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No Doomsday in 2012

 Choonky ― http://www.universetoday.com

THE WORLDS NOT GONNA END SO PLEASE STOP SAYING IT I HEARD THE SAME THING IN THE YEAR 2000

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Drill, Baby, Drill! – How Does Curiosity ‘Do It’

No Doomsday in 2012 ― It’s time at last for “Drill, Baby, Drill!” – Martian Style. Ever wonder how Curiosity “Does It” Check out this enlightening and cool new NASA video for an exquisitely detailed demonstration of just how ...

Tags: Curiosity, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA, Solar System

Choonky ― 14 hr ago

Opportunity Mars Rover Blazes Past 40 Year Old Space Driving Record

Opportunity Mars Rover Blazes Past 40 Year Old Space Driving Record

No Doomsday in 2012 ― Now more than 9 years and counting into her planned mere 90 day mission to Mars, NASA’s legendary Opportunity rover has smashed past another space milestone and established a new distance driving record for an American vehicle on another ...

Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA, Solar System, Space Exploration

Choonky ― 1 day ago

Comets PANSTARRS and Lemmon Still Linger for Early Morning Views

Comets PANSTARRS and Lemmon Still Linger for Early Morning Views

No Doomsday in 2012 ― The comet show is still not over! Early on May 16, 2013, astrophotographer Chris Schur from central Arizona was able to see two comets at once, Comet PANSTARRS AND Comet Lemmon. “We set up on our 14 foot tall balcony observing pad and was ...

Tags: Astrophotos, Comets, Comet Lemmon, Comets. Comet PANSTARRS

Choonky ― 2 days ago

This is the new ‘We Are the Explorers’ Video You’ll See at ‘Star Trek: Into Darkness”

No Doomsday in 2012 ― Have you seen Star Trek: Into Darkness yet? If so, did you see the NASA-themed trailer, too? A crowd-funded 30-second video called “We Are the Explorers” is debuting at theaters this week, shown before the new Trek film begins. It...

Tags: NASA, Star Trek: Into Darkness

Choonky ― 2 days ago

Super-Bright Explosion Seen on the Moon

Super-Bright Explosion Seen on the Moon

No Doomsday in 2012 ― If you were looking up at the Moon on March 17, 2013 at 03:50:55 UTC, you might have seen one of the brightest “lunar flashes” ever witnessed. And it would have been visible with just the naked eye. (...)Read the rest of Super-Bright...

Tags: Moon, Explosions In Space, Impacts

Choonky ― 2 days ago

Seeing the Red of ‘La Superba,’ a Magnificent Springtime Carbon Star

Seeing the Red of ‘La Superba,’ a Magnificent Springtime Carbon Star

No Doomsday in 2012 ― The Universe can be a very gray place. But this week, we’ll look at a fine example of a class of objects that defies this trend.(...)Read the rest of Seeing the Red of ‘La Superba,’ a Magnificent Springtime Carbon Star (886 ...

Tags: Astronomy, Observatories, Skywatching, Stars, Stellar Evolution, Canes Venatici

Choonky ― 2 days ago

‘Star Trek’ Spaceship Model Soars Into Stratosphere

No Doomsday in 2012 ― It was billed as the U.S. S. Enterprise’s first “real” flight in space, but the spaceship didn’t get quite that far. (...)Read the rest of ‘Star Trek’ Spaceship Model Soars Into Stratosphere (254 words) ©...

Tags: Sci-Fi, Star Trek, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Stratosphere, USS Enterprise, Weather Balloon

Choonky ― 2 days ago

How Many Tribbles Will Fit Into Your House?

No Doomsday in 2012 ― Star Trek: How Many Tribbles Will Fit in Your House? Oh, those little creatures that are no Tribble at all. If you’re not familiar with these small, non-intelligent lifeforms known for their prodigious reproductive rate, Tribbles ...

Tags: Sci-Fi, Star Trek, Tribbles

Choonky ― 3 days ago

Blocking Light Sheds New Light on Exoplanet Atmospheres

Blocking Light Sheds New Light on Exoplanet Atmospheres

No Doomsday in 2012 ― Exoplanets are uncanny. Some seem to have walked directly out of the best science-fiction movies. For example, we’ve discovered a planet consisting purely of water (GJ 1214b) and one with two suns (Kepler 16b). Some planets nearly scrape ...

Tags: Extrasolar Planets, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Astronomy, Extrasolar Planet Atmospheres, Project 1640

Choonky ― 3 days ago

Hadfield’s Return to Earth: ‘I’m Still Learning How To Walk Again’

Hadfield’s Return to Earth: ‘I’m Still Learning How To Walk Again’

No Doomsday in 2012 ― Astronaut Chris Hadfield described himself as a man who never looks back. Still, he spoke fondly of his five months in space during the first press conference with media today (May 16) after his return to Earth earlier this week. “I ...

Tags: Science, Space Exploration, Space Station, Chris Hadfield, Expedition 35

Choonky ― 3 days ago

Live Online Event: The Exploding Universe: the Realm of Supernovae

Live Online Event: The Exploding Universe: the Realm of Supernovae

No Doomsday in 2012 ― Supernovae are some of the fascinating objects in the Universe. The Virtual Telescope Project will be hosting a live webcast today (May 16, 2013) at 21:00 UTC (5 pm EDT, 2 pm PDT) to explore in real-time — from the comfort of your home or...

Tags: Supernova, Virtual Telescope Project

Choonky ― 3 days ago

More Insight on How NASA Might Revive the Kepler Space Telescope

More Insight on How NASA Might Revive the Kepler Space Telescope

No Doomsday in 2012 ― The future of NASA’s Kepler space telescope mission is in doubt, NASA announced yesterday, as it suffered a failure of a second reaction wheel, losing its ability to precisely point to look for planets orbiting other stars. Reaction wheels...

Tags: Extrasolar Planets, Kepler Mission, Kepler Mission, Kepler Space Observatory, Scott Hubbard

Choonky ― 3 days ago

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