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http://http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101344_2101330,00.html

http://news.yahoo.com/comet-lovejoy-...015706403.html

Lovejoy lives!

Now that's a will to survive....Gotta Love "Lovejoy"
 

http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_...T_full_380.jpg

"A newfound comet defied long odds on Thursday (Dec. 15), surviving a suicidal dive through the sun's hellishly hot atmosphere, according to NASA scientists.

Comet Lovejoy plunged through the sun's corona at about 7 p.m. EST (midnight GMT on Dec. 16), coming within 87,000 miles (140,000 kilometers) of our star's surface. Temperatures in the corona can reach 2 million degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 million degrees Celsius), so most researchers expected the icy wanderer to be completely destroyed.

But Lovejoy proved to be made of tough stuff. A video taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft showed the icy object emerging from behind the sun and zipping back off into space..."

http://news.yahoo.com/comet-lovejoy-...015706403.html

Great pic! Got to love an "Against all odds" story! Go Lovejoy - see ya next time!

A christmas special from Hubble :)

http://www.sciencenewsblog.com/blog/121720111

http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-texts-...150403211.html

Ancient texts of war and bar tabs.

The Aurora
 

- this makes me smile every time I see it....

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...154814786.html

Origin of Stonehenge rocks discovered.

I wonder if it was just going to be someones house and they ran out of $$ to build it. "Darrrlink I just have to have those beautiful big stones from Craig Rhos-y-felin - nothing else will do!"

Such a shame that throughout history such destruction has occured :(

http://www.writerswrite.com/blog/122020111

Hijacking
 

Hi all,
I'm kind of new to the site. Love science and love to read about the many new and wonderful things that are being studied and illuminated in this day and age.
I work with hormones and neurotransmitters in my practice and love that the metaphysical and spiritual aspects of hormones and neurotransmitters. Here's a link on estrogen.....one of my favorite hormones.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/ma...strogen-t.html

Another one about humans interbreeding with Neanderthals and Denisovans
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0825141635.htm

This blog can be addictive. Fair warning.
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithab...ng_the_phi.php

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...-exploded.html


Supernova spotted 11 hours afterwards by astronomers.

Pen still works after 25 years in womans stomach!
 

http://au.news.yahoo.com/odd/a/-/odd...nd-still-works

Just in case you ran out of ink for your Christmas cards ..... !

So stunning in its destruction!

http://www.sciencenewsblog.com/blog/122320111

Another satellite returning to Earth in January. One would think if it was made to gather samples from a Martian moon that it would survive re entry to Earth!