Posts Tagged ‘ Earth ’

Would our government react with violence or would we welcome them? Would they be considered illegal aliens? We aren’t the only intelligent life form in the universe.
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AP – A new U.S. Air Force satellite will provide better surveillance of hundreds of satellites and thousands of pieces of space debris that could crash into American assets circling the Earth. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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SPACE.com – If a massive asteroid is hurtling toward Earth and threatening to sterilize the entire planet, blasting it to pieces with nuclear bombs might seem fit for a Hollywood movie. But, it could, in fact, be a viable solution to the potentially apocalyptic event, according to scientists who have studied asteroids and possible...
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The United Nations has named 2009 the International Year of Astronomy. The year was chosen by the United Nations because it marks the four hundred year anniversary of Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei’s first observations using a telescope. The International Year of Astronomy will feature a number of interesting international space projects and events....
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People and conspiracy theorists believe the moon walk was a hoax made by the governement. But can our faithful Hubble telescope prove once and for all the evidence that we left behind on that incredible time in history? Our American Flag.
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SPACE.com – BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — A “welcome home” team of eager scientists is anxiously awaiting this month’s return of a Japanese asteroid probe and its planned nosedive into Australia because — just maybe — it is toting a tiny, but prized, piece of space rock. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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I keep reading in these science mags and stuff about how the aliens are coming down and picking people up. What are they after? What do they do it for?
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wouldn’t a sphere or pill shaped spacecraft with a centrally rotating center be a better shape and design suited for space travel? Would the rotating center create cravity within the craft and would the spinning cause nausia?
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I INTRODUCTION Earth (planet), one of nine planets in the solar system, the only planet known to harbor life, and the “home” of human beings. From space Earth resembles a big blue marble with swirling white clouds floating above blue oceans. About 71 percent of Earth’s surface is covered by water, which is essential...
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For the past couple of months, I have frequently driven to a nearby location where I can view the sunset.  Awe-inspiring … breathtaking … beautiful beyond words … are feeble attempts at describing the loveliness displayed.  Looking up, the sky becomes God’s cathedral enfolding our planet … the indigo, white, rose pink, and gray...
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I say chances are essentially ZERO. Why would any civilization travel thousands and perhaps millions of light years to come to earth? It probably would take all the resources available for that civilization to do that and probably ruin their economy. And if they were thousands of years ahead of us technologically, they would...
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Would it be possible to bombard the planet Venus with a large enough bomb to place its orbit opposite to Earth in the Goldilocks Region of Space. And would it be possible for Venus to become Tectonically Active with a large enough amount of surface water? How about blowing the Asteroid Ceres out of...
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