Not long after it was demonstrated that 'convection cells' could not create the generation of crust off the Mid Atlantic Ridge and that the lag/advance system...

by Ken Croswell Their cores spin at least ten times faster than their surfaces. Link: http://KenCroswell.com/GiantStarRotation.html .

It's a Small World: Kepler Spacecraft Discovers First Known Earth-Size Exoplanet http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=kepler-20-smallest ...

The Hubble telescope has detected hints of complex hydrocarbon molecules, crucial to the first life on Earth, on the surface of Pluto ...

Space Weather News for Dec. 23, 2011 http://spaceweather.com Astronauts onboard the International Space Station have seen sungrazing Comet Lovejoy from Earth...

NASA Science News for Dec. 30, 2011 NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft, on a mission to map the Moon's gravitational field, are nearing their New Year's Eve and...

Dear group, Finally some clear skies following a month of incessant clouds and rains. With the moon at a phase of 64% at the onset of darkness, there...

1h UT today

The top 12 "skylights" for this coming year include a "double planet" in May and a Venus transit of the sun in June....

We're certainly aware that Sandusky, Ohio, is quite fed up with all that adverse publicity but don't believe that it's going to change its name because it's...

"Waiting for Godot follows a pair of men who divert themselves while waiting expectantly, vainly for someone named Godot to arrive. They claim he's an...

William T. Clark obit: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/Obit-William-T-Clark-1928-2011-133826468.html

Dear group, Announced just last summer, HAT-P-19b in Andromeda is a low-mass Saturn-type exoplanet with a low core mass and which orbits a K1 dwarf host star...

Metallic hydrogen makes its debut, maybe http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/336191/title/Metallic_hydrogen_makes_its_debut%2C_maybe "Hydrogen gas...

As we come up to the Thanksgiving Friday it is time for Black Friday deals. So what is is being offered?.

This will have to be extremely brief because I'm heading to Grandma's for Thanksgiving dinner. http://www.edconrad.org =============== GIVE YOUR...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA http://www.edconrad.org http://www.edconrad.com http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.ed-conrad/msg/522305f0...

NASA Science News for Dec. 3, 2011 NASA's New Horizons mission has reached a special milestone on its way to reconnoiter the Pluto system, coming closer to...

You, too, can have your dog talking by the time Santa comes down the chimney. UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE. The Ed Conrad Canine Speaketh Society --...

On Dec 14 2011, 7:26*pm, Yousuf Khan wrote: BBC News - Supermassive black hole will 'eat' gas...