Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
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by akigr8 » Apr 30, 2012 6:35 pm
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1845 by Morten » Apr 30, 2012 6:52 pm
Have this been posted before?
More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/26/mars-lava-student-researcher-planet_n_1456572.html?ref=science
LOS ANGELES -- A researcher has spotted lava flows shaped like coils of rope near the equator of Mars, the first time such geologic features have been discovered outside of Earth.
More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/26/mars-lava-student-researcher-planet_n_1456572.html?ref=science
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1846 by Made of Stars » May 01, 2012 3:30 am
Website says it was a static fire test - no report on outcome though.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1847 by klazmon » May 01, 2012 5:48 am
Spacex haven't updated their web site yet but space.com have a report
http://www.space.com/15475-spacex-falco ... -test.html
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1849 by redwhine » May 01, 2012 9:26 am
Morten wrote:Have this been posted before?
Well I haven't seen it before. Mind you, I hardly ever visit this thread.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1851 by chairman bill » May 01, 2012 8:54 pm
Taken about ten minutes ago. Can you guess what it is? Yes, a near infinitely-sided polygon, obviously.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1852 by redwhine » May 02, 2012 5:52 am
chairman bill wrote: Can you guess what it is?
Well if it wasn't for the grey smudge, it could be a black cat eating liquorice in a windowless cellar.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1854 by redwhine » May 03, 2012 5:05 am
2012 May 3 - M106 Close Up
Close up?
"...located only about 21 million light-years beyond the stars of the Milky Way."
Yeah, right!
Close up?
"...located only about 21 million light-years beyond the stars of the Milky Way."
Yeah, right!
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1856 by newolder » May 04, 2012 11:03 am
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1857 by THWOTH » May 04, 2012 3:32 pm
It's like looking into the eye of an angel.
(oops, did I just type that out loud?)
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1859 by akigr8 » May 05, 2012 9:55 am
redwhine wrote:2012 May 5 - Full Moonrise
It will kill us all!!
Saturn:
Edit: I see Newolder has already posted a link to the video in this great thread:
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/astro ... 30412.html
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