Europa is one of Jupiter's 79 known moons and is covered by a layer of ice up to 15 miles deep, which acts as a protective barrier against both solar radiation and the impact of an asteroid.
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She's predicting it will be found under ice on the surface of the planet, because there "you're protected from solar radiation. And that means there's the possibility of ice remaining in the pores of the rocks, which could act as a source of water".
Many things are taking place:
GO Today (Feb. 11, 2020) | Local News | kenoshanews.com
It's Make a Friend Day , which you can do by getting out into your community. No, your imaginary friend Cecil doesn't count, though he did get you through that last bad breakup. It's also Extraterrestrial Culture Day, celebrating our past, present and future relationships with extraterrestrial visitors. Meet your new friend, E.T.!
Nothing says "I love you" like belting out a song to your date (or whoever happens to be sitting on the next bar stool). Union Park Tavern , 4520 Eighth Ave., hosts karaoke Tuesday nights . Gather up your courage and sign up for a performance slot. Admission is free. 262-652-6454.
In a Single Grain of Moon Dust, 'Millions of Years' of Lunar History | Smart News |
Nearly 50 years have passed since a human last set foot on the moon. But when team members of NASA’s 1972 Apollo 17 mission packed up for their return trip to Earth, they brought 245 pounds of the lunar ground they walked on back with them—for science, of course.
For decades, NASA has doled out the moon rock and regolith—now a precious resource—only sparingly as fodder for research. Now, scientists have found a new way to get the most of the precious, extraterrestrial material: A technique that analyzes moon rocks atom by atom.
Astronomers have found a deep space radio burst that pulses every 16 days - MIT Technology Review
A recently discovered fast radio burst turns out to be pulsing on a steady 16-day cycle, marking the first time scientists have been able to see a specific tempo from one of these mysterious signals.
What's an FRB? They are extremely powerful radio emissions lasting only a few milliseconds. The sources of these bursts are absolute mysteries to astronomers, and of the hundreds that have been detected so far, we've only localized where five actually come from. Whatever event produces these emissions generates over tens of thousands of times more energy than the sun. While most FRBs are one-off signals, a few have been detected multiple times over—again, without explanation.
In case you are keeping track:
Antigua's Newest Luxury, Adults-Only Retreat Is on the Edge of a National Park
When one thinks of an "all-inclusive" resort, the usual images are overrun family hotels with watered-down liquor, sub-par food, and repetitive activities. With Hammock Cove, hotelier Robert Barrett seeks to reinvent that image.
Much of the resort pays tribute to the stone excavation site it was built on, as well as the island on which it resides. All colors—inside and out of your villa—resemble the minerality of Hammock Cove's land, and each room's vaulted ceilings, soft white linens, and enormous rain-head showers evoke traditional Caribbean luxury. Local artists are featured throughout the hotel, most notably inside along a road underneath the main building leading to several of the villas.
Our Story | The Planetary Society
“By harnessing our collective passion, we can change the course of history.”
- Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society
Here are some of the most remarkable achievements fueled by our members and supporters over the past 40 years.
Bruce Murray, Carl Sagan, and Louis D. Friedman create The Planetary Society to prove public support for planetary exploration.
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First issue of The Planetary Report magazine is published in December 1980. All issues of The Planetary Report can be found on planetary.org .
UWSP prepares for Raid on Trivia 51 - Stevens Point News
Texas Classical Review » Blog Archive » River Oaks CO achieves liftoff with
When the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra commissioned Kevin Lau to write a concerto for erhu, the two-stringed Chinese instrument, he sidestepped the obvious approach. Rather than seek inspiration in the music or culture of the erhu's homeland, the Chinese-Canadian composer turned to a favorite subject of his own: space exploration.
Lau's concerto casts the solo instrument in a role like that of the photo's astronaut: The erhu, with its slender, pungent tone, takes off on a journey through the sonically alien realm of the sonorous Western orchestra.
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