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Oh Venus !
Named after a goddess of beauty, Venus is our closest neighbor in the solar system and thanks to reflected sunlight, one of the brightest points of light in the night sky.
Because the surface of that planet is very hot and considered inhospitable to life, it has not been the focus of our unending search for other life in the universe. Indeed, attempts to explore the planet have not been very fruitful, as even metals melt upon arrival.
However, at one ancient time, Venus may have been more teeming with life than Earth was at that time. Hundreds of millions of years ago, Venus had oceans. Perhaps it may even today have some life remaining. Astronomers recently found a lot of phosphine within the clouds around Venus. Some rule out other sources of the biomolecule and conclude, that it must be actively produced by microorganism(s) within the clouds. Indeed, since sunlight breaks down phosphine, there must be some current active source. Of course, some others believe otherwise. Nonetheless, life may be much closer, than most predicted. Venus may once again become an area of interest.
Today in The New York Times;
(continued in my first comment below)
Because the surface of that planet is very hot and considered inhospitable to life, it has not been the focus of our unending search for other life in the universe. Indeed, attempts to explore the planet have not been very fruitful, as even metals melt upon arrival.
However, at one ancient time, Venus may have been more teeming with life than Earth was at that time. Hundreds of millions of years ago, Venus had oceans. Perhaps it may even today have some life remaining. Astronomers recently found a lot of phosphine within the clouds around Venus. Some rule out other sources of the biomolecule and conclude, that it must be actively produced by microorganism(s) within the clouds. Indeed, since sunlight breaks down phosphine, there must be some current active source. Of course, some others believe otherwise. Nonetheless, life may be much closer, than most predicted. Venus may once again become an area of interest.
Today in The New York Times;
In response to:
Life on Venus? Astronomers See a Signal in Its Clouds
The detection of a gas in the planet’s atmosphere could turn scientists’ gaze to a planet long overlooked in the search for extraterrestrial life.
By Shannon Stirone, Kenneth Chang and Dennis Overbye
Sept. 14, 2020 Updated 11:19 a.m. ET
High in the toxic atmosphere of the planet Venus, astronomers on Earth have discovered signs of what might be life.
If the discovery is confirmed by additional telescope observations and future space missions, it could turn the gaze of scientists toward one of the brightest objects in the night sky. Venus, named after the Roman goddess of beauty, roasts at temperatures of hundreds of degrees and is cloaked by clouds that contain droplets of corrosive sulfuric acid. Few have focused on the rocky planet as a habitat for something living.
Instead, for decades, scientists have sought signs of life elsewhere, usually peering outward to Mars and more recently at Europa, Enceladus and other icy moons of the giant planets.
The astronomers, who reported the finding on Monday in a pair of papers, have not collected specimens of Venusian microbes, nor have they snapped any pictures of them. But with powerful telescopes, they have detected a chemical — phosphine — in the thick Venus atmosphere. After much analysis, the scientists assert that something now alive is the only explanation for the chemical’s source.
Some researchers question this hypothesis, and they suggest instead that the gas could result from unexplained atmospheric or geologic processes on a planet that remains mysterious. But the finding will also encourage some planetary scientists to ask whether humanity has overlooked a planet that may have once been more Earthlike than any other world in our solar system.
“This is an astonishing and ‘out of the blue’ finding,” said Sara Seager, a planetary scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an author of the papers (one published in Nature Astronomy and another submitted to the journal Astrobiology). “It will definitely fuel more research into the possibilities for life in Venus’s atmosphere.”
“We know that it is an extraordinary discovery,” said Clara Sousa-Silva, a molecular astrophysicist at Harvard University whose research has focused on phosphine, and another of the authors. “We may not know just how extraordinary without going back to Venus.”.....
Life on Venus? Astronomers See a Signal in Its Clouds
The detection of a gas in the planet’s atmosphere could turn scientists’ gaze to a planet long overlooked in the search for extraterrestrial life.
By Shannon Stirone, Kenneth Chang and Dennis Overbye
Sept. 14, 2020 Updated 11:19 a.m. ET
High in the toxic atmosphere of the planet Venus, astronomers on Earth have discovered signs of what might be life.
If the discovery is confirmed by additional telescope observations and future space missions, it could turn the gaze of scientists toward one of the brightest objects in the night sky. Venus, named after the Roman goddess of beauty, roasts at temperatures of hundreds of degrees and is cloaked by clouds that contain droplets of corrosive sulfuric acid. Few have focused on the rocky planet as a habitat for something living.
