earth wars WATCH OUT

There are just SO many good things about this article.  Nemesis, Death star, star bombs....geeze...I don't know where to start.  READ HURR




It appears as though comets are slowly "killing us softly"  which actually isn't totally bogus (um, hello meteors smashing into Earth causing mass extinctions every few million years??? Yeeeeaaahh what's up.)


I dunno if there's really a Nemesis throwing deadly comet snowballs out there...I mean, c'mon, who would want to intentionally destroy US?  Das sum crazay talk yo.  The name rocks though.


Ciao-M

The Kind of Dust You Want to Keep

This dust is coooooooooooool.  Literally.  Icey cool.


This is neat.


Geologists have been trying to figure out the origins of our planet since forEVA and every tiny step forward is pretty major.  So major, Smithsonian covers it.


This new comet dust is viewed as "starting material for our solar system, the stuff that came together to make everything we see," consisting of very high temperature forming minerals and glycine.  So in a nutshell, this comet sample hints at the building blocks of Earth and Life.   

It's a bit like magic dust.  

Big Brother Jupiter

I think The Times got it wrong - Jupiter is definitely a brother-type, not a Father figure.

Read this .

You know big brothers.  They're always taking your stuff, eating your food, and perpetually finding any excuse to pick on you at their disposal.

Enter Jupiter - our big brother.

This giant of a planet has been eating our Snickers bars for the past few billion years, but at the same time, Jupiter's wide girth has prevented some major beat-downs directed toward Earth.

For example, just last week, Jupiter got served a black-eye in comet form - Taking one for the team.

I guess sometimes, brothers do serve a purpose.

P.S. this does not pertain at all to my own brother - who is awesome.

-Martha

Neil DeGrasse Tyson is my hero

Watch out for Friday!

Well, not this one, and not the next . . . but yep, Friday.  April 13, 2036 to be exact.  It's going to be a doozie.

Check out this YouTube link to see why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaW4Ol3_M1o