"One small step for woman, one giant leap for womankind" :)
Years ago, I saw one of those events through a 24-inch reflector telescope. (Europa and Io, I think) It was pretty awesome! :)
Why would burning oil reduce the mass of the earth? That is a chemical reaction...which doesn't affect the mass of matter. Also, oil floats on...
I stand corrected...I knew Jupiter's escape velocity was high but didn't realize it is over 4X the Earth's! (59km/s vs. 11km/s) However, the...
I'd be headed for the nearest cave if Jupiter were really hit by an Earth-sized object. There would be alot of ejecta from such a collision. It...
No, many of them are active. Currently, 2 volcanoes in the Aleutian islands are in a state of unrest, (plus Redoubt which not part of those the...
Heh. That is my mantra!
How could they still orbit each other? Friction would slow them down until they merge. This probably happened very soon after impact.
It's quieted down anyway. :D
I thought we were still IN the Ice Age :)
Well, of course it will drown land-dwellers if they don't get out of the way. BTW, the total discharge is a fraction of a natural Grand Canyon...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Challenger_flight_51-l_crew.jpg
It's a case of elastic rebound. The subducting plate tends to bend the upper plate down with it, building strain. The strain builds until the...
How else are we to spread Earth's life beyond Earth? After all, isn't that the point and our duty?
How do I answer the poll if I only play one MMORPG, and play a couple of the RTS's and a few FPS/RPG's? Right now I am into Guild Wars and Rise...
P. Boom! I just found an expanding earth proponent over at youtube, I invited him over to these forums.
Since the last big BOOM! 600,000 years ago, there have been a dozen or more lava flows. Some are of truly impressive scale...see this photo, the lava...
Im eating some take-out right now. It's good, but I'm a little suspicious of the plastic dish it came in. And concerning Chinese business...
In the present or past? Here's a start... http://www.scotese.com/earth.htm
Not only that, but the next time the caldera erupts it will most likely be a huge outpouring of lava...just like the last time.
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