360 Degree Skeptic » cosmos http://360skeptic.com Asking Questions Without Limits Thu, 17 May 2012 12:36:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Visual Interlude: A Kindle Cosmos http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:51:37 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3573 Arthur Clarke once wrote,

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

Allow me to rephrase that:

Any sufficiently advanced technology will befuddle an individual and make him/her suspect supernatural influence and/or alien presence.

Had I been exposed to the following NASA images very early in my life -- prior to being better educated -- I very well may have been befuddled. And who knows what I would have done in reaction to that befuddlement.

atlas cern 900

(particle collidor)

EndeavourFlightDeck cooper 960

(shuttle cockpit)

greeley opportunity 1020

(unmanned explorer on Mars)

P.S. I am currently still on semi-hiatus, doing a ton of non-writing work and attempting to convert my latest book from one type of code into another type of code suitable to Kindle devices. Again, decades ago I may have suspected that my potential readers and their non-paper 'books' were from out-of-this world. Or at least "out of MY world."

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/feed/ 0 Friday Funnies: Wisdom OF the Ages or FOR the Ages? http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:28:09 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3353 traditional marriage

[cartoon thanks to atheistcartoons.com]

occulting telescope

[click image to enlarge; cartoon thanks to xkcd.com]

interference

[cartoon thanks to treelobsters.com]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/feed/ 0 Visual Interlude: To the North Pole and Beyond! http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:38:54 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3224 aurora2 salomonsen 900h

ngc6934 hst 900c

sombrero hst 1071

What's above my holiday tree is fairly fantastic as well!

[all images thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/feed/ 2 Visual Interlude: Google Mars http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:52:14 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3183 flora93

This is the "street view" (no-street view) of one of the many undeveloped areas of . . . Mars. The only development on that planet might be the recent addition of rover tracks.  Was that unmanned rover sent by Google?

Where human eyes now go -- it's amazing. Thanks to technology. If anything ought to be praised . . .

[image thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/feed/ 0 Visual Interlude: Landslides on an Asteroid http://360skeptic.com Asking Questions Without Limits Thu, 17 May 2012 12:36:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= 360 Degree Skeptic » cosmos http://360skeptic.com Asking Questions Without Limits Thu, 17 May 2012 12:36:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Visual Interlude: A Kindle Cosmos http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:51:37 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3573 Arthur Clarke once wrote,

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

Allow me to rephrase that:

Any sufficiently advanced technology will befuddle an individual and make him/her suspect supernatural influence and/or alien presence.

Had I been exposed to the following NASA images very early in my life -- prior to being better educated -- I very well may have been befuddled. And who knows what I would have done in reaction to that befuddlement.

atlas cern 900

(particle collidor)

EndeavourFlightDeck cooper 960

(shuttle cockpit)

greeley opportunity 1020

(unmanned explorer on Mars)

P.S. I am currently still on semi-hiatus, doing a ton of non-writing work and attempting to convert my latest book from one type of code into another type of code suitable to Kindle devices. Again, decades ago I may have suspected that my potential readers and their non-paper 'books' were from out-of-this world. Or at least "out of MY world."

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/feed/ 0 Friday Funnies: Wisdom OF the Ages or FOR the Ages? http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:28:09 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3353 traditional marriage

[cartoon thanks to atheistcartoons.com]

occulting telescope

[click image to enlarge; cartoon thanks to xkcd.com]

interference

[cartoon thanks to treelobsters.com]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/feed/ 0 Visual Interlude: To the North Pole and Beyond! http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:38:54 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3224 aurora2 salomonsen 900h

ngc6934 hst 900c

sombrero hst 1071

What's above my holiday tree is fairly fantastic as well!

[all images thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/feed/ 2 Visual Interlude: Google Mars http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:52:14 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3183 flora93

This is the "street view" (no-street view) of one of the many undeveloped areas of . . . Mars. The only development on that planet might be the recent addition of rover tracks.  Was that unmanned rover sent by Google?

Where human eyes now go -- it's amazing. Thanks to technology. If anything ought to be praised . . .

[image thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/feed/ 0 Visual Interlude: Landslides on an Asteroid http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:51:37 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3573 Arthur Clarke once wrote,

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

Allow me to rephrase that:

Any sufficiently advanced technology will befuddle an individual and make him/her suspect supernatural influence and/or alien presence.

Had I been exposed to the following NASA images very early in my life -- prior to being better educated -- I very well may have been befuddled. And who knows what I would have done in reaction to that befuddlement.

atlas cern 900

(particle collidor)

EndeavourFlightDeck cooper 960

(shuttle cockpit)

greeley opportunity 1020

(unmanned explorer on Mars)

P.S. I am currently still on semi-hiatus, doing a ton of non-writing work and attempting to convert my latest book from one type of code into another type of code suitable to Kindle devices. Again, decades ago I may have suspected that my potential readers and their non-paper 'books' were from out-of-this world. Or at least "out of MY world."

