:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 2.22.2003 ::
:: NEAT COMET ::
From Space.com:
Amazing Live Images:
Sungrazing Comet Possibly Hit by Solar Eruption
By Robert Roy Britt, posted: 09:40 am ET 18 February 2003
"The SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft is currently generating spectacular images of a recently found comet called NEAT as the icy body circles the Sun and appears to have been struck by a massive solar eruption. The chance encounter could lead to new discoveries about the interactions of comets with hot, charged particles billowing from the Sun."
It was discovered by NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Tracking program.
Check out the Slashdot discussion.
"In the case of the comet NEAT, the last time it would have passed through the inner solar system was 370 centuries ago (37,000 years)!" - from an Astrobiology Magazine story
"This is obviously old news. Duh ;-). Does anyone have any theories as to why this comet never tore itself completely apart once it got so close to the sun?" -$$$$$exyGal (638164)
posted by me
:: 9:26:00 PM [+] ::
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