Astronomy & Space - July 2006

you will get 30 points. I will get my brother and my sister to give you ten points each

2006-07-31 11:13:22 · 2 answers · asked by smartheadben 1

I was reading this article on the lake eiree mirage.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/07/31/erie_pla.html?category=earth&guid=20060731110030

If slight water evaporation could amplify light from the other shore, would mass amounts of water amplify the skys?

2006-07-31 11:01:13 · 5 answers · asked by abehagenston 2

Lakes up to 60 miles long have been discovered on Saturn's giant moon Titan.

Dozens of well-defined dark patches are shown in radar images from the Cassini spacecraft, which flew past Titan on July 22. Scientists believe they are frigid lakes consisting of liquid methane, or a combination of methane and ethane.

The smallest are 0.6 miles wide, while others stretch for nearly 20 miles. The biggest lake seen was about 62 miles long - five times the length of Lake Windermere.

Dr Steve Wall, deputy radar team leader at the American space agency Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said: "This is a big deal. We've now seen a place other than Earth where lakes are present."

Scientists had been hunting for Titan's lakes, which had been predicted but not detected until now.


Titan, the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere, is covered with dense smog, which makes surface features hard to see. Radar signals can penetrate through the clouds.

2006-07-31 10:58:39 · 19 answers · asked by Miss LaStrange 5

Thermal radiation, reflection from dust grains, emission lines from hydrogen gas, or synchrotron emission.

2006-07-31 10:29:14 · 5 answers · asked by gizm099 1

Did anyone see it

2006-07-31 10:20:55 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wasn't born yet, so I missed out !! DAMN IT!!! BLO#DY F#CKING HELL!!!!!! Anyway I always think the apollo missions were well before their time, I guess i could blame the russians or maybe america for starting the cold war?

Anyway what was it like?

2006-07-31 10:17:59 · 31 answers · asked by wave 5

2006-07-31 10:06:11 · 17 answers · asked by JuanSC 2

I am checking i'm correct in thinking that I learnt it was 300000000 meters per sec.Thanks.

2006-07-31 09:39:03 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-31 09:37:46 · 32 answers · asked by lonely as a cloud 6

2006-07-31 09:02:21 · 15 answers · asked by Pieter O 1

2006-07-31 08:51:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

space shuttle landings ! lol

2006-07-31 07:34:23 · 19 answers · asked by tunachunks199 1

2006-07-31 07:24:40 · 18 answers · asked by fletcheyc 2

I haven't, but books and tv shows on UFOs and aliens have always interested me. And I think that at least some of these cases are real.

Didn't really know what category to put this in. Hope it fits.

2006-07-31 07:07:46 · 6 answers · asked by D.A. S 1

2006-07-31 07:01:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-31 06:36:22 · 6 answers · asked by Questionsssss 1

To anyone who wants to answer this question...
Please include a explanation why too...
I don't believe in God,though...
And now,I am having an arguement with a good good fren of mine 'bout this...
It's very funny...
I love him...

2006-07-31 06:35:05 · 14 answers · asked by Kaihoshi 2

They say that Maars will be as big as the moon, and near the moon. On AUG 27th..int he night sky

2006-07-31 06:28:21 · 15 answers · asked by lubricants_99 1

2006-07-31 06:21:15 · 18 answers · asked by Sean H 1

2006-07-31 06:14:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-31 06:11:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know a 10th planet was found, and my son wants to know what name it has been given and where it is, in relation to the other planets.

2006-07-31 05:13:35 · 7 answers · asked by sweetsinglemom 4

2006-07-31 05:08:54 · 3 answers · asked by E S 1

2006-07-31 04:32:34 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-31 04:31:57 · 8 answers · asked by kathy6500 3

The Earth rotates on it's axis, it orbits around the sun, as a solar system we orbit galactic central point, and the galaxy is part of an ever expanding universe. So if I stayed in bed all day, how far would I have actually travelled?

2006-07-31 04:26:32 · 21 answers · asked by Al 2

2006-07-31 04:24:37 · 11 answers · asked by kate 1

What kind of idiot things theres no life in space?
gee were here and there millions of other planets with a sun near them....wonder what the odds of no life are?

2006-07-31 04:12:47 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ever wondered what exactly space is?
Where did it come from?

Plz don't say god.....

2006-07-31 04:10:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-31 03:09:28 · 11 answers · asked by iamlsu 3