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NGC 1309 from the HST - Raoul - 2/8/2006 6:31:42 AM

Black holes in Earth's atmosphere? - ljk - 2/6/2006 7:49:05 PM
- That would explain my missing sock....I always lose one sock out of a pair. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 2/6/2006 11:44:04 PM
  - No, the real reason socks disappear... - Larry J - 2/7/2006 10:51:12 PM
    - LOL! ....Thanks, Larry. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 2/8/2006 12:41:16 AM
  - Nah, the daemon in the dryer has to be fed a sock to keep it placated. (n/t) - RNE - 2/7/2006 2:06:02 PM
    - re: Nah, the daemon in the dryer has to be fed a sock to keep it placated. - Jacob Samorodin - 2/8/2006 12:42:45 AM
    - Mine just crumble after a while, and I have to vacuum them up. (n/t) - SDF - 2/7/2006 2:39:10 PM

Send a message to 47 Ursae Majoris - ljk - 2/6/2006 4:48:19 PM
- Too late; already done. - Jacob Samorodin - 2/6/2006 11:41:25 PM
- Too late; already done. - (anonymous) - 2/6/2006 11:39:38 PM
- "Is '47' yer name or a title?" (n/t) - Bowser - 2/6/2006 8:17:30 PM
- Life on jovians in the habitable zone? - Buck Galaxy - 2/6/2006 6:44:11 PM
  - Stripped Jovians - Adam - 2/6/2006 11:07:22 PM
    - Ooh, baby! (n/t) - alcaray - 2/7/2006 12:35:31 AM
- could be misunderstood - Daniel - 2/6/2006 6:31:10 PM
  - Alien invasions are just our primitive fears of the unknown - ljk - 2/6/2006 7:06:07 PM
    - Alien Contact on NGC tonight - ljk - 2/6/2006 8:18:42 PM
      - The Growing Habitable Zone: Locations for Life Abound - ljk - 2/7/2006 4:29:55 PM
        
        Panspermia - A Radiating Experience - ljk - 2/7/2006 4:42:03 PM
        
        I doubt life could evolve in space, only on planet surfaces - SDF - 2/7/2006 10:32:34 PM
        
        Theoretically, only the Salmon of Doubt species might survive such horrendous conditions for panspermia - SDF - 2/7/2006 10:47:17 PM
        
        Humans are highly evolved...... (n/t) - SDF - 2/7/2006 10:53:22 PM

[Arabic thread moved to OffTopic] - Robert Shepherd - 2/7/2006 6:40:25 PM

Dust Astronomy - ljk - 2/7/2006 6:17:12 PM

Home Plate - Layering at Gusev ( 900kb ) & Squyres update - Doug Ellison - 2/6/2006 11:23:33 AM
- Is anybody going to say the "S" word? - Jacob Samorodin - 2/6/2006 11:52:17 PM
  - re: Is anybody going to say the "S" word? - dtb - 2/7/2006 5:11:02 AM
  - i.e.: a Speculative Structural Model of "Homeplate" - podrock - 2/7/2006 2:34:43 AM

The IAU Resolutions on Astronomical Reference Systems, Time Scales, and Earth Rotation Models - ljk - 2/6/2006 9:31:14 PM
- The Solar System Almanack - Robert - 2/6/2006 11:50:06 PM

The IAU Resolutions on Astronomical Reference Systems, Time Scales, and Earth Rotation Models - ljk - 2/6/2006 9:31:12 PM

Castaway spacesuit radio experiment still alive - Chris Vancil - 2/6/2006 8:48:00 PM
- See also - ljk - 2/6/2006 9:11:08 PM

"Birth of the Earth" on National Geographic Channel tonight - ljk - 1/30/2006 7:55:16 PM
- re: "Birth of the Earth" Was pretty good (n/t) - R.L. - 1/31/2006 7:01:23 AM
- re: From Mariner 10: the Earth-Moon system - Raoul - 1/30/2006 9:22:57 PM
  - Earth's Core on NGC tonight - ljk - 2/6/2006 9:10:01 PM

The Surface of 2003EL61 in the Near Infrared - ljk - 1/30/2006 8:04:29 PM
- 2003 UB313 just a little bit bigger than Pluto? - ljk - 1/30/2006 8:44:36 PM
  - A Brief History of Trans-Neptunian Space - ljk - 1/31/2006 7:18:41 PM
    - Notes to Saturn satellites Ijiraq and Kiviuq mutual close encounters - ljk - 2/2/2006 10:28:44 PM
      - Charon's radius and density from the combined data sets of the 2005 July 11 occultation - ljk - 2/6/2006 8:48:27 PM