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/feed/ 0 360 Degree Skeptic » cosmos http://360skeptic.com Asking Questions Without Limits Thu, 17 May 2012 12:36:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Visual Interlude: A Kindle Cosmos http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:51:37 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3573 Arthur Clarke once wrote,

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

Allow me to rephrase that:

Any sufficiently advanced technology will befuddle an individual and make him/her suspect supernatural influence and/or alien presence.

Had I been exposed to the following NASA images very early in my life -- prior to being better educated -- I very well may have been befuddled. And who knows what I would have done in reaction to that befuddlement.

atlas cern 900

(particle collidor)

EndeavourFlightDeck cooper 960

(shuttle cockpit)

greeley opportunity 1020

(unmanned explorer on Mars)

P.S. I am currently still on semi-hiatus, doing a ton of non-writing work and attempting to convert my latest book from one type of code into another type of code suitable to Kindle devices. Again, decades ago I may have suspected that my potential readers and their non-paper 'books' were from out-of-this world. Or at least "out of MY world."

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/feed/ 0 Friday Funnies: Wisdom OF the Ages or FOR the Ages? http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:28:09 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3353 traditional marriage

[cartoon thanks to atheistcartoons.com]

occulting telescope

[click image to enlarge; cartoon thanks to xkcd.com]

interference

[cartoon thanks to treelobsters.com]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/feed/ 0 Visual Interlude: To the North Pole and Beyond! http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:38:54 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3224 aurora2 salomonsen 900h

ngc6934 hst 900c

sombrero hst 1071

What's above my holiday tree is fairly fantastic as well!

[all images thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/feed/ 2 Visual Interlude: Google Mars http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:52:14 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3183 flora93

This is the "street view" (no-street view) of one of the many undeveloped areas of . . . Mars. The only development on that planet might be the recent addition of rover tracks.  Was that unmanned rover sent by Google?

Where human eyes now go -- it's amazing. Thanks to technology. If anything ought to be praised . . .

[image thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/feed/ 0 Visual Interlude: Landslides on an Asteroid http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:28:09 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3353 traditional marriage

[cartoon thanks to atheistcartoons.com]

occulting telescope

[click image to enlarge; cartoon thanks to xkcd.com]

interference

[cartoon thanks to treelobsters.com]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/feed/ 0 360 Degree Skeptic » cosmos http://360skeptic.com Asking Questions Without Limits Thu, 17 May 2012 12:36:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Visual Interlude: A Kindle Cosmos http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:51:37 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3573 Arthur Clarke once wrote,

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

Allow me to rephrase that:

Any sufficiently advanced technology will befuddle an individual and make him/her suspect supernatural influence and/or alien presence.

Had I been exposed to the following NASA images very early in my life -- prior to being better educated -- I very well may have been befuddled. And who knows what I would have done in reaction to that befuddlement.

atlas cern 900

(particle collidor)

EndeavourFlightDeck cooper 960

(shuttle cockpit)

greeley opportunity 1020

(unmanned explorer on Mars)

P.S. I am currently still on semi-hiatus, doing a ton of non-writing work and attempting to convert my latest book from one type of code into another type of code suitable to Kindle devices. Again, decades ago I may have suspected that my potential readers and their non-paper 'books' were from out-of-this world. Or at least "out of MY world."

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/feed/ 0 Friday Funnies: Wisdom OF the Ages or FOR the Ages? http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:28:09 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3353 traditional marriage

[cartoon thanks to atheistcartoons.com]

occulting telescope

[click image to enlarge; cartoon thanks to xkcd.com]

interference

[cartoon thanks to treelobsters.com]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/feed/ 0 Visual Interlude: To the North Pole and Beyond! http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:38:54 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3224 aurora2 salomonsen 900h

ngc6934 hst 900c

sombrero hst 1071

What's above my holiday tree is fairly fantastic as well!

[all images thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/feed/ 2 Visual Interlude: Google Mars http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:52:14 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3183 flora93

This is the "street view" (no-street view) of one of the many undeveloped areas of . . . Mars. The only development on that planet might be the recent addition of rover tracks.  Was that unmanned rover sent by Google?

Where human eyes now go -- it's amazing. Thanks to technology. If anything ought to be praised . . .

[image thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/feed/ 0 Visual Interlude: Landslides on an Asteroid http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:38:54 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3224 aurora2 salomonsen 900h

ngc6934 hst 900c

sombrero hst 1071

What's above my holiday tree is fairly fantastic as well!

[all images thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/feed/ 2 360 Degree Skeptic » cosmos http://360skeptic.com Asking Questions Without Limits Thu, 17 May 2012 12:36:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Visual Interlude: A Kindle Cosmos http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:51:37 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3573 Arthur Clarke once wrote,

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

Allow me to rephrase that:

Any sufficiently advanced technology will befuddle an individual and make him/her suspect supernatural influence and/or alien presence.

