Saturday, March 9, 2013

Comet Pan-STARRS at its Brightest This Weekend

Comet Pan-STARRS at its Brightest This Weekend: "A rare treat for sky watchers is hovering overhead this weekend through next week.

Comet Pan-STARRS is now visible on the western horizon in the Northern Hemisphere and viewers in the United States may be able to see it with the naked eye."

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Computer-Generated Women - Business Insider

Computer-Generated Women - Business Insider:

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If Earth Were Hosting An Alien Species, This Is What It Would Look Like | Popular Science

If Earth Were Hosting An Alien Species, This Is What It Would Look Like | Popular Science: "In 2011, the European Space Agency launched Earth's weirdest creature, the tardigrade, into orbit for twelve days on an unmanned spacecraft. And I mean on the spacecraft--scientists attached the organisms to the outside of the rocket to test just how alien-like the very alien-looking tardigrade is."

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