seems that NASA’s mighty Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered - even tasted! - organic matter on one of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus! quoting the sciencedaily article:
“Enceladus has got warmth, water and organic chemicals, some of the essential building blocks needed for life,” said Dennis Matson, Cassini project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. “We have quite a recipe for life on our hands, but we have yet to find the final ingredient, liquid water, but Enceladus is only whetting our appetites for more.”
tomorrow night, february 20th - 2008, a total lunar eclipse is occurring which will be very visible in north america (as well as south america). the moon will appear to change color & turn orange to blood red. for those in california/Pacific Standard Time zone, the partial lunar eclipse begins at 5:43pm, then moves into total eclipse at 7:01pm and out of total eclipse at 7:51pm, then out of partial eclipse at 9:09pm. that gives you about a 3 hour window to see some sort of lunar eclipse happening. so be sure to watch it! awesome lunar eclipse photo via mr.eclipse.com.
the good people of pluto are up in arms & other icy appendeges over plutos demotion to non-planet status. pluto used to be a part of our 9 planet solar system. now that pluto is officially a non-union ’scab’ planet & shunned by the International Astronomical Union, it has been placed into a new official category called “dwarf planets.” scientists voted down a resolution that would designate pluto as a “bitch-ass planet” in favor of term dwarf planet. no dwarves residing inside the tiny non-planet of pluto could be reached for comment.