Silicon and Nickel Enrichment in Planet-Host Stars: Observations and Implications for the Core-Accretion Theory of Planet Formation - ljk - 1/31/2006 9:13:32 PM
- The Holy Grail: Small, Rocky Worlds - ljk - 2/2/2006 7:27:58 PM
  - Microlensing Sensitivity to Earth-mass Planets in the Habitable Zone - ljk - 2/2/2006 10:21:21 PM
    - Dust in Proto-Planetary Disks: Properties and Evolution - ljk - 2/3/2006 4:11:19 PM
      - Relative velocities among accreting planetesimals in binary systems: the circumprimary case - ljk - 2/3/2006 4:13:40 PM
        
        Microwave emission from spinning dust in circumstellar disks - ljk - 2/3/2006 4:21:39 PM
        
        A Search for wide visual companions of exoplanet host stars - The Calar Alto Survey - ljk - 2/6/2006 8:43:47 PM

MRO enters approach phase - Sawyer - 2/6/2006 7:17:03 PM

A possible interim solution to the American energy crisis? - Jacob Samorodin - 2/4/2006 9:34:16 PM
- Let's burn water! - nick hoffman - 2/5/2006 12:50:24 AM
  - Let's develop warm-temperature superconducting electric-motors. - Jacob Samorodin - 2/5/2006 10:33:56 PM
    - temperature is not the only variable, current capacity, magnetic field interaction, failure conductivity... (n/t) - Sawyer - 2/6/2006 7:04:59 PM
    - Oh!....And where are the billions of dollars in 'research' money for it? - Jacob Samorodin - 2/5/2006 10:42:39 PM
      - It's only worth throwing money at things that are likely to work out. - nick hoffman - 2/6/2006 7:48:37 AM
        
        Room-temperature superconductors will change a lot of rules. - Tom Brosz - 2/6/2006 6:09:05 PM

Mullane - Raoul - 2/5/2006 10:02:25 PM

Spacewalk at the ISS - Raoul - 2/3/2006 10:43:09 PM
- Spectacular view of suit sat drifting away from space station on NASA TV. (n/t) - Delbert - 2/3/2006 11:11:13 PM
  - re: Spectacular view of suit sat drifting away from space station on NASA TV. - Delbert - 2/3/2006 11:23:58 PM
    - re: Franck Poole but he was somewhere near Jupiter - Raoul - 2/3/2006 11:29:11 PM
      - So does this mean... - ljk - 2/4/2006 1:43:09 AM
        
        re: Apparently it's already lost - Raoul - 2/4/2006 9:12:25 AM
        
        re: Apparently it's already lost - ljk - 2/4/2006 2:37:11 PM
        
        re: Apparently not... - Chris Vancil - 2/5/2006 9:15:28 PM
- re: Very much like Franck Poole in 2001! (n/t) - Raoul - 2/3/2006 11:06:13 PM
  - re: Very much like Franck Poole in 2001! - Raoul - 2/3/2006 11:26:44 PM
    - I'm not quite dead! - ljk - 2/5/2006 6:59:58 PM

Orion, Saturn with M44 and Alcor and Mizar (200 MB total) - Raoul - 2/4/2006 9:46:58 PM
- re: You must have seen (r-l) Moon, Mars, Aldebaran, and Betelgeuse - BRFelix - 2/5/2006 3:19:43 AM
  - re: Ecliptic - Raoul - 2/5/2006 9:01:06 AM
    - Unfortunatly all was hidden from me by clouds (n/t) - Delbert - 2/5/2006 5:12:17 PM

Comet Prospects for 2006 - ljk - 1/30/2006 6:47:30 PM
- A Bima Array Survey of Molecules in Comets Linear (C/2002 T7) and Neat (C/2001 Q4) - ljk - 2/1/2006 7:57:40 PM
  - Asteroids Near Jupiter are Really Comets - ljk - 2/1/2006 9:30:12 PM
    - re: Reminds me of Enceladus... orbiting Saturn. - Marcia - 2/4/2006 2:46:22 AM
    - A low density of 0.8 g/cc for the Trojan binary asteroid 617 Patroclus - ljk - 2/3/2006 4:05:18 PM
      - Sheesh- I REALLY should have beaten you to posting THAT paper! (n/t) - R.L. - 2/4/2006 5:20:52 PM
        
