Space Science Thread

[Robertvincent]

Scientists plan to sail robot boat on methane lake of Saturn's moon Titan

Open University team led by Professor John Zarnecki hopes Nasa will back project to explore chances of life beneath Titan's surface

Scientists plan to sail robot boat on methane lake of Saturn's moon Titan | Science | The Observer

[Robertvincent]

Mars Formed Fast in Massive Early Growth Spurt

Mars apparently had a massive growth spurt when it was young, mushrooming to about half its present size in less than 2 million years, scientists say.

http://www.space.com/11784-mars-growth-spurt-planet-formation.html

[White Guardian]

Column: Is Obama grounding JFK's space legacy?

By Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan

Was President Kennedy a dreamer, a visionary, or simply politically astute? We may never know, but he had the courage to make that bold proposal 50 years ago Wednesday. The Soviet Union's Yuri Gagarin had completed an orbit of the Earth the previous month and electrified the world. The United States had taken only one human, Alan Shepard, above 100 miles altitude and none into orbit. Americans, embarrassed by the successes of our Cold War adversary, were eager to demonstrate that we too were capable of great achievements in space.

Column: Is Obama grounding JFK's space legacy? - USATODAY.com

[WhiteManForever]

Typical Obama.
Anything to destroy traditional White America.

[mistek]

Obama is afraid they might want to put a monkey in space.

[WhiteManForever]

Or back in Kenya.

[Robertvincent]

Hydrogen Peroxide Found in Space

Researchers observe a galaxy that contains cold and dense clouds mostly made of hydrogen

http://www.usnews.com/science/articl...found-in-space

[Robertvincent]

Comet's Death by Sun Photographed for First Time

The death of a comet that plunged into the sun was captured on camera this month for the first time in history, scientists say.

http://www.space.com/12250-comet-dea...pacecraft.html

[Robertvincent]

The 7 Strangest Asteroids: Weird Space Rocks of the Solar System

This week, NASA's Dawn spacecraft will rendezvous with the asteroid Vesta. This will be our best look yet at an asteroid, and what the probe digs up could help scientists answer several questions about this and the hundreds of thousands of asteroids that populate the solar system.

http://www.space.com/12261-strangest...a-apophis.html

[Robertvincent]

Giant Meteorite Discovered in China

A massive space rock – one that could rank as one of the largest meteorites ever recovered – has been found in a remote and mountainous region in northwest China, according to news reports.

http://www.space.com/12416-giant-met...discovery.html

[Robertvincent]

A solution to space junk? Satellite that sends debris to its death in Earth's atmosphere proposed

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...#ixzz1UZDY5Obi

[Robertvincent]

Weird! Our Universe May Be a 'Multiverse,' Scientists Say

Is our universe just one of many? While the concept is bizarre, it's a real possibility, according to scientists who have devised the first test to investigate the idea.

http://www.livescience.com/15530-mul...tion-test.html

[DESERTFOX63]

Why didn't they Feature Jet Lee in the article... he has experiance with the "Multiverse"...

[White Guardian]

[Robertvincent]

Hubble Telescope Finds Glowing 'Necklace' in Space



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http://www.livescience.com/15537-nec...ope-photo.html

[Robertvincent]

Coal-Black Alien Planet

http://www.livescience.com/15536-ali...ck-kepler.html

[Robertvincent]

A Cosmic Exclamation Point



VV 340, also known as Arp 302, provides a textbook example of colliding galaxies seen in the early stages of their interaction.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ch...oto11-086.html

[Iconoclast]

Great Pic!

Iconoclast

[Robertvincent]

Giant Space 'Blob' Glows Green From Galaxies Within

A giant, glowing blob of gas – a cosmic relic of the early universe – is lit by galaxies within it, according to a new study.

http://www.space.com/12655-space-blo...-galaxies.html

[Robertvincent]

Synthetic Life Could Help Colonize Mars, Biologist Says

Synthetic organisms engineered to use carbon dioxide as a raw material could help humans settle Mars one day, a prominent biologist says.

http://www.livescience.com/15649-syn...ig-venter.html