Instead, for decades, scientists have sought signs of life elsewhere, usually peering outward to Mars and more recently at Europa, Enceladus and other icy moons of the giant planets.
The astronomers, who reported the finding on Monday in a pair of papers, have not collected specimens of Venusian microbes, nor have they snapped any pictures of them. But with powerful telescopes, they have detected a chemical — phosphine — in the thick Venus atmosphere. After much analysis, the scientists assert that something now alive is the only explanation for the chemical’s source.
Some researchers question this hypothesis, and they suggest instead that the gas could result from unexplained atmospheric or geologic processes on a planet that remains mysterious. But the finding will also encourage some planetary scientists to ask whether humanity has overlooked a planet that may have once been more Earthlike than any other world in our solar system.
“This is an astonishing and ‘out of the blue’ finding,” said Sara Seager, a planetary scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an author of the papers (one published in Nature Astronomy and another submitted to the journal Astrobiology). “It will definitely fuel more research into the possibilities for life in Venus’s atmosphere.”
“We know that it is an extraordinary discovery,” said Clara Sousa-Silva, a molecular astrophysicist at Harvard University whose research has focused on phosphine, and another of the authors. “We may not know just how extraordinary without going back to Venus.”.....
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Deceptive mind [ 8
Tag.} the Sciences / s l e e p.
..distance over Time./ dream theater
Jet Lag..../ simple plan.
01. Meta Cognition.
6..our [ constructed ] reality
007. Structure & purpose of Argument.
.....o8. LOGIC. [ &error....
.....o7. s O p.....} the Great Courses. ©.
.....15. Q o E. ) quality of Evidence.
....Your Deceptive Mind: A scientific guide to Metacognition../ 24 lectures. Dr. Novella / yale.
7..s O p. .) standard Op. procedure.
x 2..neuro-Science of belief.
14. Science & Super Natural.....) "Be immersed in the
science of Cognitive Bias and [ the mysterious
thought process of thinking about Thinking.} Metacognition..." - Dr. Novella.
12.. Culture & Mass delusion
x 2. N.S.B.
24. Critical thinking.) critical mass.
...{ and now, the missal of the Massive..}
.... metal 4 the masses....d3.} digital dream door.
48..dance of Eternity / dream theater.
...- 20. Iconoclast / symphony X.
28..critical mass 1./ Threshold.
........56...godless endeavor / nevermore.
......- 28.. c mass 1./ threshold
......28. critical mass 2./ Ibid.
75. Suite sister Mary / Queensryche.
..- 47. Tapestry of the starless abstract / ne Oblivis..
28. Critical mass 3 / threshold.
....Edt.} that THING at 6 o clock { blind spot.
is the [ enduring ] strength of the Roman Calendar.
Ergo...E = m C..) the [energy ] of the Empire remains Constantine, despite the change or tempo of the Mass..- 1st law of hot; Roma edition.
X..epicus doomicus metallicus / candlemass.
...Y....the Legacy / testament.
Z...We are the Romans / botch.
....you've also under Estimated their propaganda....
Staring at the sun / TV on the radio
...Psalm 2 / blur
Easter Everywhere / 13th floor elevators.
....cognito Sum Petra.} eYe totally rock.
.....Yale Law [ & Dr. Novella ] did not have the Universal Mass in view when building the Syllabus for "Deceptive mind"...yet eYe have demon-straighted
it's not just 'there', it's EVERYWHERE.
..distance over Time./ dream theater
Jet Lag..../ simple plan.
01. Meta Cognition.
6..our [ constructed ] reality
007. Structure & purpose of Argument.
.....o8. LOGIC. [ &error....
.....o7. s O p.....} the Great Courses. ©.
.....15. Q o E. ) quality of Evidence.
....Your Deceptive Mind: A scientific guide to Metacognition../ 24 lectures. Dr. Novella / yale.
7..s O p. .) standard Op. procedure.
x 2..neuro-Science of belief.
14. Science & Super Natural.....) "Be immersed in the
science of Cognitive Bias and [ the mysterious
thought process of thinking about Thinking.} Metacognition..." - Dr. Novella.
12.. Culture & Mass delusion
x 2. N.S.B.
24. Critical thinking.) critical mass.
...{ and now, the missal of the Massive..}
.... metal 4 the masses....d3.} digital dream door.
48..dance of Eternity / dream theater.
...- 20. Iconoclast / symphony X.
