Tag: saturn
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5/19 Defcon: Blockage, Bills, Threats & Storms
Obama DOJ tries to block unclassified info from NSA leaker trial* new yorker mag sheds new light on nsa’s warrantless wiretapping & data mining* senate bill requires warrant for email, cloud content* senate bill makes illegal internet streaming a felony* bill clinton: create internet agency* US secret service questions 13yr-old over facebook ‘threat’* twitter feed…
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china declares first contact!
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) of China announced Thursday, “…first verified transmission from an alien civilization,” according to story at The Daily Galaxy. “China’s leading astrobiologist, Dr. Xi Chang, a graduate of MIT, told Xinhua [News] that “the signal repeats itself continuously in 2 minute long sequences and appears to be the four bases of…
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cassini flies just 76km above rhea surface on jan. 11
It’s an exciting time for Cassini imaging team scientists as the spacecraft drops to just 47 miles above the surface of Rhea, Saturn’s second largest moon, on January 11th! “These will be by far the best images we’ve ever had of Rhea’s surface – details down to just a few meters will become recognizable,” said Thomas Roatsch,…
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mystery hexagon of saturn
In 1979, as Voyager 1 passed by Saturn, the satellite returned pictures of a hexagon on Saturn’s North Pole. The Cassini spacecraft confirmed, in 2006, the hexagon is still there! A brief You Tube video, “The Mystery Hexagon of Saturn” provides a fascinating look in less than two minutes. Discovery News provides a brief article and video,…
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Life On Saturn Moon Titan?
The Daily Galaxy article speculates a team working on a NASA funded program, may have found evidence of bacteria using arsenic for photosynthesis on Titan.