Shocking news from the outer limits of space.. As though we couldn’t be more shocked by Pluto, we are. The news this time: The distant non planet planet dwarf planet has skies and icecaps that are similar to earth itself.. NASA’s own website showcased the amazing photos beamed back to planet Earth by NEW HORIZONS. In the attached article, NASA writes, “Who would have expected a blue sky in the…
Shocking news from the outer limits of space..
As though we couldn’t be more shocked by Pluto, we are. The news this time: The distant non planet planet dwarf planet has skies and icecaps that are similar to earth itself..
NASA’s own website showcased the amazing photos beamed back to planet Earth by NEW HORIZONS. In the attached article, NASA writes,
“Who would have expected a blue sky in the Kuiper Belt? It’s gorgeous,” said Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Boulder, Colorado.
The haze particles themselves are likely gray or red, but the way they scatter blue light has gotten the attention of the New Horizons science team. “That striking blue tint tells us about the size and composition of the haze particles,” said science team researcher Carly Howett, also of SwRI. “A blue sky often results from scattering of sunlight by very small particles. On Earth, those particles are very tiny nitrogen molecules. On Pluto they appear to be larger — but still relatively small — soot-like particles we call tholins.”
Blue skies.
Barfy burgers.
Planets..
Water isn’t as limited as we once thought.
While many have said water is either flowing or frozen on Mars, NASA finally came out this month at a press conference to confirm what many others believed for decades: Water flows on Mars.
This new information about Pluto gives rise to places like Saturn’s moon Titan. It also gives hope that other planets close to us (close in space miles) may have the building blocks of life.
We don’t much know anything. Do we?
But while we learn how little we know, we open the door to something amazing with each new discovery of flowing water..
This was the mathish problem I asked last night on my personal Facebook page.. the answers I received were humorous.. But it showcased that the underbelly of humanity yesterday was excited by the prospect that we found water on Mars–water that is flowing.
The choice answers included ice cream, ‘humans,’ aliens, and my favorite, ‘how we got here.’
How we got here..
That has been the long thought inside my own head..
It’s unbelievable to think of how much changed since my grade school years formed my view of the universe–a view challenged by time and discovery. At that time, Mars was barren and desolate. It was only after hearing Richard C. Hoagland tell Art Bell during the 1990s version of Coast to Coast AM that water flowed on Mars that I actually started to contemplate the idea of liquid on the red planet. .
Perhaps that is also why the announcement yesterday wasn’t too surprising to me.
Water on Mars.
The tin foil hat club has known this for years..
I have a few people I chalk up as friends who take the Bible very literally. I have some spirited discussions with them about my viewpoint on that. But for them, the Bible is gold. It’s the word of God and it’s historical in nature.. So playing the devil in the devil’s advocate setup, I often ask them if they would find it reasonable to conclude that Noah’s Ark was a spaceship and the flood actually happened on Mars, the spaceship traveled to earth to escape. LAUGHABLE, they tell me–of course I remind them that their position also could incur as many chuckles as another.
I think now that water has been found, I’m going to tell them it backs up my premise of the NOAH spaceship idea.. Water on Mars. The leftovers of the great flood that ended Mars-humanity.
Of course.. I’m being tongue in cheek.
or am I..?
Nasa scientists find evidence of flowing water on Mars!! »
Liquid water runs down canyons and crater walls over the summer months on Mars, according to researchers who say the discovery raises the odds of the planet being home to some form of life.
This is big big big big…
Big.
Today’s the day.. The big NASA Mars announcement is coming..
Get your drumroll ready..
The space agency says a major announcement is coming Monday, a news conference is set for 11:30am ET adn will be broadcast on NASA TV and its website–hopefully it the news is big enough, people will ignore Donald Trump for five minutes and actually give the space agency some time on the major networks..
If it’s HUGE enough, NBC should do the Chimes of Death and give us a special report on their affiliates. Of course it would have to be big news for the Chimes to play.
Perhaps water on Mars is.. or life.. or evidence, conclusive evidence, of either..
One common joke has emerged on the Twitters: NASA found astronaut Mark Watney. Watney is the name of the fictional astronaut stranded on Mars in the movie THE MARTIAN.
While people are in a frenzy with speculation, a part of me thinks this will be just be a ho-hum news conference with little information rendered.
I hope I’m wrong, but that seemingly has happened before with earth shattering news.
The most exciting space story of the year, minus the rodents on Mars images offbeat sites find, has been Pluto and the ever changing way we view that non planet planet. I think life on Mars or evidence of past life would far dominate Pluto..
We will see Monday.
The space agency says a major announcement is coming Monday, a news conference is set for 11:30am ET adn will be broadcast on NASA TV and its website–hopefully it the news is big enough, people will ignore Donald Trump for five minutes and actually give the space agency some time on the major networks..
If it’s HUGE enough, NBC should do the Chimes of Death and give us a special report on their affiliates. Of course it would have to be big news for the Chimes to play.
Perhaps water on Mars is.. or life.. or evidence, conclusive evidence, of either..
One common joke has emerged on the Twitters: NASA found astronaut Mark Watney. Watney is the name of the fictional astronaut stranded on Mars in the movie THE MARTIAN.
While people are in a frenzy with speculation, a part of me thinks this will be just be a ho-hum news conference with little information rendered.
I hope I’m wrong, but that seemingly has happened before with earth shattering news.
The most exciting space story of the year, minus the rodents on Mars images offbeat sites find, has been Pluto and the ever changing way we view that non planet planet. I think life on Mars or evidence of past life would far dominate Pluto..
We will see Monday.
The VERGE (and other media sources) try to debunk those who are trying to debunk the NASA moon GIF
I get the reasoning from the VERGE article. I truly do.
But there is also a large part of my brain that still look at the NASA gif in quite an incredulous manner.
The VERGE (and other media sources) try to debunk those who are trying to debunk the NASA moon GIF »
I get the reasoning from the VERGE article. I truly do.
But there is also a large part of my brain that still look at the NASA gif in quite an incredulous manner.
THE PINK STARS ARE FALLING.. THE PINK ALIENS ARE CALLING?
NASA is not BUSY explaining this one.. but people are busy asking.
The UK MIRROR writes:
The strange UFO was spotted on a NASA live feed from the orbiting space stationand comes weeks after the space agency cut the feed after three glowing objects were spotted in the sky.
This new sighting has been uploaded to YouTube where it has amassed over 160,000 views.
“We need them to maybe start pointing the ISS cameras outward and stop treating people like children,” says YouTuber Streetcap1 who uploaded the footage.
Some of the comments on the video have accused Streetcap1 of doctoring the footage, but the YouTuber insists it’s genuine.
Genuine?
Real?
Pink at night.. an astronaut’s delight…
Pink in the morning? Aliens are warning..
NASA is hiding?
The truth is sliding..
Down the corridor of reality..
The pink stars are falling.