The discovery confirms that some of the building blocks of life were delivered to the early Earth from space. Jamie Elsila of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center says she would like to see samples returned not just from a comet's coma but from its main body, or nucleus. "There might be more complex mixtures [of amino acids] and higher levels of them in a comet nucleus," she told New Scientist.
It's not E.T.'s daddy that's gonna get us, it's the Andromeda Strain.
Showing posts with label Armageddon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Armageddon. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Remember Nemesis and Planet X?
This could realy ruin your day...
Milky Way may have a huge hidden neighbour
Right now, says Chakrabarti, the galaxy is roughly 300,000 light years away from us - about twice as far away as the LMC. But the simulations suggest it follows a highly elongated elliptical path, and about 300 million years ago it swept through our own galaxy just 16,000 light years from the galactic centre - closer in than Earth - disturbing the Milky Way's outskirts as it went.
Milky Way may have a huge hidden neighbour
Right now, says Chakrabarti, the galaxy is roughly 300,000 light years away from us - about twice as far away as the LMC. But the simulations suggest it follows a highly elongated elliptical path, and about 300 million years ago it swept through our own galaxy just 16,000 light years from the galactic centre - closer in than Earth - disturbing the Milky Way's outskirts as it went.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
End-Of-The-World Scenario, No Fusion?

"Unless we get fusion to work in some fashion we are doomed, aren't we?" argues Martin Fleishmann
see Interview: Fusion in a cold climate via www.newscientist.com
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
RoboGeisha - The War Of The Geisha Begins
It's RoboRific! Can't help it - I must see this cheesy fucking movie.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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