:24 AM
      - Hertz-prung-Russel not a sensitive enough probe of stellar interiors. a - ER - 8/31/2008 12:34:35 PM
        
        Mass and stars - Nick Hoffman - 8/31/2008 10:23:17 PM
        
        I haven't been able to find the full paper online.... - ARRELL - 9/1/2008 1:16:42 AM
        
        Sigh- another correction "determined the value of the FSC to be ~137.035999710 " should read: - ARRELL - 9/1/2008 2:48:30 AM
        
        "to low light interacts with matter" should read "to HOW light interacts with matter" (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/1/2008 1:19:14 AM
        
        Good Point - ER - 8/31/2008 10:51:22 PM
        
        What to look for? - Nick Hoffman - 9/1/2008 1:14:18 AM
        
        Good strategies - ER - 9/1/2008 1:54:51 AM
        
        Fine Structure Constant and fusion - ARRELL - 9/1/2008 1:40:03 AM
        
        re: Speculation on implications - Fox - 8/31/2008 3:45:54 PM
        
        Out on the 'Brane, all things are possible... - ER - 8/31/2008 5:02:04 PM
        
        Anisotropic physics? - Fox - 8/31/2008 11:23:30 PM
        
        re: Anisotropic physics? - ER - 9/1/2008 12:41:35 AM
        
        So, what's a constant? - Fox - 9/1/2008 1:02:34 AM
        
        That's the one all space groupies want to fall. (n/t) - ER - 9/1/2008 1:58:59 AM
        
        well, "c" IS one of the constants that makes up the fine structure constant (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/1/2008 3:02:27 AM
        
        My typographical apologies, Dr Hertzprung. (n/t) - ER - 8/31/2008 12:38:17 PM
- That theory is subject either to verification or debunking; and one or the other is quite possible thanks to... - Jacob - 8/29/2008 8:02:08 PM
- re: Nuclear Decay Rates May Be A Function Of Earth-Sun Distance - Post Sputnik - 8/29/2008 5:04:37 PM

Colliding galaxies reveal dark matter - Andrew - 8/30/2008 10:13:04 PM
- re: Colliding galaxies reveal dark matter - ER - 8/30/2008 10:30:29 PM
  - "next to impossible" - Nick Hoffman - 8/31/2008 10:28:47 PM
    - Not nearly impossible enough? - Adam - 9/1/2008 9:45:34 PM

More on density waves in spiral galactic structure - ER - 8/31/2008 7:50:19 PM
- NGC 1365 (in Fornax) a good example ! From the VLT and the HST - Raoul - 9/1/2008 8:30:31 PM
- re: "Grand Design Spiral" - True indeed, thank you for the post. (n/t) - Vince - 9/1/2008 4:51:57 PM

The Monster in the center of our Galaxy !! - Raoul - 8/28/2008 10:30:45 PM
- How Long We Got? - carl - 8/29/2008 5:09:23 PM
  - re: 28,000 light years from it ! - Raoul - 8/29/2008 6:19:06 PM
    - The solar system does not orbit a black hole. - ER - 8/30/2008 7:43:04 PM
      - re: Waves - Raoul - 8/31/2008 9:54:42 AM
    - re: 28,000 light years from it ! - gbaikie - 8/29/2008 10:12:35 PM
      - Is stars had in general excentric orbits around their galaxy's center... - Raoul - 8/30/2008 6:29:54 AM
        
        re: Is stars had in general excentric orbits around their galaxy's center... - gbaikie - 8/30/2008 12:37:26 PM
    - Gotta start Planning - caerl - 8/29/2008 6:22:47 PM
      - So does lead. - nick hoffman - 8/30/2008 6:42:09 AM

Man finds huge asteroid in Australia with Google Earth - Eric - 8/23/2008 2:01:11 AM
- re: Man finds huge asteroid in Australia with Google Earth - Post Sputnik - 8/31/2008 2:04:27 AM
  - re: Man finds huge asteroid in Australia with Google Earth - Post Sputnik - 8/31/2008 4:18:10 AM
    - re: Man finds huge asteroid in Australia with Google Earth - Post Sputnik - 8/31/2008 4:35:58 AM
- We'll consider the typo a unique attention grabber ;-) - Jacob - 8/23/2008 7:35:31 PM

The ultimate launcher. - Lee - 8/27/2008 1:48:22 AM
- that VULKAN is a BIG Mofo... - Adam - 8/27/2008 4:02:26 AM
  - re: that VULKAN is a BIG Mofo... - Marcus Massey - 8/29/2008 1:40:22 PM
    - It's measured in millimeters. (n/t) - Lee - 8/29/2008 4:21:41 PM
      - OK, now it makes more sense, but one dimension is actually labelled (cm). (n/t) (n/t) - Marcus Massey - 8/30/2008 8:25:51 PM
        
        Yeah, I saw that. - Lee - 8/31/2008 2:03:54 AM
  - Using a design like Energia/Vulcan - Lee - 8/27/2008 11:54:14 AM
    - Buran is a sweet design - Adam - 8/27/2008 10:04:17 PM
      - I'm putting my hopes on a resurgent Russia. - Lee - 8/27/2008 11:09:16 PM

Three months on Mars for Phoenix; the mission is a SUCCESS! (n/t) - Jacob - 8/25/2008 4:09:53 PM
- re: Three months on Mars for Phoenix; the mission is a SUCCESS! - Robert Clark - 8/30/2008 5:12:45 PM

"Melting glaciers (10 to 20 million years ago) likely sculpted Mars gullies." - Bowser - 8/27/2008 5:23:00 AM
- Mars has its own "ice ages" - nick hoffman - 8/30/2008 6:52:15 AM
- re: "Melting glaciers (10 to 20 million years ago) likely sculpted Mars gullies." - marsbug - 8/27/2008 2:21:35 PM
  - re: "Melting glaciers (10 to 20 million years ago) likely sculpted Mars gullies." - lance - 8/28/2008 12:48:34 PM

For Sale: Moon and Mars - gbaikie - 8/29/2008 11:41:59 PM

Why it is better to stop shuttle flights when expected - Raoul - 8/28/2008 6:44:34 PM
- B-52's Flying After 50 yrs, Herky Birds, A-10 Warthogs - carl - 8/29/2008 5:12:52 PM
- re: Why it is better to stop shuttle flights when expected - dwc - 8/28/2008 10:00:16 PM
  - I don't think NASA has answers to those questions (n/t) - Raoul - 8/28/2008 10:32:51 PM
- It is entirely a question of what we need vs. what's available. - alcaray - 8/28/2008 7:35:45 PM
  - Wondering.... - Raoul - 8/28/2008 8:27:00 PM
    - Nobody wants to see their country lose the ability to supply a need. - alcaray - 8/29/2008 5:37:36 AM
    - Space X - phil - 8/28/2008 11:57:59 PM
      - Credible? - Raoul - 8/29/2008 8:11:30 AM

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