Friday, January 13, 2006

KJZZ 91.5 FM - More on Illegal Immigration, Arizona Border Democratic Lawmaker "Shocked" by Governor's Immigration Proposal. Governor Napolitano's plan to curb illegal immigration includes putting National Guard troops at the border. That idea doesn't sit well with at least one Democratic lawmaker. KJZZ's Mark Brodie speaks with Representative Steve Gallardo about why. [KJZZ 91.5 FM - News] 7:06:29 PM

Cassini Spacecraft - The Huygens Landing: One Year On The Huygens landing: One year on. One year ago this week, on 14 January 2005, ESA's Huygens probe reached the upper layer of Titan's atmosphere and landed on the surface after a parachute descent 2 hours and 28 minutes later. As part of the joint NASA/ESA/ASI mission to Saturn and its moons, the Huygens probe was sent from the Cassini spacecraft to explore Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Titan's organic chemistry may be like that of the primitive Earth around 4000 million years ago, and may hold clues about how life began on our planet. [Science Blog -] 6:48:11 PM

The Full Moon Full Moon. The Full Moon seems as bright as a sun this early morning. It is low on the horizon, above the mountains in the West. By Ottmar. [Ottmar Liebert] 6:34:04 PM

Stars That Ended the 'Dark Ages' Quasar Study Highlights Stars That Ended the 'Dark Ages'. A team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence about the stars whose formation ended the cosmic "Dark Ages" a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. In a presentation today at the annual winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), California Institute of Technology graduate student George Becker is scheduled to discuss his team's investigation of several faraway quasars and the gas between the quasars and Earth. The paper on which his lecture is based will be published in the Astrophysical Journal in March. [Science Blog -] 6:21:20 PM