Finally it is really raining here which means that my garden will get water and the salamanders will run. But my yard is not the only place for water. According to NASA the Cassini probe seems to have detected liquid water in a very unlikely place-Saturn's moon Enceladus. The report claims that images from Cassini show plumes of some substance being ejected from moon's surface and the best physical explanation is that the plumes are liquid water from the Enceladus analog of a cold Old Faithful. Quantities of water has been found in other parts of the solar system but to have it so close to the surface, in what is a presumably a very cold part of the solar system, is unusual.Perhaps Enceladus is a place to look for life, assuming of course the rest of the chemicals for life are present and the heat source is stable.
Here is how scientists think the water might be produced.I am not going to get too excited about this but each little discovery of this sort makes it more and more plausible to think that there may be life in other places in the Universe.
Other Links:
Cassini home page
(http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm)
SETI Institute (www.seti.org)
3 comments:
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We work like a horse.
We eat like a pig.
We like to play chicken.
You can get someone's goat.
We can be as slippery as a snake.
We get dog tired.
We can be as quiet as a mouse.
We can be as quick as a cat.
Some of us are as strong as an ox.
People try to buffalo others.
Some are as ugly as a toad.
We can be as gentle as a lamb.
Sometimes we are as happy as a lark.
Some of us drink like a fish.
We can be as proud as a peacock.
A few of us are as hairy as a gorilla.
You can get a frog in your throat.
We can be a lone wolf.
But I'm having a whale of a time!
You have a riveting web log
and undoubtedly must have
atypical & quiescent potential
for your intended readership.
May I suggest that you do
everything in your power to
honor your encyclopedic/omniscient
Designer/Architect as well
as your revering audience.
As soon as we acknowledge
this Supreme Designer/Architect,
Who has erected the beauteous
fabric of the universe, our minds
must necessarily be ravished with
wonder at this infinate goodness,
wisdom and power.
Please remember to never
restrict anyone's opportunities
for ascertaining uninterrupted
existence for their quintessence.
There is a time for everything,
a season for every activity
under heaven. A time to be
born and a time to die. A
time to plant and a time to
harvest. A time to kill and
a time to heal. A time to
tear down and a time to
rebuild. A time to cry and
a time to laugh. A time to
grieve and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones
and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a
time to turn away. A time to
search and a time to lose.
A time to keep and a time to
throw away. A time to tear
and a time to mend. A time
to be quiet and a time to
speak up. A time to love
and a time to hate. A time
for war and a time for peace.
Best wishes for continued ascendancy,
Dr. Howdy
P.S. One thing of which I am sure is
that the common culture of my youth
is gone for good. It was hollowed out
by the rise of ethnic "identity politics,"
then splintered beyond hope of repair
by the emergence of the web-based
technologies that so maximized and
facilitated cultural choice as to make
the broad-based offerings of the old
mass media look bland and unchallenging
by comparison."
What Fun!
Thank You Dr. Howdy,
You are I suspect correct about the effect of the web on culture, but at the same time blogging seems to be bringing about a flowering of writing and discussion.
Granted there is a lot of junk (true for any medium) but there is also a lot of thoughful discussion that threaded discussion groups and newsgroups never really fostered.
Paradoxically since we can control our own little fragments of cyberspace, maybe we are beginning to talk more and more thoughtfully. At least I like to think so.
Paul
WOW,
Dr. Howdy has a new tune. I am impressed. The old one must have worn out.
Regards,
Coral
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