28..critical mass 1./ Threshold.
........56...godless endeavor / nevermore.
......- 28.. c mass 1./ threshold
......28. critical mass 2./ Ibid.
75. Suite sister Mary / Queensryche.
..- 47. Tapestry of the starless abstract / ne Oblivis..
28. Critical mass 3 / threshold.
....Edt.} that THING at 6 o clock { blind spot.
is the [ enduring ] strength of the Roman Calendar.
Ergo...E = m C..) the [energy ] of the Empire remains Constantine, despite the change or tempo of the Mass..- 1st law of hot; Roma edition.
X..epicus doomicus metallicus / candlemass.
...Y....the Legacy / testament.
Z...We are the Romans / botch.
....you've also under Estimated their propaganda....
Staring at the sun / TV on the radio
...Psalm 2 / blur
Easter Everywhere / 13th floor elevators.
....cognito Sum Petra.} eYe totally rock.
.....Yale Law [ & Dr. Novella ] did not have the Universal Mass in view when building the Syllabus for "Deceptive mind"...yet eYe have demon-straighted
it's not just 'there', it's EVERYWHERE.
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Signature [ 7
Tag.} Hebrew home school helper. Identity politics.
What the { Strong } dictionary says about the "Messiah."
Edt. note....A controversy in this regard has occupied Jewish life since "Joshua" [ successor to Moshe.] At present 0.03% of Israelites believe that Jesus is the Messiah...
..per the usual, we can only dew the math, because the Numbers can't lie....
713. Purple.............. 2199. announcing.
2378. vision................892........{ of the eYe.
3091.........} ...I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. There shall come forth a star out of Ya'kob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel....-Numbers 24:17.....
....3556. star..........3090. yah 7's.......8275. RoE*
- 465. El of judgment...o1..Ab.....-5185. coming down
3091................................................ 3090.
...* Rod of Empire...3478. Yisrael / rule w/ El.
..............................387. Ethan / strong; permanent.
........................... 3091. O W Y E Z...} because the "Jews" have to prove all things- incl. Phonics.[ !
....Numbers 24 continued.....And shall smash through the corners of Moab...
4124. Moab./ from) his mother's Father.
-2018. Overthrow / destroy
2106. corner-[ stone.
.........3091.....
..........- 985. Trust...} Psalm 118.
..........2106. zavith.
S T R O N G. C O N C O R D A N C E. p. 712.
..And J. did so............Josh.5:15...........3091
And said into.........".....6:2.............3091
Stone, that I have laid before J.
........................................Zec. 3:9...........3091
3092....[ 3068 & 8199.
....o1..........c. Intel.
3091......[ 3068 & 3467.
Psalm 118.} Extrapolated...*
1595. Treasure...............0641. Ephod
1496. dressed stone.......2450. wise [ up.
.......1152. counsel of Yah
.......1939. Majesty of Yah
........3091......} this is Yahuah's doing & is a marvel to the eYes.....* 118:23
......part 2.} Gematria...) An alpha-numeric code assigning a number value to a word or phrase based on it's letters. Resource: gematrix.org } it's ADDictive....( dna, spooky.
384. El has arrived............1035. Bethlehem
2707. set a print................2056. male child.
3091.....O......W......Y......E.......Z
............50.....900...400...05.....500.) .1855.
the department of human services..1855.
King of fierce countenance...
And understanding dark sentences....1855.
He's so Jewish....1855.
What is the function of the FBI [?......1855.
...part 3, same word, English gematria......}
..S......k.......y.......n.....e......t
114....66...150...84....30...120.} 564.
.....o......w.......y........e......z....
...90.....138...150....30....156. } 564
Third eYe....) P A TT E R N.
Spelling....) Covenant
....part 4. Just out of curiosity.. gematria math
810. Remember this; Hebrew messiah
-246. Key; Dawid*
564. Enlighten ; OWYEZ
...* represents the Hebrew spelling.
What the { Strong } dictionary says about the "Messiah."
Edt. note....A controversy in this regard has occupied Jewish life since "Joshua" [ successor to Moshe.] At present 0.03% of Israelites believe that Jesus is the Messiah...
..per the usual, we can only dew the math, because the Numbers can't lie....
713. Purple.............. 2199. announcing.
2378. vision................892........{ of the eYe.
3091.........} ...I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. There shall come forth a star out of Ya'kob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel....-Numbers 24:17.....
