Post by X on Oct 8, 2023 17:38:15 GMT
Oct 1, 2023 17:10:02 GMT purr said:
May 20, 2023 21:26:09 GMT X said:
APODGalileo's Europa
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SETI Institute, Cynthia Phillips, Marty Valenti
Explanation: Looping through the Jovian system in the late 1990s, the Galileo spacecraft recorded stunning views of Europa and uncovered evidence that the moon's icy surface likely hides a deep, global ocean. Galileo's Europa image data has been remastered here, with improved calibrations to produce a color image approximating what the human eye might see. Europa's long curving fractures hint at the subsurface liquid water. The tidal flexing the large moon experiences in its elliptical orbit around Jupiter supplies the energy to keep the ocean liquid. But more tantalizing is the possibility that even in the absence of sunlight that process could also supply the energy to support life, making Europa one of the best places to look for life beyond Earth. What kind of life could thrive in a deep, dark, subsurface ocean? Consider planet Earth's own extreme shrimp.
Tomorrow's picture: almost alien
apod.nasa.gov/apod/
In a strange way, the biblical Creation myth (not to say Creation did not happen but zooming in on the Creation Story as a teaching tool), could be an imaginative means to give us vital information about who we Modern Humans are and how we evolved. The creation idea is that animals were created 'for us', serve a purpose that is to human benefit. What is the real world purpose of animals sharing our world? They fiercely compete with us, making them our first martial art and survival teachers. Evade those big sharp teeth long enough to have kids who will also avoid getting eaten and so on. Also outthink some of the slightly slower and less dangerous animals to utilize as cattle / farm animals. Even bond with some predators, like wild dogs, to engage in cooperative hunting, gaining the advantage of their superior speed and strength, as well as their super senses. Even the long tradition of keeping pets (estimated at 100,000 years Before Present for dogs, 10,000 yrs for cats) isn't some frivolous pursuit: outthinking them on a daily basis calls on us to use all our smarts all the time. See, our pets make us smarter over time (if a cat/dog 'owner' cannot keep up, the dog or cat will take over the home which I've seen happen, it's a nightmare, these little beasts are cunning tyrants ruling by tooth and claw!). Of course, horses, camels, donkeys and elephants etc. helped us shape our world, and served as war animals.
Animals are Mankind's evolutionary mechanism. Competing, Nourishing, Assisting, Teaching and Befriending us forever until we do better.
purr
James Webb telescope finds potential signature of life on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
By Stephanie Pappas published 22 September 2023
www.livescience.com/space/jupiter/james-webb-telescope-finds-potential-signature-of-life-on-jupiters-icy-moon-europa