Thursday, December 20, 2012

[Science] Spaced out: NASA denies world's end as queries skyrocket

Spaced out: NASA denies world's end as queries skyrocket
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/12/dec-21-2012-why-you-should-party-like-its-1999/
LOS ANGELES: If there's one US government body really looking forward to December 22, it's NASA. The space agency said it had been flooded with calls and emails from people asking about the purported end of the world - which, as the doomsday myth ...

Mars Rover Landing Guru Makes 'Best of 2012' List
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/spotting-curiosity-on-mars-possible/article4217940.ece
The leader of the team that landed NASA's huge Curiosity rover safely on Mars this past August has been named one of 2012's most important and influential scientists.

To infinity and beyond! Nasa reveals new spacesuit concept - and it looks like ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2250548/To-infinity-Nasa-reveals-new-spacesuit-concept--looks-like-Buzz-Lightyear.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Nasa's next generation of space suit - the agency's first in 20 years - will look familiar to fans of computer generated cartoon classic Toy Story.

You've never seen Saturn like this before
http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/19/youve-never-seen-saturn-like-this-before/
The view of Saturn that we're used to is a sunlit planet in yellows and oranges, with beautiful, massive rings at a 15-degree angle.

Mount Everest in stunning two billion pixel image detail
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/dec/19/mount-everest-gigapixel-zoom-photograph
From afar it seems like a normal photgraph of Mount Everest, however, when you zoom in it allows people sitting at their desks or at home to view the world's highest mountain like never before.

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