Comments for News Revisited http://www.newsrevisited.com interesting science developments and facts Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:53:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 Comment on Comet 17P/Holmes just brightened 400,000 times over by Carl P. E. dos Santos http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/10/25/comet-17pholmes-just-brightened-400000-times-over.html#comment-563 Carl P. E. dos Santos Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:12:01 +0000 http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/10/25/comet-17pholmes-just-brightened-400000-times-over.html#comment-563 This comet is up to magnitude 2, which is a million times brighter than the mag 17 it was just a few days ago, according to an article at ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071025155840.htm This comet is up to magnitude 2, which is a million times brighter than the mag 17 it was just a few days ago, according to an article at ScienceDaily.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071025155840.htm

]]> Comment on Help the scientists by Carl P. E. dos Santos http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/07/11/help-the-scientists.html#comment-561 Carl P. E. dos Santos Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:31:19 +0000 http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/07/11/help-the-scientists.html#comment-561 Updates: http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/03/galaxyzoo-progress.html http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/10/16/galaxyzoo-maps-a-lopsided-universe.html Updates:

http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/03/galaxyzoo-progress.html

http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/10/16/galaxyzoo-maps-a-lopsided-universe.html

]]> Comment on GalaxyZoo progress by Carl P. E. dos Santos http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/03/galaxyzoo-progress.html#comment-560 Carl P. E. dos Santos Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:30:39 +0000 http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/03/galaxyzoo-progress.html#comment-560 Update: http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/10/16/galaxyzoo-maps-a-lopsided-universe.html Update:
http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/10/16/galaxyzoo-maps-a-lopsided-universe.html

]]> Comment on Dark caverns discovered on Mars by Carl P. E. dos Santos http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/31/dark-caverns-discovered-on-mars.html#comment-558 Carl P. E. dos Santos Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:01:28 +0000 http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/31/dark-caverns-discovered-on-mars.html#comment-558 NASA has infrared images of the holes taken at various times during the day/night cycle. They've shown that the holes are cooler than the surrounding land during the day and warmer at night. This suggests that they are deep. The current thought is that maybe holes like this could be used to shelter human settlements or perhaps they have sheltered Martian life. We'll see. The seven that have been found so far are at too high an altitude to be useful. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/21sep_caves.htm?list1009006 NASA has infrared images of the holes taken at various times during the day/night cycle. They’ve shown that the holes are cooler than the surrounding land during the day and warmer at night. This suggests that they are deep.

The current thought is that maybe holes like this could be used to shelter human settlements or perhaps they have sheltered Martian life. We’ll see. The seven that have been found so far are at too high an altitude to be useful.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/21sep_caves.htm?list1009006

]]> Comment on High resolution Apollo mission photos online by Carl P. E. dos Santos http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/02/high-resolution-apollo-mission-photos-online.html#comment-556 Carl P. E. dos Santos Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:27:35 +0000 http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/02/high-resolution-apollo-mission-photos-online.html#comment-556 You can now see this effort producing results in Google Moon at: http://www.google.com/moon/ They have the entire moon in decent resolution plus high resolution insets covering 6 Apollo moon landings (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17). The insets are labelled with various details such as the paths the astronauts took, the various EVAs, where the flags are, etc. You can now see this effort producing results in Google Moon at:

http://www.google.com/moon/

They have the entire moon in decent resolution plus high resolution insets covering 6 Apollo moon landings (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17). The insets are labelled with various details such as the paths the astronauts took, the various EVAs, where the flags are, etc.

]]> Comment on Hubble photos in Google Earth by Carl P. E. dos Santos http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/23/hubble-photos-in-google-earth.html#comment-555 Carl P. E. dos Santos Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:32:01 +0000 http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/23/hubble-photos-in-google-earth.html#comment-555 Now Google Moon has been updated as well. In the old Google Moon if you zoomed in you were presented with an image of swiss cheese. Now you are presented with photos from orbiters and the Apollo missions. Now Google Moon has been updated as well. In the old Google Moon if you zoomed in you were presented with an image of swiss cheese. Now you are presented with photos from orbiters and the Apollo missions.

]]> Comment on High resolution Apollo mission photos online by Carl P. E. dos Santos http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/02/high-resolution-apollo-mission-photos-online.html#comment-554 Carl P. E. dos Santos Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:31:38 +0000 http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/02/high-resolution-apollo-mission-photos-online.html#comment-554 Now Google Moon has been updated as well. In the old Google Moon if you zoomed in you were presented with an image of swiss cheese. Now you are presented with photos from orbiters and the Apollo missions. Now Google Moon has been updated as well. In the old Google Moon if you zoomed in you were presented with an image of swiss cheese. Now you are presented with photos from orbiters and the Apollo missions.

]]> Comment on Dark caverns discovered on Mars by Carl P. E. dos Santos http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/31/dark-caverns-discovered-on-mars.html#comment-24 Carl P. E. dos Santos Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:07:08 +0000 http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/31/dark-caverns-discovered-on-mars.html#comment-24 NASA has another photo that shows that this is actually a pit with nearly vertical sides. It looks like it may be a "pit crater" similar to the ones in Hawaii. NASA article and new photo: http://uanews.org/node/15715 NASA has another photo that shows that this is actually a pit with nearly vertical sides. It looks like it may be a “pit crater” similar to the ones in Hawaii.

NASA article and new photo:
http://uanews.org/node/15715

]]> Comment on Geckel glue created by Carl P. E. dos Santos http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/07/30/geckel-glue-created.html#comment-23 Carl P. E. dos Santos Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:24:21 +0000 http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/07/30/geckel-glue-created.html#comment-23 Nicola Pugno of the Politecnico di Torino in Italy has suggested that not only could a suit of carbon nanotubes provide spiderman like climbing ability but also that a transparent web could be made for climbing and for catching "bad guys" according to an article at physicsworld.com. http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/30993 Nicola Pugno of the Politecnico di Torino in Italy has suggested that not only could a suit of carbon nanotubes provide spiderman like climbing ability but also that a transparent web could be made for climbing and for catching “bad guys” according to an article at physicsworld.com.

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/30993

]]> Comment on Photonic crystal display created by Carl P. E. dos Santos http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/25/photonic-crystal-display-created.html#comment-22 Carl P. E. dos Santos Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:30:48 +0000 http://www.newsrevisited.com/2007/08/25/photonic-crystal-display-created.html#comment-22 That was pretty much my reaction. If it works this could be very cool. However, their timeframe seems short and I wonder about the cost and reliability. That was pretty much my reaction. If it works this could be very cool. However, their timeframe seems short and I wonder about the cost and reliability.

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