May 2012
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“What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with...”
– Carl Sagan
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Can Seth MacFarlane and Neil deGrasse Tyson... →
Fox is finally doing something right.
In Fall 2013, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane will team up with Neil deGrasse Tyson in a bid to bring back COSMOS, the iconic television series written by Carl Sagan, his wife Ann Druyan, and astrophysicist Steven Soter. Druyan and Soter will co-produce with MacFarlane, and Tyson will be filling the shoes of Sagan as host of the series, which is scheduled...
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“She had studied the universe all her life, but had overlooked its clearest...”
– Carl Sagan, Contact (via the-star-stuff)
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NASA Will Begin Training a Team of Astronauts for... →
The mission, which could take place within the next decade, would take humans farther from Earth than ever before — up to 3 million miles away. Mission objectives include collecting mineral samples and — no joke — determining how to destroy an asteroid in the unlikely event that it becomes a threat to the Earth.
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“Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body, the atoms that...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
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How Big Is The Universe? →
This a great interactive tool that can show you how everything in the universe stacks up, from humans to atoms to Red Dwarfs.
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“After the earth dies, some 5 billion years from now, after it’s burned to a...”
– Carl Sagan
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Light From Small, Oozing Alien Planet Seen →
THE GIST
For the first time, a telescope was able to detect light from an alien super Earth.
The Spitzer Space Telescope detected the light from the planet 55 Cancri e.
The planet is 41 light-years from Earth and may be in a supercritical fluid state — and oozing.
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Venus to Appear in Once-In-A-Lifetime Event →
On 5 and 6 June this year, millions of people around the world will be able to see Venus pass across the face of the Sun in what will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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WatchTimelapse: EARTHEREAL by Adonis Pulatus
The International Space Station Expedition 30 crew shot some truly awe-inspiring time-lapse sequences flying over practically every square mile of the globe.
Images courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center available from: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Videos/CrewEarthObservationsVideos/
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This $20 Trillion Rock Could Turn a Startup Into...
This is a follow up on my earlier post, Asteroid Mining Venture Backed by Google Execs, James Cameron Unveiled.
There’s more information about Planetary Resources’ space venture and how much it could potentially be worth.
The $8 trillion figure is an estimate based on observations by John S. Lewis, professor of planetary science, author of Mining the Sky: Untold Riches from the...
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Asteroid Mining Venture Backed by Google Execs,... →
A newly unveiled company with some high-profile backers — including filmmaker James Cameron and Google co-founder Larry Page — has announced plans to mine near-Earth asteroids for resources such as precious metals and water.
