On 12/20/2012 11:21 PM, Brian Gaff wrote: I think though we have to remember that much of this is only predicted by theories and actually testing it out is...

OK, I'll pose a problem. Time for an Original Post from me ;-) If, as conjectured, dark matter pervades the Universe, (making up as much as 24% of the mass...

In the spirit of the "old" days of Usenet, I've given this message a title much like what you might have seen back in the 80's. :-) Actually this is about...

How the Mars "blueberries" formed: The Martian surface was wet. Lots of muddy flats. Impacts on the flats. Mud, "atomized" and sprayed high in the cold,...

Recent photos from the rover have shown a shallow crater nicknamed 'sleepy hollow' not far from Spirit's landing site. In fact there appear to be several such...

On Mar 8, 3:13 pm, Alex wrote: Here is an electrostatic propulsion system...

And so am I. I noticed recently that a batch of 91 AA sized batteries was delivered to the...

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A guy was discussing his theory of "gravity" with me today. He believes that it is not a force, but an effect. He believes that what we interpret as gravity is...

You are interested perhaps on my documentation of the formation of solar corona and the solar wind effect on Earth...

Pictures of Mercurius are dark and pictures of Mars are red . So I asked myself if there is a infrareddisplacement , so pictures of Mercurius have to be taken...

I know this is a very old thread but wondering if any of you are still around. Bruce Neuffer was my father in law. I have the original paper that he wrote on...

Among all the hoopla surrounding the latest Mars explorer, what I haven't heard is what this one will do that the previous ones didn't? The pics sure look...

Requesting an image at the public MOC site for the MGS, I got a closer look at the ice lake in Korolev Crater. This ice-crater has a northern latitude, and it...

Some great new pictures are being put up at ESA's Mars Express website.

Here's a little idea that's been in my head for a while. I wonder if I'm the first to come up with it (unlikely) or if it already has a name, or is just...

Hi, first post here, please be gentle. I've tried researching this myself, referring to older posts from this newsgroup, frighteningly technical nasa...

Am most interested in the methods JPL uses to calculate orbits of NEOs and how frequently the data used to calculate the orbits is updated for close approach...

This image is from Spirit :: Panoramic Camera :: Sol 014: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/014/2P127604323EFF0309P2543R5M1.JPG The lowermost...

OK, this is just a thought but... If the nearest star is 4 light years away then we are seeing light which is 4 years old?? So what we are looking at is the...