In a suprising development, NASA announced last week that geysers of ice and water vapor have been confirmed shooting from the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
This is significant, because if Enceladus has resevoirs of liquid water under its frozen surface, this would make it the most likely candidate for an environment in which life could develop off of Earth, and might well harbour the first active extraterrestrial ecosystem we discover.
Phaedrus
Is it true that scientists have found geysers of methane and hydrogen sulfide shooting from Uranus?
hm2.0
Not as often as I like, and unfortunately most of the time I spend here I'm wasting my life in the political forum.
Antolini:
I originally posted it here because at the time the RR was not just for bashing and circle-jerking; it was being used as the "general off topic" forum. It's an enjoyable thread, and to be honest I'm suprised and flattered at all the positive comments it's garnered in the last few years, but it is absolutely unrelated to online gambling, so it really technically belongs here even with all of the other sub-topics that have been added to the Rx since then.
I'll try to produce something cool for the thread's fourth birthday, which is next week (four years on one thread that doesn't either have
or accusations? WTF?)
Phaedrus
Not as often as I like, and unfortunately most of the time I spend here I'm wasting my life in the political forum.
Antolini:
I originally posted it here because at the time the RR was not just for bashing and circle-jerking; it was being used as the "general off topic" forum. It's an enjoyable thread, and to be honest I'm suprised and flattered at all the positive comments it's garnered in the last few years, but it is absolutely unrelated to online gambling, so it really technically belongs here even with all of the other sub-topics that have been added to the Rx since then.
I'll try to produce something cool for the thread's fourth birthday, which is next week (four years on one thread that doesn't either have
or accusations? WTF?)Phaedrus
hm2.0
Not as often as I like, and unfortunately most of the time I spend here I'm wasting my life in the political forum.
Antolini:
I originally posted it here because at the time the RR was not just for bashing and circle-jerking; it was being used as the "general off topic" forum. It's an enjoyable thread, and to be honest I'm suprised and flattered at all the positive comments it's garnered in the last few years, but it is absolutely unrelated to online gambling, so it really technically belongs here even with all of the other sub-topics that have been added to the Rx since then.
I'll try to produce something cool for the thread's fourth birthday, which is next week (four years on one thread that doesn't either have
Phaedrus
It's a great thread, i was here when you started the thread, but i thought it was thrown in the RR by the mod. RR was a mess back in the days, with RECORDKEEPER, HENHOUSE, THERODFATHER, KODIAK, i am suprised they never hijecked this thread.
Actually Henny's in it a couple of times; interspersing his stupidity as he used to do.
I may be one of the only guys in the Rx who never had a problem with TRK, Rod or Kodiak -- TRK saved me a lot of time and by extension made me money in his early days, I followed Rod to major profits in college ball back in 2001 or '02, and never really had any experience with Kodiak.
More than anywhere else (possible exception being ProtestWarrior back when it had a forum) this place has taught me to be laid back about the bullshit people post on the Internet. Any scamming or other ilicit activity aside, I think that 99% of these major turf war feuds that get started online are just an unfortunate side effect of being able to act any old way you like with no meaningful repercussions ... not everybody can handle a car that goes 200mph, even if they could afford it; not everyone can handle an M-16, even if they could get their hands on one; not everyone can handle being free to say whatever stupid shit pops into their head 24/7, even if they can access the Internet. Why stress about it?
Phaedrus
I may be one of the only guys in the Rx who never had a problem with TRK, Rod or Kodiak -- TRK saved me a lot of time and by extension made me money in his early days, I followed Rod to major profits in college ball back in 2001 or '02, and never really had any experience with Kodiak.
More than anywhere else (possible exception being ProtestWarrior back when it had a forum) this place has taught me to be laid back about the bullshit people post on the Internet. Any scamming or other ilicit activity aside, I think that 99% of these major turf war feuds that get started online are just an unfortunate side effect of being able to act any old way you like with no meaningful repercussions ... not everybody can handle a car that goes 200mph, even if they could afford it; not everyone can handle an M-16, even if they could get their hands on one; not everyone can handle being free to say whatever stupid shit pops into their head 24/7, even if they can access the Internet. Why stress about it?
