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Jun 29, 2012 22:44:02 GMT
Post by Fortmax2020 on Jun 29, 2012 22:44:02 GMT
Ah, right you are. Enceladus is the classic show and tell example.
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Jun 30, 2012 8:14:28 GMT
Post by Shockprowl on Jun 30, 2012 8:14:28 GMT
With all these under surface oceans the solar system must be full of life!
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Jun 30, 2012 15:19:02 GMT
Post by Fortmax2020 on Jun 30, 2012 15:19:02 GMT
Possibly. Given that we don't yet know the circumstances that generate life (or what forms life can take) I reserve judgement either way until there is more data.
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Jun 30, 2012 22:03:35 GMT
Post by legios on Jun 30, 2012 22:03:35 GMT
Indeed. The fact that life on Earth appears to have originated in the oceans is not an indicator that oceans are either a necessary, or sufficient, basis for life to exist elsewhere - at least that is the way I view it.
There may be life in one of these oceans, there may not. Time will tell.
Karl
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Jul 8, 2012 17:56:56 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Jul 8, 2012 17:56:56 GMT
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Jul 8, 2012 18:25:59 GMT
Post by Shockprowl on Jul 8, 2012 18:25:59 GMT
Beautiful! I'd love to go.
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Jul 14, 2012 1:42:06 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 14, 2012 1:42:06 GMT
General discussion on anything spacey. I'm not that in the knowledge, can't tell the constellations apart, but I am fascinated by all that stuff. I'd like to start the thread by asking what folkes think about Pluto being reduced from planetary status to now being a 'Minor Planet'. Fairly old news I know, but quite important. Now only 8 planets in the Solar System! I myself feel sorry for Pluto, but I agree it's too small to be a planet and fits better into the new category of 'Minor Planet', along with, if memory serves, Ceres, the largest body in the Asteroid Belt and a body further out than Pluto who's name escapes me. (I wonder how long it'll be before Doc' or Cullen make a joke about Uranus? Will anyone beat them to it?!) It might be a minor planet but it's got FIVE moons now! www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18803212 |
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Jul 14, 2012 1:43:07 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 14, 2012 1:43:07 GMT
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Jul 14, 2012 1:44:16 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 14, 2012 1:44:16 GMT
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Jul 18, 2012 16:53:45 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 18, 2012 16:53:45 GMT
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Aug 1, 2012 5:52:37 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 1, 2012 5:52:37 GMT
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kayevcee
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Aug 1, 2012 20:40:13 GMT
Post by kayevcee on Aug 1, 2012 20:40:13 GMT
Iapetus weirds me out, man. Why does it look like it fell asleep under a sunbed? Why does it have a mohawk?
-Nick
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Aug 1, 2012 20:54:11 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 1, 2012 20:54:11 GMT
Iapetus weirds me out, man. Why does it look like it fell asleep under a sunbed? Why does it have a mohawk? -Nick It's an odd place alright. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_%28moon%29Destination of the Discovery in the 2001 book. |
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Aug 1, 2012 20:59:02 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Aug 1, 2012 20:59:02 GMT
It is the Jack Kirby plamet.
-Ralph
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Aug 1, 2012 21:53:43 GMT
Post by kayevcee on Aug 1, 2012 21:53:43 GMT
Is that what created the ridge? The Mighty Thor gave some big cosmic rotter the Kirby Full Page Speedline Wallop and their hurtling form tore up an entire hemisphere?
-Nick
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Aug 5, 2012 6:34:15 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 5, 2012 6:34:15 GMT
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Aug 5, 2012 13:23:30 GMT
Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 5, 2012 13:23:30 GMT
Can't wait!
NASA have had a better than average record since they dropped that cheapo probe craze of the 90s so I'm confident for them. Just so long as they have their inches and cms right...
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Aug 5, 2012 13:46:33 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 5, 2012 13:46:33 GMT
I need to dig out The Planets for another watch but there's something on there about the number of lost Mars probes...... there again Venus doesn't have a 100% spotless record in that matter either.
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Aug 6, 2012 4:21:09 GMT
Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 6, 2012 4:21:09 GMT
I think Titan is the only place with a spotless record so far!
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Aug 6, 2012 5:39:30 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 6, 2012 5:39:30 GMT
True.
Gone far better than I expected it to!
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Aug 6, 2012 5:44:35 GMT
Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 6, 2012 5:44:35 GMT
Wahoo! It's down!
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Aug 6, 2012 16:20:59 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 6, 2012 16:20:59 GMT
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Aug 7, 2012 20:15:40 GMT
Post by legios on Aug 7, 2012 20:15:40 GMT
Huzzah. Well done to NASA for getting Curiosity down in proper order.
You know, the old-school science-fiction fan in me has just twigged to the lovely idea that these landing sites would make great candidates for the first National Parks on a colonised Mars...
Karl
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Aug 7, 2012 21:24:28 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 7, 2012 21:24:28 GMT
I read that Sir Bernard Lovell has died aged 98
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Aug 8, 2012 16:45:35 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Aug 8, 2012 16:45:35 GMT
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Aug 8, 2012 17:04:19 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Aug 8, 2012 17:04:19 GMT
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Aug 8, 2012 19:11:57 GMT
Post by legios on Aug 8, 2012 19:11:57 GMT
I read that Sir Bernard Lovell has died aged 98 Indeed. This makes me somewhat sad, especially as I have recently stood in the shadow of the telescope named in his honor. He was a towering figure in British, nay Western, space sciences. He will be much mourned. Karl |
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Aug 8, 2012 19:17:30 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 8, 2012 19:17:30 GMT
Top turn during the BBC's The Planets especially when he's talking about picking up the Sputnik signal
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Aug 25, 2012 19:43:40 GMT
Post by Jaymz on Aug 25, 2012 19:43:40 GMT
RIP Neil Armstrong.
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Aug 25, 2012 20:12:50 GMT
Post by blueshift on Aug 25, 2012 20:12:50 GMT
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