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Days of Wine and Redwoods and SCIENCE
Bad Astronomy - 30 Jul 2016 15:15
Do you like wine, gigantic trees, telescopes, and science? Then do I have a vacation for you: Science Getaways is going to California wine country! Science Getaways is a company run by my wife Marcella and me, where we t...
Gullies on Mars Likely Not Carved by Liquid Water, NASA Says
SPACE.com - 30 Jul 2016 14:01
Gullies that lace the surface of Mars look similar to those carved out on Earth by flowing water -- but a new study shows that the life-giving liquid likely did not create the Martian features.
Mystery Solved: Black Holes Twist Space-Time Like Taffy
SPACE.com - 30 Jul 2016 13:48
Black holes twist space like taffy and create vortices of gravitational force, a new study suggests. The discovery solves a 30-year-old mystery about black holes.
Is Jupiter's Moon Io Poised to Top Its Titanic Surt Volcano Eruption? --"The Most Powerful Ever Observed in Our Solar System"
The Daily Galaxy - 30 Jul 2016 14:00
In February 2001 an eruption from the Surt volcano on the Jupiter-facing hemisphere of Io, the volcanic epi-center of our solar system, occurred with an estimated output of 78,000 Gigawatts. By comparison, the 1992 erupt...
Today's Gullies On Mars Are Probably Not Formed by Liquid Water
SpaceRef - 30 Jul 2016 03:11
New findings using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show that gullies on modern Mars are likely not being formed by flowing liquid water....
NASA Estimates SpaceX 2018 Mars Mission Will Cost Only $300 Million
Universe Today - 30 Jul 2016 00:41
Ever since Musk founded SpaceX is 2002, with the intention of eventually colonizing Mars, every move he has made has been the subject of attention. And for the past two years, a great deal of this attention has been focu...