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A New Meteor Shower in May? - SteveS - 5/21/2014 1:04:29 PM

Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote... - ER - 5/7/2014 4:55:05 PM
- Sonar Spots Invisible Arctic Oil Spills . . . - DanS - 5/9/2014 10:38:00 AM
  - Arctic Maritime Operations - ER - 5/10/2014 2:31:03 AM

Actually, there is NO universal bias towards collisions. - ER - 5/8/2014 11:16:45 AM
- Gallactic Collisions . . . - DanS - 5/8/2014 2:44:20 PM
  - Not that we’ll ever live so long as to see one with the Milky Way . . . - DanS - 5/8/2014 6:32:49 PM
  - Cannibal Galaxies - ER - 5/8/2014 3:52:49 PM
    - No . . . - DanS - 5/8/2014 5:12:33 PM
      - No problem. - ER - 5/8/2014 5:30:10 PM

WISE J085510.83-071442.5 . . . - DanS - 5/2/2014 12:07:41 PM
- Does it bother anyone else? - bowser - 5/6/2014 4:44:00 PM
  - I wouldn't worry about it. - ER - 5/6/2014 5:06:35 PM
    - Gravity gives the universe an inherent bias towards collisions - Robert - 5/7/2014 12:27:06 AM
      - Any such passing would doubtless include a hail of Oort debris . . . - DanS - 5/7/2014 10:38:24 AM
      - Mass 10 superjovians... - ER - 5/7/2014 12:48:50 AM
- This could be just the tip of the iceberg. - ER - 5/2/2014 3:59:46 PM
  - If . . . - DanS - 5/2/2014 5:00:50 PM
    - There appears to be an upper limit to their numbers. - ER - 5/2/2014 5:14:04 PM

Live view of earth from the International Space Station - podrock - 5/2/2014 7:15:52 PM

And speaking of Lensing . . . - DanS - 5/2/2014 6:30:41 PM

Attention all boards: server maintenance ongoing...wait for the all clear to post... - podrock - 5/1/2014 3:56:37 AM
- All clear to post! Smoke 'em if ya got 'em! Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes! - Robert - 5/1/2014 4:54:02 AM
- Very clever, grasshopper. - Robert - 5/1/2014 4:00:56 AM
  - Meh... - podrock - 5/1/2014 6:00:33 AM

Then there is the Honey Badger - Jody - 5/1/2014 2:26:45 AM

The Octopus... - Jody - 4/26/2014 10:52:44 PM
- Outstanding!!! - FrankC - 4/30/2014 7:38:19 AM

Proper Motion of the Fixed Stars. - ER - 4/19/2014 4:12:56 PM
- Barnard.movie - ER - 4/19/2014 4:41:43 PM

Clarke's Third Law - ER - 4/7/2014 3:07:20 AM
- Spam deleted - podrock - 4/19/2014 1:17:07 AM
- Spam. - ER - 4/18/2014 6:15:35 PM
  - I figured that was just one of you Hispanic minions - FrankC - 4/18/2014 8:22:25 PM
    - They're selling soccer team jerseys. - ER - 4/18/2014 9:08:11 PM
- You are speaking from an intelligent perspective. - Jody - 4/9/2014 2:08:59 AM
  - Every day in every way - FrankC - 4/9/2014 1:03:52 PM
    - The worlds of Napoleon and Genghis Khan . . . - DanS - 4/9/2014 4:19:36 PM
- I doubt there is any limit to what we might know... - FrankC - 4/8/2014 9:01:07 AM
  - There probably is no limit to what we can know... - ER - 4/8/2014 12:33:17 PM
    - OK, you two. - bowser - 4/8/2014 6:08:19 PM
      - What good are atoms? - ER - 4/8/2014 7:18:30 PM
        
        They can be used to kill each other. - bowser - 4/8/2014 8:38:58 PM
        
        H.G. Wells' "Things to Come" . . . - DanS - 4/9/2014 12:35:51 PM
        
        Or save each other. - podrock - 4/9/2014 12:43:20 AM
        
        Effects and side effects. - bowser - 4/9/2014 4:30:28 PM
- There are some things we do not need to know. - bowser - 4/7/2014 7:14:59 AM
  - I completely agree. - Jody - 4/7/2014 4:18:59 PM
  - "... anything not necessary for survival on Earth is superfluous, and may well get in the way of our using what we do need." - ER - 4/7/2014 1:26:04 PM
    - You couldn't agree more. - bowser - 4/7/2014 9:48:53 PM
      - "There will always be wars and the rumors of wars." - Jody - 4/8/2014 1:42:43 AM
      - The problem is some people mistake personal achievement for personal satisfaction. - ER - 4/7/2014 10:03:17 PM
- A quote from one of my favorite s/f authors - podrock - 4/7/2014 3:32:54 AM
  - Cockroaches in the museum. - ER - 4/7/2014 2:12:17 PM
    - not necessarily our place in the universe... - FrankC - 4/8/2014 9:09:10 AM
      - I like that Frank!!! - Jody - 4/9/2014 1:44:04 AM
    - ....and that is of our own doing.... - Jody - 4/7/2014 4:17:27 PM

Anyone still keeping up with Cosmos? - ER - 4/14/2014 2:35:06 AM
- your inner fish - podrock - 4/17/2014 3:21:58 AM

A Bipolar Planet - ER - 4/4/2014 1:41:08 AM
- more info: - podrock - 4/5/2014 2:49:10 PM
  - Another factor was just noticed this year. - ER - 4/5/2014 5:48:22 PM
- Equilibrium . . . - DanS - 4/4/2014 12:26:29 PM
  - Decreasing albedo by darkening snow... - ER - 4/4/2014 2:10:44 PM
    - Low testosterone does the same thing. Don't know about dark snow. - bowser - 4/7/2014 9:55:57 PM
      - You must be talkin' 'bout the famous Bedo Brothers. - ER - 4/7/2014 9:58:56 PM

Water on Earth and Moon May Have Common Origin - SteveS - 4/2/2014 2:13:28 PM
- interesting... - FrankC - 4/2/2014 7:28:35 PM
  - Yes, molten . . . - DanS - 4/2/2014 8:21:33 PM

The Ice of March - ER - 4/2/2014 7:48:20 PM

April's Total Eclipse of the Moon . . . - DanS - 3/31/2014 2:13:13 PM
- Close to Spica also - SteveS - 4/1/2014 4:29:01 PM
  - Called the blood-moon . . . - DanS - 4/1/2014 6:33:01 PM

A Ring System Around a Asteroid - SteveS - 4/1/2014 4:07:23 PM

A Wet Mars . . . ? - DanS - 2/11/2014 11:58:00 AM
- Re: A Wet Mars . . . ? - BRFelix - 3/31/2014 3:16:04 PM
  - Good to read you again, Felix . . . - DanS - 3/31/2014 3:34:07 PM
- Wonder what happened to Nick's CO2 hypothesis? I've seen the idea elsewhere. n/t - RobVG - 2/11/2014 3:21:27 PM
  - I heard back from Nick, here's what he said: - podrock - 2/16/2014 2:44:25 PM
    - well -- so long as he knows the door's open for him. (n/t) - DanS - 2/17/2014 1:51:08 PM
    - A class act. n/t - RobVG - 2/16/2014 4:47:44 PM
  - I think it has gone by the way in favor of "WET" - FrankC - 2/12/2014 2:53:20 AM
    - Found him on linkedin - RobVG - 2/12/2014 3:27:28 AM
      - That is good to hear... - FrankC - 2/12/2014 3:41:31 AM
        
        Very good to hear . . . - DanS - 2/12/2014 12:22:48 PM
        
        I am not sure when he left or why... - FrankC - 2/14/2014 5:59:16 AM
        
        May be coincidental. - bowser - 2/15/2014 6:37:40 AM
        
        Robert or Pod . . . ? - DanS - 2/14/2014 1:13:52 PM
        
        He's still in the system... - podrock - 2/14/2014 5:46:37 PM
        
        That would be appreciated. (n/t) - DanS - 2/14/2014 5:52:00 PM
        
        done...I'll let you know if I hear back...(n/t) - podrock - 2/14/2014 6:10:56 PM
- Saw this first thing this morning: - podrock - 2/11/2014 2:36:53 PM
  - Tell me of the waters of your homeworld, Usul - ER - 2/11/2014 9:48:20 PM
  - Water . . . ? - DanS - 2/11/2014 3:15:35 PM

