On the Dunes

  Jul 21, 2016 Curiosity is analyzing “dark dunes” on Mars. Recently, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) known as “Curiosity” arrived at a vast dune field in Gale Crater. Curiosity was launched on November 26, 2011 on a two-year mission. However, in December 2012 its sojourn on Mars was extended indefinitely….

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Paradigm Shift

EU2016 Banquet Dr. Ghada Chehade

Paradigm Shift By Ghada Chehade There’s a shift, there’s a shift; there’s a paradigm shift An awakening is upon us… An undoing of the rift… No need for stories that cannot last. And for unexplained mysteries This is a remembering of our past…and our cosmic his-to-ry… So open your eyes…

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The Kingdom of Frost

  Jul 20, 2016 Pluto’s frigid environment continues to surprise investigators. Note: The Picture of the Day will be on a short break until Monday, July 25th. Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto on February 18, 1930. Percival Lowell thought there ought to be another celestial body beyond Neptune because something…

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Flux Ropes

  Jul 18, 2016 Electromagnetic filaments connect Saturn with the Sun. The plasmasphere of Saturn is highly energetic, enough so that lightning up to a million times more powerful than anything on this planet was observed. Saturn emits 2.3 times more energy than it receives from the Sun. 90 megawatts of…

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Dark Flow

  Jul 15, 2016 Is the Universe expanding? Edwin Hubble first identified what he thought was the Doppler effect in faint galaxy images. The observation is known today as “redshift”. However, rather than the result of acceleration and distance, it may be that it is an intrinsic property of matter….

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