Good read and pics on some of the new discoveries on Pluto.
http://www.latimes.com/science/scie...izons-pictures-atmosphere-20150717-story.html
http://www.latimes.com/science/scie...izons-pictures-atmosphere-20150717-story.html
This Pluto Stuff is Phenomenally Cool
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I'm glad I'm not the only geek on here. When I post science stuff I realize there's a good chance it goes uncommented on.
That's a really interesting artice because it captures these scientist in the act of thinking out loud. They're taking the limited data they have and are already forming hypothesis for what they are seeing. But like good scientist they're being cautious.
The human interest part of the story is that the remains of Pluto's discoverer, Clyde Tombaugh, is actually interred on board the New Horizon. I think though that Percival Lowell should be credited as well. Although he didn't make the discovery, he was the one that predicted that a planet (now dwarf planet) was in the area where Pluto was discovered. He surmised this by observing the behavior of the orbit of Neptune and Uranus. He just died before it was discovered. Without Lowell, Tombaugh wouldn't have had a reason to look for it.
That's a really interesting artice because it captures these scientist in the act of thinking out loud. They're taking the limited data they have and are already forming hypothesis for what they are seeing. But like good scientist they're being cautious.
The human interest part of the story is that the remains of Pluto's discoverer, Clyde Tombaugh, is actually interred on board the New Horizon. I think though that Percival Lowell should be credited as well. Although he didn't make the discovery, he was the one that predicted that a planet (now dwarf planet) was in the area where Pluto was discovered. He surmised this by observing the behavior of the orbit of Neptune and Uranus. He just died before it was discovered. Without Lowell, Tombaugh wouldn't have had a reason to look for it.
like -400 phenomenally cool. about 10 yrs just to get there + how many more in prep. what is sad is it's become a danger just to get thru our orbit. because earthlings won't clean it up, new tech will have to be found. star warz/space junk could bring everything to a grinding halt any time now....all the headless zombies 
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