Phaedrus
Somewhat belated fourth anniversary pics:
Polaris, the "North Star" can be seen in this slight time lapse shot -- the other stars in the sky appear to be rotating around it. Interestingly, 10-20k years ago Polaris was not the "North Star" -- Vega was. The earth's direction changes very slightly over time, and eventually the North Pole will no longer point in the general direction of Polaris, invalidating its use as a direction finder for pirates and Vikings and such.
Close-up of the Pleiades cluster, one of the brightest objects in the night sky. It can be seen by the naked eye even in metropolitan areas; in darker settings the individual semiclusters can be made out with nothing more powerful than a pair of field binoculars. In the above shot the blue nebula clouds that intersperse the Pleiades can be seen. These clouds are highly reflective and contribute to the relative brightness of the cluster.
Extreme close-up of the Sun ... need SPF 9000000 at this range.
A "baby" white dwarf star. White dwarfs start out life as larger, less dense stars -- our own sun is an ideal candidate -- which eventually collapse inward. The cloud around this star is the shell of its former self that has been blasted off in the collapse. Eventually it will drift out in solar wind, or collapse further in and be fried on the star's surface.
75 million light years away, 60 thousand light years across, the galaxy NGC 1316 was a mystery to astronomers until the Hubble telescope captured the first good images of it -- it's actually the remnants of two galaxies which collided, which explains its massive size and unusually chaotic structure.
The Witch Head Nebula, one of those awesome coincidences of angle and lighting that Hubble has picked up over the years.
Happy anniversary. I sure hope Henny drops by to tell me what a *** I am.
Phaedrus
Polaris, the "North Star" can be seen in this slight time lapse shot -- the other stars in the sky appear to be rotating around it. Interestingly, 10-20k years ago Polaris was not the "North Star" -- Vega was. The earth's direction changes very slightly over time, and eventually the North Pole will no longer point in the general direction of Polaris, invalidating its use as a direction finder for pirates and Vikings and such.
Close-up of the Pleiades cluster, one of the brightest objects in the night sky. It can be seen by the naked eye even in metropolitan areas; in darker settings the individual semiclusters can be made out with nothing more powerful than a pair of field binoculars. In the above shot the blue nebula clouds that intersperse the Pleiades can be seen. These clouds are highly reflective and contribute to the relative brightness of the cluster.
Extreme close-up of the Sun ... need SPF 9000000 at this range.
A "baby" white dwarf star. White dwarfs start out life as larger, less dense stars -- our own sun is an ideal candidate -- which eventually collapse inward. The cloud around this star is the shell of its former self that has been blasted off in the collapse. Eventually it will drift out in solar wind, or collapse further in and be fried on the star's surface.
75 million light years away, 60 thousand light years across, the galaxy NGC 1316 was a mystery to astronomers until the Hubble telescope captured the first good images of it -- it's actually the remnants of two galaxies which collided, which explains its massive size and unusually chaotic structure.
The Witch Head Nebula, one of those awesome coincidences of angle and lighting that Hubble has picked up over the years.
Happy anniversary. I sure hope Henny drops by to tell me what a *** I am.
Phaedrus
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what a great thread Phaedrus
what do you make of this?
More and more evidence shows our universe is created intelligently
it is said we have planets in our own solar system who emit mroe energy than the take in from the sun
free energy!
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what do you make of this?
More and more evidence shows our universe is created intelligently
it is said we have planets in our own solar system who emit mroe energy than the take in from the sun
free energy!
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There's A Lunar Eclipse This Morning
STAR GAZER
THE INTERNATIONAL EDITION
STAR GAZER is seen nationally on most PBS stations. There is a five minute and a one minute version available each week. If it is not currently on your PBS station we suggest you contact your local PBS programming director and let them know it is available free to all PBS stations. Visit http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/index.html for help in locating your local PBS station.
