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I am guessing that the hole is not a crater, but an accumulation of CO2 sublimated gas that became explosive and acted as a geyser. The south pole is a combination of water ice and CO2 ice. During spring heating sunlight penetrates the still relatively clear water ice layer and heats the dry ice. B...

So now we know where the Trappist Monks are baptized?

Ob Boy .. sun warmed yogurt! (Oops, my bad .. that was Prebiotic, not probiotic.)

"And I think to myself, 'what a wonderful world.' Louis.

With so many wonderful 'scenes' in the world it's no wonder mankind is a curiousity-powered creature .. seeking, seeking, seeking.

Let's go fishing for fossils.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fa/c6/82/fac6829d7f8c6e0f27db7f6819a7039a.jpg Elvis as Elvis. http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/90/98/dc/9098dc847ae20efb21957285330d411a.jpg Elvis as a yellow tit. Ann .. thou dost rival Neufer for brilliance of insight. Star warbling now, buddy! Ann

In the sense that it doesn't substantially change our understanding of cosmology, yes. So, what is said to be, at this time, 40% of the volume of the universe, and said at this time to contain perhaps 1/5 of all matter in the universe, and which are expanding, and as they compress, are squeezing ga...

Voids? That's really trivial stuff. And our changing understanding of the structure of the Universe is incremental. We're not seeing established, consensus views being replaced, only fleshed out. A void pushing our local galaxy group along at a million miles an hour is trivial? In the sense that it...

You've missed the point, which is about scientific knowledge, not individual scientists. What has been extremely rare in the last 100 years has been the complete replacement of major, fundamental scientific ideas with entirely new ones. That's because so much of our fundamental understanding of nat...

Mostly, "they" didn't actually say these things, or if they did, "they" were not scientists in any modern sense of the word. Today we have a much broader understanding of the laws of nature, and consequently are able to rationally justify what may or may not be impossible, what ...

That's what they said about a spherical (or nearly so) planet earth .. heavier than air flight .. man on the moon, etc. Why limit our thinking by saying 'these things will probably never happen?' Boundaries of the mind create boundaries of technology and achievement. Mostly, "they" didn't...

That's what they said about a spherical (or nearly so) planet earth .. heavier than air flight .. man on the moon, etc. Why limit our thinking by saying 'these things will probably never happen?' Boundaries of the mind create boundaries of technology and achievement. Mostly, "they" didn't...

Things that are probably nothing more than wishful sci-fi fodder: 1. Faster than light travel 2. Wormholes 3. Whiteholes 4. Anti-gravity Please feel free to add to this list. Science fiction elements include: A time setting in the future, in alternative timelines, or in a historical past that contr...

Particle physics has been going in the direction of thinking of particles as (mem) branes free of singularities. Perhaps, black holes should also be thought of as (2D event horizon) membranes free of singularities. My question was, basically, could matter fall into a Black Hole and re-emerge in a V...

Nearly forever for observers on the outside . But... those observers on the outside should also note that time nearly stops for objects falling into the event horizon. So... do those observers who fall into the BH get to observe the black hole evaporate (as a blinding firewall) :?: Neufer .. the kn...

Nearly forever for observers on the outside . But... those observers on the outside should also note that time nearly stops for objects falling into the event horizon. So... do those observers who fall into the BH get to observe the black hole evaporate (as a blinding firewall) :?: Neufer .. the kn...

Conclusion, black holes last forever, in all practical terms. Nearly forever for observers on the outside . But... those observers on the outside should also note that time nearly stops for objects falling into the event horizon. So... do those observers who fall into the BH get to observe the blac...

Maybe it was Jules Verne's 'From the Earth to the Moon' or the question 'If there was a Big Bang what exploded?' but my pals in Elementary School gave me the nickname 'Sputnick' for my interest in cosmology. I was also interested in fast airplanes and rockets. I sure wanted to be on another planet ...

Winds of Rubies and Sapphires Strike Sky of Giant Planet University of Warwick | 2016 Dec 12 The planet could never be inhabitable, due to its likely violent weather systems, and unaccommodating temperatures. One side of the planet always faces the star, because it is tidally locked, and that side ...

Maybe it was Jules Verne's 'From the Earth to the Moon' or the question 'If there was a Big Bang what exploded?' but my pals in Elementary School gave me the nickname 'Sputnick' for my interest in cosmology. I was also interested in fast airplanes and rockets. I sure wanted to be on another planet w...

Winds of Rubies and Sapphires Strike Sky of Giant Planet University of Warwick | 2016 Dec 12 The planet could never be inhabitable, due to its likely violent weather systems, and unaccommodating temperatures. One side of the planet always faces the star, because it is tidally locked, and that side ...

Interesting effect on the bottom right corner .. as if water cleared sand away from in front of a line of rock .. the water building up behind the line of rock before overflowing, and washing sand away on the far side, exposing gravel/rough ground. Just a guess.

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/thumbnails/image/pia21610.jpg?itok=9Tup4yQC Titan's northern cloud bands. Photo: Cassini. When I first saw this picture at Astronomy Now , with some lettering covering the lower half of the picture, I thought I was looking at...

One thought which will be automatically rejected as ludicrous by many people .. what if Spacetime itself has mass we are unaware of .. and Black Holes grow by swallowing Spacetime? Sure .. crazy at the least. Spacetime has (dark) energy in excess of any mass that it might have... and this excess is...

One thought which will be automatically rejected as ludicrous by many people .. what if Spacetime itself has mass we are unaware of .. and Black Holes grow by swallowing Spacetime? Sure .. crazy at the least. Spacetime has (dark) energy in excess of any mass that it might have... and this excess is...