        re: That happens here often, R.L. - Marcia - 2/5/2006 12:54:25 AM

Roving Mars Premiers tonight! - Chris Vancil - 1/27/2006 11:36:44 PM
- re: Roving Mars Premiers tonight! - Delbert - 1/28/2006 11:38:47 PM
  - re: Roving Mars Premiers tonight! - Marcia - 1/30/2006 10:56:28 PM
    - re: Roving Mars Premiers tonight! - Delbert - 1/31/2006 5:57:02 PM
      - re: Roving Mars Premiers tonight! - Delbert - 2/4/2006 11:15:02 PM
- re: Roving Mars Premiers tonight! - Jeff F - 1/28/2006 8:33:36 PM
- A must see!!!! - azstrummer - 1/28/2006 5:45:37 AM
  - re: A must see!!!! - Doug Ellison - 1/28/2006 8:57:53 AM
    - re: A must see!!!! - Chris Vancil - 1/28/2006 9:16:09 AM
      - When you feed the people enough pap, that's all they want - ljk - 1/29/2006 4:18:09 AM
        
        re: When you feed the people enough pap, that's all they want - Doug Ellison - 1/29/2006 10:04:20 AM
        
        I think you guys are off base on this one - alcaray - 2/1/2006 7:21:51 PM
        
        re: I think you guys are off base on this one - Delbert - 2/2/2006 1:47:51 AM
        
        I don't know anything about them. They are IMAX theatres run by commercial concerns? (n/t) - alcaray - 2/2/2006 4:13:07 PM
        
        re: I don't know anything about them. They are IMAX theatres run by commercial concerns? - Delbert - 2/3/2006 3:59:09 PM
        
        re: ...it's because that's all 'they're given'. - Marcia - 1/30/2006 10:03:22 PM
        
        re: When you feed the people enough pap, that's all they want - Chris Vancil - 1/30/2006 1:58:13 AM
        
        Two more reviews - ljk - 1/30/2006 3:20:04 PM
- 'Roving Mars' is part drama, part suspense and all a tribute to NASA team - ljk - 1/28/2006 12:32:41 AM
  - From the Cornell Daily Sun - ljk - 1/31/2006 3:58:02 PM
    - Review from Science Fiction Weekly - ljk - 1/31/2006 4:55:51 PM

Good articles on stable space colony populations - Lee - 2/4/2006 9:33:37 AM
- re: Good articles on stable space colony populations - Sawyer - 2/4/2006 11:05:42 PM

Spirit approaching 'Home Plate' (900kb) - Doug Ellison - 2/4/2006 6:14:36 PM
- re: Spirit approaching 'Home Plate' (900kb) - Jacob Samorodin - 2/4/2006 9:18:35 PM

2003 UB 313 - Raoul - 2/1/2006 7:32:36 PM
- re: 2003 UB 313 - Marcia - 2/2/2006 8:22:10 PM
  - Is Earth a planet? - Scott Evil - 2/3/2006 2:35:48 AM
    - No! We are living on a very large, very spherical asteroid! [wink!] ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 2/4/2006 9:08:02 PM
  - Why not call it a "Kuiper Belt Planet"? - DALeffler - 2/2/2006 11:57:59 PM
    - re: Why not call it a "Kuiper Belt Planet"? Hmm, KBO or... - Marcia - 2/4/2006 2:26:17 AM
      - I really don't understand the debate... - R.L. - 2/4/2006 3:41:07 AM
        
        re: Ceres is spherical - Raoul - 2/4/2006 8:07:15 PM
        
        re: I really don't understand the debate... It's simple, really (imho). - Marcia - 2/4/2006 4:16:34 AM
  - re: A matter of size and choices - Raoul - 2/2/2006 9:07:08 PM
    - still waiting? - nick hoffman - 2/3/2006 12:44:18 AM
      - re: You're right;) (n/t) - Raoul - 2/3/2006 6:43:19 AM
        
        Now now... - R.L. - 2/3/2006 7:08:16 PM
  - re: 2003 UB 313 --- - Marcia - 2/2/2006 8:25:50 PM
- Some links - R.L. - 2/1/2006 8:22:01 PM
  - I'm confused - Adam - 2/1/2006 9:28:39 PM
    - If I may... - et - 2/2/2006 2:40:03 AM
      - There have not been measurements of the objects temperature in the microwave spectrum....until now. (n/t) - et - 2/2/2006 2:40:41 AM
    - I will see what I can find out - R.L. - 2/2/2006 2:34:36 AM
      - Darned reporters... - Adam - 2/2/2006 2:04:15 PM

Cernan's sketches of glows a few minutes before sunrise, while in moon orbit - Raoul - 2/4/2006 5:00:04 PM
- Surveyor 1 image - ljk - 2/4/2006 5:58:14 PM
  - re: Marvelous, thanks! - Raoul - 2/4/2006 7:53:15 PM

This is cool... Earth lasers seen from the moon - R.L. - 2/4/2006 6:14:39 PM

News from the scopes- Trojan 'asteroid' release - R.L. - 2/4/2006 5:46:30 PM
- OHANA interferometer - R.L. - 2/4/2006 5:49:26 PM

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