Had I been exposed to the following NASA images very early in my life -- prior to being better educated -- I very well may have been befuddled. And who knows what I would have done in reaction to that befuddlement.

atlas cern 900

(particle collidor)

EndeavourFlightDeck cooper 960

(shuttle cockpit)

greeley opportunity 1020

(unmanned explorer on Mars)

P.S. I am currently still on semi-hiatus, doing a ton of non-writing work and attempting to convert my latest book from one type of code into another type of code suitable to Kindle devices. Again, decades ago I may have suspected that my potential readers and their non-paper 'books' were from out-of-this world. Or at least "out of MY world."

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/feed/ 0 Friday Funnies: Wisdom OF the Ages or FOR the Ages? http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:28:09 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3353 traditional marriage

[cartoon thanks to atheistcartoons.com]

occulting telescope

[click image to enlarge; cartoon thanks to xkcd.com]

interference

[cartoon thanks to treelobsters.com]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/feed/ 0 Visual Interlude: To the North Pole and Beyond! http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:38:54 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3224 aurora2 salomonsen 900h

ngc6934 hst 900c

sombrero hst 1071

What's above my holiday tree is fairly fantastic as well!

[all images thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/feed/ 2 Visual Interlude: Google Mars http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:52:14 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3183 flora93

This is the "street view" (no-street view) of one of the many undeveloped areas of . . . Mars. The only development on that planet might be the recent addition of rover tracks.  Was that unmanned rover sent by Google?

Where human eyes now go -- it's amazing. Thanks to technology. If anything ought to be praised . . .

[image thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/feed/ 0 Visual Interlude: Landslides on an Asteroid http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:52:14 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3183 flora93

This is the "street view" (no-street view) of one of the many undeveloped areas of . . . Mars. The only development on that planet might be the recent addition of rover tracks.  Was that unmanned rover sent by Google?

Where human eyes now go -- it's amazing. Thanks to technology. If anything ought to be praised . . .

[image thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/feed/ 0 360 Degree Skeptic » cosmos http://360skeptic.com Asking Questions Without Limits Thu, 17 May 2012 12:36:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Visual Interlude: A Kindle Cosmos http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:51:37 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3573 Arthur Clarke once wrote,

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

Allow me to rephrase that:

Any sufficiently advanced technology will befuddle an individual and make him/her suspect supernatural influence and/or alien presence.

Had I been exposed to the following NASA images very early in my life -- prior to being better educated -- I very well may have been befuddled. And who knows what I would have done in reaction to that befuddlement.

atlas cern 900

(particle collidor)

EndeavourFlightDeck cooper 960

(shuttle cockpit)

greeley opportunity 1020

(unmanned explorer on Mars)

P.S. I am currently still on semi-hiatus, doing a ton of non-writing work and attempting to convert my latest book from one type of code into another type of code suitable to Kindle devices. Again, decades ago I may have suspected that my potential readers and their non-paper 'books' were from out-of-this world. Or at least "out of MY world."

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/04/visual-interlude-a-kindle-cosmos/feed/ 0 Friday Funnies: Wisdom OF the Ages or FOR the Ages? http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/ http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:28:09 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3353 traditional marriage

[cartoon thanks to atheistcartoons.com]

occulting telescope

[click image to enlarge; cartoon thanks to xkcd.com]

interference

[cartoon thanks to treelobsters.com]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2012/01/friday-funnies-wisdom-of-the-ages-or-for-the-ages/feed/ 0 Visual Interlude: To the North Pole and Beyond! http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:38:54 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3224 aurora2 salomonsen 900h

ngc6934 hst 900c

sombrero hst 1071

What's above my holiday tree is fairly fantastic as well!

[all images thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-to-the-north-pole-and-beyond/feed/ 2 Visual Interlude: Google Mars http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:52:14 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/?p=3183 flora93

This is the "street view" (no-street view) of one of the many undeveloped areas of . . . Mars. The only development on that planet might be the recent addition of rover tracks.  Was that unmanned rover sent by Google?

Where human eyes now go -- it's amazing. Thanks to technology. If anything ought to be praised . . .

[image thanks to NASA]

]]> http://360skeptic.com/2011/12/visual-interlude-google-mars/feed/ 0 Visual Interlude: Landslides on an Asteroid http://360skeptic.com/2011/11/visual-interlude-landslides-on-an-asteroid/ http://360skeptic.com/2011/11/visual-interlude-landslides-on-an-asteroid/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:25:55 +0000 Andrew Bernardin http://360skeptic.com/2011/11/visual-interlude-landslides-on-an-asteroid/ vestaslide dawn 900

NASA's unmanned Dawn spacecraft took this picture of the asteroid Vesta. Upon analysis by experts, it seems the asteroid has had landslides on it. A landslide on an asteroid! Holy craters! What a wild and fantastic universe we live in. And thanks to NASA we are discovering more and more about it.

Landslides on Earth, sure I can easily comprehend that. But a landslide on an asteroid?! I don't know about you, but that causes something of an intellectual mind-slide within me.

To wax a bit philosophical here: What is the Earth but a massive asteroid running circles around the sun, completely caught by its gravitational field? Cut the the gravitational tether to the star at the center of our solar system and . . .

Yikes. I've got to sit down. That thought just about blew my mind.

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