Quick link to "The Mechanical Universe" - ER - 3/25/2014 7:59:45 PM
- Hm-m-m the Cadbury Man come readily to mind . . . - DanS - 3/29/2014 2:16:06 PM
  - I'd never heard of him before. - ER - 3/29/2014 5:45:45 PM
    - I grew up with his shows, a regular Mr. Physics . . . - DanS - 3/29/2014 6:32:05 PM
- Table of contents of the videos--Johannes, you really should check this out! - ER - 3/26/2014 2:23:33 AM
  - I watched most of the episodes about 45 years ago and I also - johannes - 3/29/2014 3:10:23 AM

The "Oh-My-God Particle" - RobVG - 3/22/2014 5:31:37 PM
- That's fascinating. - bowser - 3/24/2014 12:27:13 AM
- Every now and then one of those hits my cat. - ER - 3/22/2014 6:56:09 PM

Major announcement on monday 17th.... - Raoul - 3/14/2014 11:37:24 PM
- A "trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second"? - bowser - 3/18/2014 11:35:14 PM
  - Every standard stick driver on a hill knows that interval. - ER - 3/19/2014 8:06:38 PM
- What's this "inflation" discovered in 1980? - RobVG - 3/18/2014 2:30:09 PM
  - Interestingly - - - - bowser - 3/20/2014 3:24:53 AM
  - Inflation - SteveS - 3/18/2014 3:21:21 PM
    - "Inflation"- FTL - RobVG - 3/20/2014 1:37:48 AM
      - Helps make more sense of it - Thanks - SteveS - 3/20/2014 11:42:52 PM
- Here you go - SteveS - 3/17/2014 3:22:51 PM
  - ...and from Scientific American . . . - DanS - 3/18/2014 12:23:17 PM
- Waiting anxiously but skeptical... - FrankC - 3/16/2014 8:25:00 PM
  - If it makes you feel any better... - ER - 3/16/2014 8:58:07 PM
    - Didn't mean to imply it is a waste of time - FrankC - 3/16/2014 9:42:06 PM
      - Once the theoretical breakthrough occurs... - ER - 3/16/2014 9:51:06 PM
        
        How time flies... - FrankC - 3/16/2014 10:07:48 PM
        
        I must confess... - ER - 3/16/2014 10:20:42 PM

Lost in Space Dept. - ER - 3/16/2014 8:07:34 PM
- They are going to love the next episode - FrankC - 3/16/2014 8:53:08 PM
  - BTW... - FrankC - 3/16/2014 9:53:14 PM
    - Hm-m-m -- I believe the original -- long, long ago -- was part of the curriculum, here in sunny OH. (n/t) - DanS - 3/19/2014 6:17:35 PM
    - Did you check out the Tyson Tardis? - ER - 3/17/2014 3:09:29 AM

Kepler 62f - FrankC - 3/12/2014 8:06:25 AM
- The third way -- an extrasolar search primer. - ER - 3/13/2014 11:52:54 PM
- g @ m/r**2 - ER - 3/12/2014 10:44:57 AM
  - PS - ER - 3/12/2014 5:33:31 PM
    - If you Google the exo-planets... - FrankC - 3/13/2014 4:37:19 AM
      - What a planet is made of should not affect its mass, - ER - 3/13/2014 1:04:38 PM
        
        So if a planet that was exactly the radius of Earth... - FrankC - 3/13/2014 5:11:39 PM
        
        Gravity would be affected. - ER - 3/13/2014 7:38:50 PM
    - PPS - " would the radius always be an indicator" - ER - 3/13/2014 2:08:12 AM

February Arctic Sea Ice Extent - ER - 3/5/2014 10:18:37 PM
- Jesse Ventura explains how global warming conspiracy is about making money, controlling the world. - bowser - 3/11/2014 3:36:32 AM
  - World domination and infinite riches? - ER - 3/11/2014 9:06:01 PM

Question for TB. - bowser - 3/6/2014 3:39:33 AM
- Most modern liquid rocket engines are "gimbaled." - TB - 3/6/2014 5:56:06 AM
  - They are indeed. - bowser - 3/8/2014 4:21:30 AM

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