24 August press conference_0
https://eso.adobeconnect.com/_a848728127/p3l3qqhq6un/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal

Delivery of the OSIRIS-REx Centaur upper stage to the Vertical Integration Facility

Italy Earthquake traces ancient patterns of geologic movement & human destruction
Italy's deadly earthquake is the latest in a history of destruction
https://theconversation.com/...lys-deadly-earthquake-is-the-latest-in-a-history-of-destruction-64384

News | Test for Damp Ground at Mars' Seasonal Streaks Finds None
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-215&rn=news.xml&rst=6597
Seasonal dark streaks on Mars that have become one of the hottest topics in interplanetary research don't hold much water,
according to the latest findings from a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars.

The new results from NASA's Mars Odyssey mission rely on ground temperature, measured by infrared imaging using the spacecraft's Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS).
They do not contradict last year's identification of hydrated salt at these flows, which since their 2011 discovery have been regarded as possible markers for the presence
of liquid water on modern Mars. However, the temperature measurements now identify an upper limit on how much water is present at these darkened streaks: about as much as
in the driest desert sands on Earth.

Událo se v Praze přesně před 10 lety. Emoce vládnou do dnešních dnů... :)
IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes | Press Releases | IAU
https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau0603/

VIRGO: mno, na Europě (a možná i na Ganymedu - o tom se mluví méně, ale oceán tam může být taky) by mohl být život víceméně pozemského typu (toho hlubokomořského, ne fotosyntetizující). Na Enceladu by to asi byla výrazně větší exotika a na Titan už se předpokládá biochemie zcela nepodobná té na Zemi (a museli bychom pak zásadně přehodnotit naše představy o obyvatelnách zónach u exoplanet i "exoměsíců")

This 360 Degree Video of the Milky Way Mapped With Constellations is Breathtaking - The Evolving Planet
http://www.theevolvingplanet.com/360-degree-constellation-map-breathtaking/

360 Galaxy Milky Way / Constellation map
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idi3pXnQIBI

Earthquake leaves at least 37 dead in central Italy - BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37171953

Italy earthquake: 'At least 38 dead including two children' as 'apocalyptic' 6.2 magnitude leaves towns in ruins
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...8/24/italy-earthquake-at-least-20-dead-as-apocalyptic-62-magnitude-le/

Central Italy earthquake: at least 38 dead in 6.2 quake – live | World news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/...-terremoto-earthquake-buildings-collapse-amatrice-rome-people-trapped

Just how dangerous is it to travel at 20% the speed of light?
Breakthrough Starshot has examined the impact of stray atoms, cosmic dust.
Just how dangerous is it to travel at 20% the speed of light? | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/08/could-breakthrough-starshots-ships-survive-the-trip/

The space between here and the nearest star isn't completely empty. Earlier generations of stars have left a sparse collection of tiny dust particles,
and various processes have left individual atoms scattered through the interstellar space. These particles pose very distinct risks, and the team worked
through each separately.

The main problem with running into an atom isn't the physical collision but rather the energy deposited in the spacecraft by the impact, which can cause
local heating that damages the craft in two ways. When high enough, the heating causes the material the craft is made of to evaporate into space. Below
that threshold, it can cause local melting, leading to a change in material properties as the area resolidifies.

Globular clusters and halo assembly
ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/ATNF-DailyImage/
Hierarchical accretion models for galaxy formation predict that the majority of stars in the halo of a spiral galaxy
should have formed within dwarf galaxies that were later accreted by the larger galaxy. In 2010, we used a rough chemical
tagging approach to identify stars in the Milky Way halo that had likely formed in globular clusters, using the light-element
abundance anomalies that are well-studied in Galactic globular clusters.

Fossilized rivers suggest warm, wet ancient Mars
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-fossilized-rivers-ancient-mars.html
Extensive systems of fossilised riverbeds have been discovered on an ancient region of the Martian surface, supporting the idea
that the now cold and dry Red Planet had a warm and wet climate about 4 billion years ago, according to UCL-led research.
The study, published in Geology and funded by the Science & Technology Facilities Council and the UK Space Agency, identified over
17,000km of former river channels on a northern plain called Arabia Terra, providing further evidence of water once flowing on Mars.