....3556. star..........3090. yah 7's.......8275. RoE*
- 465. El of judgment...o1..Ab.....-5185. coming down
3091................................................ 3090.
...* Rod of Empire...3478. Yisrael / rule w/ El.
..............................387. Ethan / strong; permanent.
........................... 3091. O W Y E Z...} because the "Jews" have to prove all things- incl. Phonics.[ !
....Numbers 24 continued.....And shall smash through the corners of Moab...
4124. Moab./ from) his mother's Father.
-2018. Overthrow / destroy
2106. corner-[ stone.
.........3091.....
..........- 985. Trust...} Psalm 118.
..........2106. zavith.
S T R O N G. C O N C O R D A N C E. p. 712.
..And J. did so............Josh.5:15...........3091
And said into.........".....6:2.............3091
Stone, that I have laid before J.
........................................Zec. 3:9...........3091
3092....[ 3068 & 8199.
....o1..........c. Intel.
3091......[ 3068 & 3467.
Psalm 118.} Extrapolated...*
1595. Treasure...............0641. Ephod
1496. dressed stone.......2450. wise [ up.
.......1152. counsel of Yah
.......1939. Majesty of Yah
........3091......} this is Yahuah's doing & is a marvel to the eYes.....* 118:23
......part 2.} Gematria...) An alpha-numeric code assigning a number value to a word or phrase based on it's letters. Resource: gematrix.org } it's ADDictive....( dna, spooky.
384. El has arrived............1035. Bethlehem
2707. set a print................2056. male child.
3091.....O......W......Y......E.......Z
............50.....900...400...05.....500.) .1855.
the department of human services..1855.
King of fierce countenance...
And understanding dark sentences....1855.
He's so Jewish....1855.
What is the function of the FBI [?......1855.
...part 3, same word, English gematria......}
..S......k.......y.......n.....e......t
114....66...150...84....30...120.} 564.
.....o......w.......y........e......z....
...90.....138...150....30....156. } 564
Third eYe....) P A TT E R N.
Spelling....) Covenant
....part 4. Just out of curiosity.. gematria math
810. Remember this; Hebrew messiah
-246. Key; Dawid*
564. Enlighten ; OWYEZ
...* represents the Hebrew spelling.
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We humans do it all the time...negativity...even in Medicine...
...who goes to the auto mechanic, inquiring about what's RIGHT in the car? It's everywhere, often justified, in trying to improve the world. As when I rant on American HS public school teachers, and those for on line ESL English to unsuspecting foreigners, holding nary a bit of certification much less talent for the craft. Excepting perhaps occasionally being driven to wax pseudo-edudite, with forced, VERY forced, usages, not least of which silly similes and metaphors.
And other admitted pathetic human wannabee failures in life. But I do digress.
Western medicine has worked under similar restraints, and biases, with rare exceptions. Apropos C-19, we can consider the whole field, where formal indices, VERY formal, for well being have long been in play. Cardiac/circulatory fitness, blood sugar levels, pulmonary diffusion, and intelligence.
But how about a focus on immune competence? Dozens of named non-fittness situations for this complex multifaceted system are used daily.. Severe combined Immunodeficiency syndromes, various B and T cell low number disorders, and complement and cytokine inadequacies. Hell, even when there are surpluses, as with auto immune conditions, they all get characterized as bad. What gives, Peebles?
Recall, in ancient times, practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Herbals/Acupuncture) only got paid when the customers were HEALTHY. It got worse if you failed as the emperor's doc. OUCH!
If they can give our last affirmative action, VERY affirmative, POTUS that coveted liberal Nobel prize, for nothing---after months in office, why not the VIERK, and his hottie intern laden Institute for the same?
You heard it here first, the Vierk Institutet Index for Immune Health. VIIIH---sort of has a nice ring to it, NO? Whereby, guided by all the pathology noted above, each of us can be so place into our own little boxes of health and well being. And tests, and even screening protocols, exist for such, in time becoming streamlined and cost effective.
It could range from zero to 100, in combined VIERK units of immune health. Honoring the age a few of us hope to reach. VERY few.
It would have lots of utility, as with us intrepid volunteers, leading AA groups in jails, and cutting spuds at soup kitchens, where there's no shortage of C-19 affected clients, and exposures. And many other clinical and public health preventive uses. As I again spread about, VERY about, my many virtues, in rank digression.
My many fans here, VERY many, who wish to nominate me, please do so using the abbreviation for the index, and the name of the research lab. Please don't misspell VIERK!