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STAR GAZER
Episode # 07-34 / 1550th Show
To Be Aired : Monday 8/20/2007 through Sunday 8/26/2007
"Don't Miss Next Week's Eclipse Of
The Sturgeon Moon : The Last Of The Dual
Eclipses Of 2007"
Horkheimer: Greetings, greetings fellow star gazers. Next Tuesday morning, August 28th, we will be treated to the last of the dual eclipses of 2007, the first of which occurred on Saturday March 3rd. We're calling it the eclipse of the Sturgeon Moon which is the name many American Indian fishing tribes gave the August full Moon since sturgeon were easily caught during August. But what causes an eclipse of the Moon anyway? Let me show you.
O.K., let's imagine that we're out in space looking down on our Moon, Earth and Sun. Now Moonlight is really light from the Sun reflected off the Moon and back to our Earth. So one half of the Moon is lit up by the Sun at all times, although the only time we see the half of the Moon that is completely lit up is when we have a full Moon which occurs every month whenever the Moon is directly opposite the Sun as seen from Earth. Now usually when we have a full Moon the Moon is either above or below the plane of our Earth's orbit. But occasionally the full Moon will glide directly into our Earth's plane and will pass directly through our Earth's shadow which will block most of the Sun's light from reaching it. In other words our Earth's shadow will eclipse the light of the Sun which is why we call such an event an eclipse.
But during a total lunar eclipse the Moon never completely disappears but always turns some unpredictable shade of reddish orange and that's because the red rays of sunlight are always bent by our Earth's atmosphere into our Earth's shadow, filling it with a faint reddish orange light. So during a total lunar eclipse the reddish orange Moon color you see is actually light from all the sunrises and sunsets around the world being refracted, that is bent, into our Earth's shadow and onto the Moon and then reflected back again. And that's what you'll see Tuesday morning between midnight and dawn.
Now if we could look at our Earth's shadow cone more closely we would see that there are two distinct parts to it. A pale outer shadow called the penumbra and a smaller dark shadow called the umbra. The penumbral phase of the eclipse is never very noticeable so I'm suggesting that you start watching when the Moon begins to enter the umbra which is 4:51 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time or your local equivalent. Then as minute after minute goes by you will actually see the umbra which is our Earth's curved shadow slowly creep across the Moon and gradually darken it and cause it to change color. The Moon will be completely within the umbra and totally eclipsed for about 91 minutes from 5:52 a.m. to 6:23 a.m. Eastern Time, after which the whole process will slowly reverse. But people on the east coast will see only the first half of the eclipse, the entire show is reserved for the west coast. Because no one can predict what color the Moon will turn during totality that's what makes it so much fun. Will it be bright orange, or blood red? Only the shadow knows. See for yourself. And go to our website for more info. Keep looking up!
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#07-34 M
8/20/2007 thru 8/26/2007
"Don't Miss Next Week's Eclipse Of
The Sturgeon Moon : The Last Of The Dual
Eclipses Of 2007"
Horkheimer: Don't miss next Tuesday's total eclipse of the Moon. A total lunar eclipse occurs whenever a full Moon glides directly into our Earth's shadow which blocks most of the Sun's light from reaching it because moonlight is nothing more than reflected sunlight. There is however always some red sunlight which is bent by our Earth's atmosphere into the shadow. So during totality the Moon always turns some unpredictable shade of reddish orange. At 4:51 a.m. Eastern Time or your local equivalent you can watch our Earth's curved shadow start to glide across the Moon. Totality begins at 5:52 a.m. Go to our website for more info and keep looking up!
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STAR GAZER
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STAR GAZER is seen nationally on most PBS stations. There is a five minute and a one minute version available each week. If it is not currently on your PBS station we suggest you contact your local PBS programming director and let them know it is available free to all PBS stations. Visit http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/index.html for help in locating your local PBS station.
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GE 3 - PBS Transponder 512 - Digital Only!
