Project Avalon Community Forum - Astronomy and Cosmology http://projectavalon.net/forum4/ en Wed, 22 May 2013 20:09:44 GMT vBulletin 30 http://projectavalon.net/forum4/images/misc/rss.png Project Avalon Community Forum - Astronomy and Cosmology http://projectavalon.net/forum4/ 21 May 2013 - Forecast for Titan: Wild Weather Could Be Ahead http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?59352-21-May-2013-Forecast-for-Titan-Wild-Weather-Could-Be-Ahead&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 16:10:22 GMT Image: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43689)*21 May 2013 -... 21 May 2013 - Forecast for Titan: Wild Weather Could Be Ahead
Two new models with implications for NASA's Cassini mission suggest the onset of spring in Titan's northern hemisphere could bring waves and hurricanes.


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What is this?


Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Py_081jerc


The presenter speaks too fast for my level of comprehension of English, so if he explained what it is I could not understand.

Thanks.
Wander brazilian. ]]> Astronomy and Cosmology naste.de.lumina http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?59318-Explosions-of-light-in-the-Antarctica-sky <![CDATA[20 May 2013 - The PI's Perspective: Encounter Planning Accelerates]]> http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?59308-20-May-2013-The-PI-s-Perspective-Encounter-Planning-Accelerates&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 22:10:06 GMT Image: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-pkb-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43670)*20 May 2013 - The... 20 May 2013 - The PI's Perspective: Encounter Planning Accelerates
But to be still more prudent, we're also implementing plans during the final weeks of approach in summer 2015 for New Horizons itself to search for hazards that we can't see from Hubble or Earth-based telescopes.


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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called "Cumberland."


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NASA's Mars rover Opportunity now holds the record for farthest driving by a NASA vehicle on a world away from Earth, passing a mark set by an Apollo astronaut-driven rover.


More... ]]> Astronomy and Cosmology NASA http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?59202-16-May-2013-Nine-Year-Old-Mars-Rover-Passes-40-Year-Old-Record Aliens: Are We Alone? ...Kepler space telescope.... Channel 5 aired Thurs 16/5/2013 http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?59193-Aliens-Are-We-Alone-...Kepler-space-telescope....-Channel-5-aired-Thurs-16-5-2013&goto=newpost Thu, 16 May 2013 22:02:12 GMT Aliens: Are We Alone? Channel 5 aired Thurs 16/5/2013 Documentary exploring the possibility of the existence of extraterrestrial life, ... Aliens: Are We Alone? Channel 5 aired Thurs 16/5/2013

Documentary exploring the possibility of the existence of extraterrestrial life,
focusing on the research being undertaken using the Kepler space telescope.



I just watched this and its about the Kepler space telescope , and it search for
earth like planets and it has found hundred and potentially thousands of
rocky water based worlds in the 'Goldilocks ' zone of their Suns....

It seems only five minutes ago that scientists thought we maybe alone
now they speculate their maybe billions. As far as i'm concerned disclosure
is here and ET's are abundant in the Galaxy. Now mainstream are
acknowledging it is not in the realms of Science Fiction any more.....





http://www.channel5.com/shows/aliens...s-are-we-alone


I don't know if you will get the link outside the UK ?



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http://thegalaxytoday.com/2013/02/09/


Thursday, April 26, 2012

2,321 Earth-Like Planets and Counting

The 2012 John D. Schopp Memorial Lecture will explore the Kepler Mission
milestone discoveries.


Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxXiJ1-klWk


http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_news...s.aspx?s=73569

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Two Promising Places to Live, 1,200 Light-Years From Earth


American Association for the Advancement of Science



An artist's impression of a sunrise on Kepler 62f. The two outer planets of the
Kepler 62 system may lie in the habitable zone, where liquid water could exist on
the surface.

By DENNIS OVERBYE

Published: April 18, 2013





Astronomers said Thursday that they had found the most Earth-like worlds yet
known in the outer cosmos, a pair of planets that appear capable of supporting life
and that orbit a star 1,200 light-years from here, in the northern constellation Lyra.

Read More..

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/sc...anted=all&_r=0

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This presentation is 6 months old......

Finding the Next Earth: The Latest Results from Kepler


Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbijeR_AALo


Published on 18 Mar 2013


Oct. 17, 2012
Dr. Natalie Batalha (NASA Ames Res. Ctr.)

Dr. Batalha (Mission Scientist for the Kepler Mission, searching for exoplanets)
describes the techniques used by the Kepler team to identify planets orbiting other
stars and updates us on the remarkable progress they are making in the search for
Earth-sized worlds. She discusses the planets already found and shares what we
know so far about the thousands of candidate planets that are in the Kepler data. ]]> Astronomy and Cosmology Cidersomerset http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?59193-Aliens-Are-We-Alone-...Kepler-space-telescope....-Channel-5-aired-Thurs-16-5-2013 <![CDATA[16 May 2013 - NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Development]]> http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?59184-16-May-2013-NASA-s-Asteroid-Sample-Return-Mission-Moves-into-Development&goto=newpost Thu, 16 May 2013 17:30:03 GMT Image: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/OSIRIS-Rex1.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43649)*16 May 2013 -... 16 May 2013 - NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Development
NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016.


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Asteroid 1998 QE2 will get no closer than about 3.6 million miles at time of closest approach on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. Pacific (4:59 p.m. Eastern).


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The Kepler spacecraft is in safe mode. The root cause is not yet known, however the proximate cause appears to be an attitude error.


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Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) across.


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NASA and Sally Ride Science are inviting the general public and journalists to "Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy," an educational tribute to America's first woman in space on Monday, May 20.


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The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. The rover will set course to the drilling location in coming days.


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On 9-10 May, the moon will pass directly in front of the sun over the South Pacific, producing a "ring of fire" solar eclipse.


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Gone are the days of being able to count the number of known planets on your fingers. Today, there are more than 800 confirmed exoplanets -- planets that orbit stars beyond our sun -- and more than 2,700 other candidates.


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