A year of free good cigars, Parisian perfume and NZ chardonnay, to whomever gets my name up there first.
You can trust us, we in thoroughly honest scientific endeavor. We are not like all those others.
And other admitted pathetic human wannabee failures in life. But I do digress.
Western medicine has worked under similar restraints, and biases, with rare exceptions. Apropos C-19, we can consider the whole field, where formal indices, VERY formal, for well being have long been in play. Cardiac/circulatory fitness, blood sugar levels, pulmonary diffusion, and intelligence.
But how about a focus on immune competence? Dozens of named non-fittness situations for this complex multifaceted system are used daily.. Severe combined Immunodeficiency syndromes, various B and T cell low number disorders, and complement and cytokine inadequacies. Hell, even when there are surpluses, as with auto immune conditions, they all get characterized as bad. What gives, Peebles?
Recall, in ancient times, practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Herbals/Acupuncture) only got paid when the customers were HEALTHY. It got worse if you failed as the emperor's doc. OUCH!
If they can give our last affirmative action, VERY affirmative, POTUS that coveted liberal Nobel prize, for nothing---after months in office, why not the VIERK, and his hottie intern laden Institute for the same?
You heard it here first, the Vierk Institutet Index for Immune Health. VIIIH---sort of has a nice ring to it, NO? Whereby, guided by all the pathology noted above, each of us can be so place into our own little boxes of health and well being. And tests, and even screening protocols, exist for such, in time becoming streamlined and cost effective.
It could range from zero to 100, in combined VIERK units of immune health. Honoring the age a few of us hope to reach. VERY few.
It would have lots of utility, as with us intrepid volunteers, leading AA groups in jails, and cutting spuds at soup kitchens, where there's no shortage of C-19 affected clients, and exposures. And many other clinical and public health preventive uses. As I again spread about, VERY about, my many virtues, in rank digression.
My many fans here, VERY many, who wish to nominate me, please do so using the abbreviation for the index, and the name of the research lab. Please don't misspell VIERK!
A year of free good cigars, Parisian perfume and NZ chardonnay, to whomever gets my name up there first.
You can trust us, we in thoroughly honest scientific endeavor. We are not like all those others.
climate changes
Hi all
So slowly but surely I believe in the climate changes not a drop of rain for about 3 weeks and between 30 and 38 degrees Celsius unusual for my country and city
So slowly but surely I believe in the climate changes not a drop of rain for about 3 weeks and between 30 and 38 degrees Celsius unusual for my country and city
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Antibodies...
...No, in this blog, I don't mean CS scammers. God bless their hearts.
Also called immune globulin's, the humoural adaptive immune system, and other names, in humans and most higher mammals, these interesting molecules, forming about a half dozen major classes, are formed by liver/lymphatic tissues, from two pairs of nearly identical subcomponents. Covalently bonded.
But in the alpacas, lamas, and other such animals, (Dromedaries?), it seems their antibodies are formed from only one protein chain. WTF?
There may be adaptive biological defensive benefits to this strikingly different arrangement. Perhaps more than mere economies of biochemistry. And immune systems do vary a good deal in other classes of animals, some allegedly having only more simple innate systems, that do not learn and remember previous invaders, for more rapid secondary exposure protection. As in our awesome adaptive systems. Sharks and cousins don't seem the worse for it.
So what? Well, everyone and her grandmother are furiously at work trying to develop a vaccine against C-19. Researches in beautiful, value wine country, optical telescope heaven, former Commie, hottie laden Chile,--- are at work using these much more simple biochemical moieties for such. This is now a third approach to vaccine development. To be added to traditional approaches, using RNA and usual lab immunology.
Science rocks. An international lab where one of our talented and beautiful twins works as a paid, VERY paid,research intern, is on the front line here. Plum beyond my half century old edumacation.
Speaking of talented teachers, she's now one of mine. I met a few of her US public school STEM and Language teachers, and some were first class. Helped her and sis to Valedictorian status.
Appele falle ikke langst fra stemme. Modesty is also one of my better talents.
Also called immune globulin's, the humoural adaptive immune system, and other names, in humans and most higher mammals, these interesting molecules, forming about a half dozen major classes, are formed by liver/lymphatic tissues, from two pairs of nearly identical subcomponents. Covalently bonded.
But in the alpacas, lamas, and other such animals, (Dromedaries?), it seems their antibodies are formed from only one protein chain. WTF?
