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158E-170-Encounter with Pluto
After 9 years, 3 billion miles, and 18 sleeping periods NASA gave a wake up call to the New Horizons when it was 135 million miles from the Pluto system. After more than 8 hours of waiting, NASA eng…
Published on 4 years ago
669-Seeds(356)
When a fleet of interstellar spaceships leaves our solar system for a planet circling a nearby star the most important of all of the riches that human explorers will carry with them will be libraries…
Published on 4 years ago
157E-169-Neighborhood's Edge
Confronted with the deluge of new possible planets, in 2006, The International Astronomical Union voted to categorize Pluto as a Dwarf Planet and not the 9th planet in our solar system as most school…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
668-Dry Sands(420)
Intriguing features which change with the Martian seasons mimic flows of liquid water on the Earth's surface.
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
156E-168-Invisible Stuff
In 1933 Fritz Zwicky suggested that the high speeds of galaxies in the relatively distant Coma Cluster are indicative of some type of invisible material which is pulling on them. In the 1970's Dr. Ve…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
667-ET's Cigar(419)
The first alien object to observed visiting our solar system arrives from truly deep space and leaves us with the mystery of what it is and how it got that way.
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
155E-167-Night Sky Friendly
Being night sky friendly means that you only use outdoor lighting fixtures which direct light onto the ground where humans need it and not up into the sky where it obscures the natural wonders of the…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
666-Red Dwarf Planets(417)
Earth like planets are being discovered circling the most common type of star in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy.
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
154E-166-Asteroid Diamonds
Did you know that asteroids can bring diamonds to Earth and that asteroids sometimes create diamonds when they collide with our planet?
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
665-Odd Ball(416)
A small asteroid soars into the lonely space high above and below the plane of our solar system.
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago