Re: What the Europan surface might look like if there were a brief melt?

2004-12-15 Thread Mark Schnitzius
--- Michael Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why would Europa look like this in a "brief melt"? > A "brief melt" amounts > to the Sun going nova, and Europa's surface would > turn into the surface of > one big ocean, boiling away under the combination of > nova heat and the > vacuum of space.

Re: What the Europan surface might look like if there were a brief melt?

2004-12-15 Thread LARRY KLAES
I meant while the Monolith ETI were turning Jupiter into a sun, of course.     - Original Message - From: Michael Turner To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 4:41 PM Subject: Re: What the Europan surface might look like if there were a brief melt

Re: What the Europan surface might look like if there were a brief melt?

2004-12-15 Thread Michael Turner
Why would Europa look like this in a "brief melt"?  A "brief melt" amounts to the Sun going nova, and Europa's surface would turn into the surface of one big ocean, boiling away under the combination of nova heat and the vacuum of space.  Nothing but steam.  In short, it would probably look

Reaching Toward Neptune: Two Ways to Explore an Ice Giant

2004-12-15 Thread LARRY KLAES
Science/Astronomy:.* Reaching Toward Neptune: Two Ways to Explore an Ice Giant http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/neptune_orbiter_techwed_041215.htmlWhile a pair of NASA rovers explore Mars and the Cassini-Huygens mission peers close at Saturn, two research teams are targeting

What the Europan surface might look like if there were a brief melt?

2004-12-15 Thread LARRY KLAES
http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi?month=12&day=11&year=04

Fw: Latest News from the Astrobiology Magazine

2004-12-15 Thread LARRY KLAES
  - Original Message - From: Astrobiology Magazine To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 5:32 AM Subject: Latest News from the Astrobiology Magazine Diving for Life under Antarctic Icehttp://www.astrobio.net/news/article1349.htmlLife manages to hang on pretty much