There may be adaptive biological defensive benefits to this strikingly different arrangement. Perhaps more than mere economies of biochemistry. And immune systems do vary a good deal in other classes of animals, some allegedly having only more simple innate systems, that do not learn and remember previous invaders, for more rapid secondary exposure protection. As in our awesome adaptive systems. Sharks and cousins don't seem the worse for it.
So what? Well, everyone and her grandmother are furiously at work trying to develop a vaccine against C-19. Researches in beautiful, value wine country, optical telescope heaven, former Commie, hottie laden Chile,--- are at work using these much more simple biochemical moieties for such. This is now a third approach to vaccine development. To be added to traditional approaches, using RNA and usual lab immunology.
Science rocks. An international lab where one of our talented and beautiful twins works as a paid, VERY paid,research intern, is on the front line here. Plum beyond my half century old edumacation.
Speaking of talented teachers, she's now one of mine. I met a few of her US public school STEM and Language teachers, and some were first class. Helped her and sis to Valedictorian status.
Appele falle ikke langst fra stemme. Modesty is also one of my better talents.
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Health foods? Macrobiotics? Micronutrients? Pickle craving when....
...there's a little something in the old naughty hottie oven? Might even be a nice topic for some hottie grad student working on that PhD, at the prestigious Vierk Institutet for the Study of Syndromes of Cognition and Behaviors.
All such hottie students must meet with the director thrice weekly. Meetings are only in the love nest at the top of one of the old 30 +meter evergreens, on the vast Vierk Estate. But do I ever digress.
So, All my adopted dogs and kitties seem to have eaten grass, of only certain types, to induce vomiting, whenever they seem to have a tummy upset. Often after eating a big real indigestible Yummy soup bone, or such.
Bravo did so again just this AM. What's up? Vet's I've asked are clueless.
All such hottie students must meet with the director thrice weekly. Meetings are only in the love nest at the top of one of the old 30 +meter evergreens, on the vast Vierk Estate. But do I ever digress.
So, All my adopted dogs and kitties seem to have eaten grass, of only certain types, to induce vomiting, whenever they seem to have a tummy upset. Often after eating a big real indigestible Yummy soup bone, or such.
Bravo did so again just this AM. What's up? Vet's I've asked are clueless.
Investing in the Future
We need stop thinking about maximizing the next quarterly dividend and massive tax cuts
and start investing in our future.
I expect most of this CS crowd won't bother listening to this Ted Talk - to any Ted Talk.
Then again maybe some of you will.
and start investing in our future.
I expect most of this CS crowd won't bother listening to this Ted Talk - to any Ted Talk.
Then again maybe some of you will.
Once in a lifetime Comet viewing
Eager sky watchers are turning to the heavens as Comet NEOWISE, one of the brightest comets in a generation, starts climbing ever higher among the evening stars.
A majority of comets fly through the solar system invisible to humans, usually too small and dim to be seen with the naked eye. The last frozen ice ball that gave us a big show was Hale-Bopp, a comet that was visible for nearly 18 months around its closest approach to Earth in 1997.
Officially designated C/2020 F3, Comet NEOWISE was discovered on March 27 and had until this week been visible only to committed comet viewers willing to wake up in the early pre-dawn hours. But on Monday, NEOWISE tipped into the post-sunset sky and has even been spotted by people living near city centers with all the light pollution.
“It’s the first time in 23 years that this is possible,” said Federica Spoto, an astronomer at the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. “You can watch it from your backyard and you don’t need a telescope.”
A majority of comets fly through the solar system invisible to humans, usually too small and dim to be seen with the naked eye. The last frozen ice ball that gave us a big show was Hale-Bopp, a comet that was visible for nearly 18 months around its closest approach to Earth in 1997.
Officially designated C/2020 F3, Comet NEOWISE was discovered on March 27 and had until this week been visible only to committed comet viewers willing to wake up in the early pre-dawn hours. But on Monday, NEOWISE tipped into the post-sunset sky and has even been spotted by people living near city centers with all the light pollution.
“It’s the first time in 23 years that this is possible,” said Federica Spoto, an astronomer at the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. “You can watch it from your backyard and you don’t need a telescope.”
Thiiking out of the Box
Tis a pity science and scientists are considered a poor investment, because there are a lot of good ideas happening out there every day.
I choose not to defend this blog entry from Troll attacks. I have better things to do with my time. (have at it Vier)
I choose not to defend this blog entry from Troll attacks. I have better things to do with my time. (have at it Vier)
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