Science is Cool: "Hazardous" Asteroid Headed Toward Earth

Did the Mayans only miss by a couple of weeks? Forgot to carry the two?

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Image from source, Raw Story

Apophis – a ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid – flies by Earth on Wednesday

Apophis hit the headlines in December 2004. Six months after its discovery, astronomers had accrued enough images to calculate a reasonable orbit for the 300-metre chunk of space rock. What they saw was shocking. . .

Read more at: Raw Story

Bummer: White House Says No Contact with Aliens Yet

Actually, they really ought to take a look at Ron
Paul's DNA, just to be sure. Image from Raw Story

Well, they aren't admitting we've made contact anyway. Could we ever expect them to?

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White House: No contact yet from E.T.

In a galaxy, far, far away, there is a mathematical chance that alien life exists — but the White House says it has no evidence that extraterrestrials have ever tried to contact humans.

In a blow to conspiracy theorists everywhere, a senior Barack Obama administration official also says there is also no credible information to suggest evidence of alien life is being kept from the public. . .

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Are Humans the Hoarders of the Universe?

Image from source, AOL News

Well look at that picture. Disgusting. We really are pigs, aren't we?  I thought a garbage patch in the Pacific twice the size of Texas was bad enough.  But it looks like we're junking up the whole neighborhood.  We're the Pig Pen of planets.  Something tells me if there is intelligent life somewhere out in space, it doesn't think we are.

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Junkyard Circling the Earth Is Growing, Scientists Say


Imagine half a million marbles circling Earth -- a sort of celestial obstacle course for the International Space Station, shuttles and satellites.


That's the increasingly problematic issue of orbital debris. The objects can be as big as a defunct satellite, but -- traveling at speeds of 17,500 miles an hour or more -- even a paint flake can put a chink in a space shuttle window, as happened on one mission. . .

Read more at: AOL News

Science is Cool: Clearest Image of Jupiter Ever

Image from source, National Geographic

I said earlier that I was uninspired about blogging tonight. Then I found this shot. I mean, how cool is this? Yeah, I'm a science nerd, but it's nice to post something that has nothing to do with the current state of the economy, or the Presidential campaigns. enjoy.

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NEW JUPITER IMAGE: Sharpest View Ever From Earth

Jupiter looks sharp in the crispest whole-planet picture of the planet ever shot from Earth.
Captured using a new computer-assisted process and a 27-foot (8.2-meter) telescope in Chile, the result is sharp enough to show features as small as 180 miles (300 kilometers) across. . .

Read more at: National Geographic

Red State Update: Do Aliens Exist?

I thought I'd finish out the month with a humerous post, devoid of politics. And even though the ridiculously funny Red State Update is usually political, this time they take on last week's story about an astronaut that thinks aliens exist. Enjoy.