This 1,800-year-old tombstone depicts a gladiator holding two swords standing above his defeated opponent who is signaling submission. The inscription below says Diodoros, a gladiator, was buried here. CREDIT: © Royal Museums of Art and History,…... [more »]
Date: 20 June 2011, 9:51 am
From NASA.gov: 'This artist's concept shows two scientists examining rock formations on the Red Planet. Many scientists say sedimentary deposits evident in Mars Global Surveyor images could contain fossils visible under ordinary magnification -- all…... [more »]
Date: 17 June 2011, 10:36 am
From NASA.gov: 'The giant planet HR 8799b was first discovered in 2007 at the Gemini North observatory. The planet is young and hot, with a temperature of 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit. It's slightly larger than Jupiter and may be 10 times more massive.'…... [more »]
Date: 17 June 2011, 10:35 am
From NASA.gov: 'This artist's concept illustrates what the night sky might look like from a hypothetical planet in a star system with an asteroid belt 25 times as massive as the one in our own solar system. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope found eviden…... [more »]
Date: 17 June 2011, 10:34 am
From NASA.gov: 'Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the existence of a baked object that could be called a 'cometary planet.' Named HD 209458b, the gas giant is orbiting so close to its star that its heated atmosphere is es…... [more »]
Date: 17 June 2011, 10:32 am
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