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Wide Shot
NASA released this nice infra-red photo yesterday, showing us all of the Andromeda Galaxy with colors assigned to indicate relative temperature. For some reason, blue represents the warmer parts and red, the cooler ones. Trying to challenge our expectations, NASA? … Continue reading
That’s How We Roll
You gotta love dung beetles. All day, every day, they’ve got their faces in the worst stuff we can imagine. To them, it’s no big deal, but to us, spending life as a dung beetle is literally what it would … Continue reading
Tagged Outer Space
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Sleep Deprived
The verdict is in on the question “what happens when you lock six men in a pretend space capsule with a bunch of cameras and sensors and tell them to make believe they’re flying to Mars.” It appears they become … Continue reading
Tagged Outer Space
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Space Treasures
Bored with the available options for stealing things made here on planet Earth, thieves have taken to taking things that come from outer space. One man has been arrested and another may be behind bars soon for the Christmas Eve … Continue reading
Tagged Outer Space
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Earth at Night
Today’s post comes from Captain Billy of the Muskellunge. Ahoy! Me an me boys is mighty pleased t’ see that them scientists at NASA is finally startin’ t’ look at th’ planet Earth through pirate eyes! They has just released … Continue reading
Frack Attack
Today’s post comes from Wally, proprietor of Wally’s Intimida – home of the world’s largest SUV, the Sherpa. Hello potential Sherpa buyers! I am intensely interested in you as long as you don’t have a Sherpa Sport Utility Vehicle. Because … Continue reading
Dusty Old Dust
The latest Ken Burns documentary project is about the Dust Bowl in the central plains in the 1930′s. The four hour series debuted last night and will conclude tonight on PBS stations. Here in the Twin Cities the first two … Continue reading
Tagged Outer Space, TV, Weather
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Lonely Planet
Astronomers have apparently found a planet that is unaligned. It’s not orbiting a star, and does not have a specified path or a romantic name. It doesn’t need one! There is no one to impress when one is a totally … Continue reading
Tagged Outer Space
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Where is Superman?
We all hope the damage to people and property from Hurricane Sandy will be less catastrophic than the advance billing. Daylight today will tell a large part of the story. One of the most dramatic storm related developments late yesterday … Continue reading
Tagged Outer Space, Weather
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Found Objects
No need to get overly excited, but the Mars Science Laboratory has uncovered something shiny and bright in the red Martian sand. No doubt we’ll get many guesses and lots of speculation on this. Public interest will be whipped to … Continue reading
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