Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Landsat Science

Posted on February 5, 2014 by PlatoHagel

The Landsat Program provides repetitive acquisition of high resolution multispectral data of the Earth’s surface on a global basis. The data from Landsat spacecraft constitute the longest record of the Earth’s continental surfaces as seen from space. It is a … Continue reading →

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Unleashing the Power of Earth Observations: Barbara Ryan

Posted on January 31, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Unleashing the Power of Earth Observations  Jan 21, 2014 • In December 2013, the Secretariat Director of the Group on Earth Observations gave a TEDx talk in Barcelona, Spain making the case that all Earth-oberservation data collected from governments and … Continue reading →

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Atlantis?

Posted on January 31, 2014 by PlatoHagel

View Larger Map Atlantis and Plato Seamounts 33 28’N, 29 39’W *** Plato’s TIMAEUS :Atlantis against Athens ;Many great and wonderful deeds are recorded of your state in our histories. But one of them exceeds all the rest in greatness … Continue reading →

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Glast to Music

Posted on January 31, 2014 by PlatoHagel

What does the universe look like at high energies? Thanks to the FermiLarge Area Telescope (LAT), we can extend our sense of sight to “see”the universe in gamma rays. But humans not only have a sense of sight,we also have … Continue reading →

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Propulsion Thruster

Posted on January 31, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Gridded Ion Thruster  *** See Also: Space Travel and Propulsion Methods  Spacecraft propulsion  NEXT Provides Lasting Propulsion and High Speeds for Deep Space Missions Dialogos of Eide

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Gravitational Collapse and the Horizon

Posted on January 30, 2014 by PlatoHagel

It has been suggested [1] that the resolution of the information paradox for evaporating black holes is that the holes are surrounded by firewalls, bolts of outgoing radiation that would destroy any infalling observer. Such firewalls would break the CPT … Continue reading →

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Helioseismology and Gravitational Waves

Posted on January 30, 2014 by PlatoHagel

The universe is expected to be permeated by a stochastic background of gravitational radiation of astrophysical and cosmological origin. This background is capable of exciting oscillations in solar-like stars. Here we show that solar-like oscillators can be employed as giant … Continue reading →

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Particle Fever Release

Posted on January 27, 2014 by PlatoHagel

“Particle Fever succeeds on every level” – The Hollywood Reporter.  See: http://particlefever.com/ Dialogos of Eide

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Gravitational Waves, as Quantum Flunctuations

Posted on January 26, 2014 by PlatoHagel

“According to modern understanding, even if all matter could be removed from a volume, it would still not be “empty” due to vacuum fluctuations, dark energy, transiting gamma- and cosmic rays, neutrinos, along with other phenomena in quantum physics. In … Continue reading →

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Quantum Tunnelling

Posted on January 21, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Quantum tunnelling or tunneling (see spelling differences) refers to the quantum mechanical phenomenon where a particle tunnels through a barrier that it classically could not surmount. This plays an essential role in several physical phenomena, such as the nuclear fusion … Continue reading →

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