Get the mp3 on iTunes: phobos.apple.com Two astro-challenged guys set a date with recently-dumped dwarf planet Pluto. Thanks Heidi Klum!
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26May
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22Apr
What would it be like to descend to the surface of Pluto? A Traveler’s Guide to the Planets: Pluto and Beyond : TUE FEB 16 10P et/pt : channel.nationalgeographic.com
Tags: 4691, absolute zero, atmosphere, carbon dioxide, methane, national geographic, nitrogen, plutonian, satellites, Science & Technology: Space, solar system, space probe, space travel, sublimation scarps, telescope, universe
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18Apr
Science & Reason on Facebook: tinyurl.com Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered 15: Changing Views of Pluto While it may seem that the astronomy community’s views on Pluto changed radically with its reclassification in 2006, the truth is that our understanding of Pluto has always been shifting. This small, icy world in the distant reaches of the solar system is so difficult to observe that, even with Hubble’s keen resolution, it only shows up as a few pixels in an image. Only with patience, lots of observations, and huge amounts of computing power have we been able to create approximate surface maps of Pluto and discover some surprising alterations to its surface. Improved imagery yields improved insight. We now comprehend Pluto’s place within the solar system, and the exploration of that region has really just begun. Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered is a collection of video podcasts. Each episode offers an in-depth explanation of the latest news story or image from the Hubble Space Telescope, presented by astronomer Frank Summers. — Please subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — NOTES * In the video podcast, I jokingly refer to “Percival Lowell’s Greatest Mistakes” being 1.) the claim that Mars had a civilization using canals, and 2.) the prediction of a large planet beyond Neptune. Some may recognize this phrasing as an oblique reference to similar wording used in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker series. (If you’re going …
Tags: astronomy, Belt, Dwarf, horizons, Hubble, Kuiper, mission, moons, new, objects, planet, Pluto, reclassification, solar, space, surface, system, telescope, universe
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15Apr
Pluto was kicked off the list of major planets. It seems to have responded by turning a mysterious red color, according to scientists working with the Hubble Space Telescope. They’re now trying to find out what makes its surface so dynamic. From the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Tags: asteroids, astronomy, Belt, comets, earth, esa, Hubble, jupiter, keck, Kuiper, NASA, neptune, Pluto, saturn, solar, space, spitzer, Sun, system, telescope, universe, uranus
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26Mar
The lonely planet.
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