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Friday 7/20/07 1100 to 1130
Includes episodes 0732, 0733, 0734, 0735Star Gazer is also available from NASA CORE. A videotape of the current month is available from NASA CORE for $16.00 plus $6.00 shipping (within the U.S). Please send a VISA, MasterCard, check, money order or an official school purchase order to the address below:
NASA Central Operation of Resources for Educators
Lorain County JVS NASA CORE / 15181 Route 58 South / 440/775-1400 / FAX 440/775-1460 / nasaco@leeca.org / http://core.nasa.gov
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Changes may well be made as production requires.
"Star Gazer" is available for downloading
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STAR GAZER
Episode # 07-34 / 1550th Show
To Be Aired : Monday 8/20/2007 through Sunday 8/26/2007
"Don't Miss Next Week's Eclipse Of
The Sturgeon Moon : The Last Of The Dual
Eclipses Of 2007"
Horkheimer: Greetings, greetings fellow star gazers. Next Tuesday morning, August 28th, we will be treated to the last of the dual eclipses of 2007, the first of which occurred on Saturday March 3rd. We're calling it the eclipse of the Sturgeon Moon which is the name many American Indian fishing tribes gave the August full Moon since sturgeon were easily caught during August. But what causes an eclipse of the Moon anyway? Let me show you.
O.K., let's imagine that we're out in space looking down on our Moon, Earth and Sun. Now Moonlight is really light from the Sun reflected off the Moon and back to our Earth. So one half of the Moon is lit up by the Sun at all times, although the only time we see the half of the Moon that is completely lit up is when we have a full Moon which occurs every month whenever the Moon is directly opposite the Sun as seen from Earth. Now usually when we have a full Moon the Moon is either above or below the plane of our Earth's orbit. But occasionally the full Moon will glide directly into our Earth's plane and will pass directly through our Earth's shadow which will block most of the Sun's light from reaching it. In other words our Earth's shadow will eclipse the light of the Sun which is why we call such an event an eclipse.
But during a total lunar eclipse the Moon never completely disappears but always turns some unpredictable shade of reddish orange and that's because the red rays of sunlight are always bent by our Earth's atmosphere into our Earth's shadow, filling it with a faint reddish orange light. So during a total lunar eclipse the reddish orange Moon color you see is actually light from all the sunrises and sunsets around the world being refracted, that is bent, into our Earth's shadow and onto the Moon and then reflected back again. And that's what you'll see Tuesday morning between midnight and dawn.
Now if we could look at our Earth's shadow cone more closely we would see that there are two distinct parts to it. A pale outer shadow called the penumbra and a smaller dark shadow called the umbra. The penumbral phase of the eclipse is never very noticeable so I'm suggesting that you start watching when the Moon begins to enter the umbra which is 4:51 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time or your local equivalent. Then as minute after minute goes by you will actually see the umbra which is our Earth's curved shadow slowly creep across the Moon and gradually darken it and cause it to change color. The Moon will be completely within the umbra and totally eclipsed for about 91 minutes from 5:52 a.m. to 6:23 a.m. Eastern Time, after which the whole process will slowly reverse. But people on the east coast will see only the first half of the eclipse, the entire show is reserved for the west coast. Because no one can predict what color the Moon will turn during totality that's what makes it so much fun. Will it be bright orange, or blood red? Only the shadow knows. See for yourself. And go to our website for more info. Keep looking up!
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Star Gazer Minute
#07-34 M
8/20/2007 thru 8/26/2007
"Don't Miss Next Week's Eclipse Of
The Sturgeon Moon : The Last Of The Dual
Eclipses Of 2007"
Horkheimer: Don't miss next Tuesday's total eclipse of the Moon. A total lunar eclipse occurs whenever a full Moon glides directly into our Earth's shadow which blocks most of the Sun's light from reaching it because moonlight is nothing more than reflected sunlight. There is however always some red sunlight which is bent by our Earth's atmosphere into the shadow. So during totality the Moon always turns some unpredictable shade of reddish orange. At 4:51 a.m. Eastern Time or your local equivalent you can watch our Earth's curved shadow start to glide across the Moon. Totality begins at 5:52 a.m. Go to our website for more info and keep looking up!
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