Pooya Karimian

Astronomy



Enceladus -- Saturn's moon up close
[Link] http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/enceladus_up_close....
Another fantastic photo story from Boston.com's Big Picture


Posted to Science»Astronomy by pooya at 02:29 PM | Comments (1)


Iranian of the day: Into space... with Iranian & American flags
[Link] http://www.iranian.com/PhotoDay/2006/August/ansari.html
Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-American and the co-founder of the Texas-based company Telecom Technologies Inc, will fly to the international space station next month.


Posted to Science»Astronomy by pooya at 10:18 AM | Comments (0)


CNET News.com Images: Colors of the cryosphere
[Link] http://news.com.com/2300-11395_3-5987661-1.html
At the 2005 American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, scientists took a tour of the Earth's frozen assets, or cryosphere, using NASA satellite images.


Posted to Science»Astronomy by pooya at 11:23 PM | Comments (0)


Slashdot | SETI Predicts We'll Find ETs by 2020
[Link] http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/07/23/1457254.shtml
"A better way to state this story is that within 20 years, SETI will have the capacity to detect transmissions from across our galaxy, rather than just a small slice of it. Whether or not there's any signal to pick up is another matter entirely"


Posted to Science»Astronomy by pooya at 10:21 PM | Comments (0)
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