Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

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NASA planetary protection chief admits: Impact estimates flawed

Donald Yeomans It takes Jupiter getting slapped three times [see Tusk post here], but NASAJPL is finally admitting  (carefully in an house propaganda organ) that the estimates they regularly regurgitate to demonstrate things are fine — are false — by an order of magnitude. The Tusk is in New Orleans working to restore wetlands, so I do not have time to get much more deeply into this…
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Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

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THREEPEET!!!: Jupiter takes third hit in two decades; second in a year

Astronomers around the world are shocked — shocked! — to once again witness a world busting impact on Jupiter.  Regular readers of the Tusk know better. Notwithstanding patronizing dismissals urging us all to “move along, nothing to see here,” we know that the solar system is a far more dangerous place than acknowledged by the wise men and their calculations.  We know…
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Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question