March 5th, 2010
I thought with all of the discussion about major leading scientist now releasing there conclusion about the Chicxulub crater on the Mexican coast being the cause of the dinosaurs mass extinction some 65 million years ago. I would post this 55min video about Meteor impacts form National Geographic. It also covers the Shoemaker-Levey 9 that collided with Jupiter in July 1994, and discusses what happens when a mountain size asteroid collides with the Earth. Eugene Shoemaker passed away July 18, 1997 from a car accident in Australia. He was there looking for previously unnoticed or undiscovered meteor craters. On July 31, 1999, some of his ashes were carried to the Moon by the Lunar Prospector space probe. This makes him the only person to have been buried on the Moon. This will make more since when you watch the video.
The brass foil wrapping of Shoemaker’s memorial capsule is inscribed with images of Comet Hale-Bopp, the Barringer Crater, and a quotation from Romeo and Juliet reading
“And, when he shall die
Take him and cut him out in little stars
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun
Watch Asteroids: Deadly Impact | Watch Free Documentaries Online | SnagFilms.
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March 1st, 2010
NASA: Chile Quake Shifted Earth’s Axis, Shortened Day – AOL News.
“The length of the day should have gotten shorter by 1.26 microseconds [millionths of a second],” Richard Gross, a geophysicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told Bloomberg. “The axis about which the Earth’s mass is balanced should have moved by 2.7 milliarcseconds [about 8 centimeters or 3 inches].”
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February 15th, 2010
Space
In the 60’s, space exploration was an American obsession. But the growing reality of space has turned the romance to cynicism. We chart the path from then to now. We begin with Ann Druyan, widow of Carl Sagan, with a story about the Voyager expedition, true love, and golden record that travels through space. For a dose of reality, astrophysicist Neil de Grasse Tyson explains the Coepernican Principle and just how insignificant we are.
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February 8th, 2010
Image from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
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February 8th, 2010
We have updated the February 2010 Calendar for Astronomical Events.
Should also have the news letter out in the next few days, for February 2010 to.
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February 5th, 2010
Pluto, Former Planet, Ready for Its Close-Up – AOL News
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February 5th, 2010
Pluto, Former Planet, Ready for Its Close-Up – AOL News
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January 29th, 2010
(Jan. 29) – Tonight’s full moon will be the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. It offers anyone with clear skies an opportunity to identify easy-to-see features on the moon.
This being the first full moon of 2010, it is also known as the wolf moon, a moniker dating back to Native American culture and the notion that hungry wolves howled at the full moon on cold winter nights. Each month brings another full moon name.
via Moon Shines at Its Biggest, Brightest of 2010 – AOL News.
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