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NASA scientists stumped by mystery 'alien lights' on dwarf planet Ceres
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Posted on 02/26/2015 9:41:56 AM PST by BenLurkin
A mysterious dwarf planet has left scientists scratching their heads after a strange light was seen shining from it.
The dwarf planet Ceres has stumped boffins at NASA after a spacecraft sent to investigate it took these stunning pictures.
In the images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, a bright spot is seen projecting out from the darkness of the surface.
A second bright light is seen close to the other one, leaving scientists completely baffled.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ceres; dawnspacecraft; nasa; spaceexploration
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Maybe it is a really, really big mirror? The source for this story is the Mirror, in the UK.
Coincidence ? I think not.
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02/26/2015 10:02:16 AM PST
by
repentant_pundit
(Sammy's your uncle, but he behaves like a spoiled rotten kid.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/26/2015 10:02:43 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Uncle Sy: "Beavers are like Ninjas, they only come out at night and they're hard to find")
To: BenLurkin
Weather balloons ignited by swamp gas
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posted on
02/26/2015 10:04:00 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: BenLurkin
OMG! That's not a dwarf planet.
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posted on
02/26/2015 10:04:15 AM PST
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: BenLurkin
The brightest one is dead center of an impact crater. I’d imagine that has something to do with it one way or the other.
To: repentant_pundit
Could be a signal mirror as a sign of distress?
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posted on
02/26/2015 10:05:27 AM PST
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Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: BenLurkin
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02/26/2015 10:06:02 AM PST
by
Gamecock
(Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Colonel Sanders is an Infantry officer.)
To: BenLurkin
the death ray is now fully operational...
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posted on
02/26/2015 10:06:52 AM PST
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: BenLurkin
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02/26/2015 10:08:50 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: repentant_pundit
Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who’s the stupidist Leftist of them all?
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02/26/2015 10:10:28 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: BenLurkin
"NASA scientists stumped by mystery 'alien lights' on dwarf planet Ceres" Hmmm...Surprised someone hasn't reported "abuse" to the moderator over this title.../s
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02/26/2015 10:12:50 AM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: BenLurkin
Reflections from solar panels generating green energy?
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02/26/2015 10:13:00 AM PST
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TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: BenLurkin
Darn it, I told my kids not to target dwarfs with their pocket lasers ...
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02/26/2015 10:13:46 AM PST
by
An.American.Expatriate
(Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
To: BenLurkin
Kinda funny that this was reported in the “Mirror” ...
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02/26/2015 10:14:46 AM PST
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NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: BenLurkin
It’s a big fat diamond plugging up a vast amount of oil. Lets go!
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posted on
02/26/2015 10:31:30 AM PST
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MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: BenLurkin
Russian vodka, poisoned by Chernobyl...
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posted on
02/26/2015 10:35:49 AM PST
by
bassyak
(Yakkin' all the way to the fish.)
To: BenLurkin
“thats no moon”
“you may fire , when ready”
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posted on
02/26/2015 10:40:15 AM PST
by
tm61
(Election 2012: we find it IS possible, to polish a turd.)
To: SampleMan
Saturn's moon Iapetus
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02/26/2015 10:43:48 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: RoosterRedux
I was just looking at it from that view point. You get an approximate angle of the sun by the shadow of the dwarf planet. The “ice” surface looks perpendicular to the viewer.
A simple refraction would send the reflection off to the right. If the “ice” acts as a polarizing source, and reflects absorbed light to the flat surface, the viewer could see it.
To: BenLurkin
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02/26/2015 11:00:21 AM PST
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bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione."))))
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