Tag Archives: space

Space Invaders

Posted on July 27, 2017 by twitmericks

Astronomers told us today/ That matter in our Milky Way/ Is extra-galactical/ Although just what practical/ Difference this makes, I can’t say./// https://www.newscientist.com/article/2141950-half-the-atoms-inside-your-body-came-from-across-the-universe/ Astronomers told us todayThat matter in our Milky WayIs extra-galacticalAlthough just what practicalDifference this makes, I can't … Continue reading →

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Is there Life on Enceladus?

Posted on April 14, 2017 by twitmericks

Astronomers seeking in space/ Detect a significant trace/ Of fluid vent patterns/ On one moon of Saturn’s,/ Which might imply life in the place./// https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/13/alien-life-saturn-moon-enceladus-nasa Astronomers seeking in spaceDetect a significant traceOf fluid vent patternsOn one moon of Saturn's,Which might … Continue reading →

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Planet Ahead

Posted on February 23, 2017 by twitmericks

Astronomers scanning the skies/ Saw 7 rocks roughly earth’s size/ Go round a pink sun/ That’s called Trappist-1,/ A place to go if our sun dies./// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39034050 OK, I toyed with taking this one in a political direction, but played … Continue reading →

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Rosetta Hits Stone

Posted on September 30, 2016 by twitmericks

A probe that was tracking a comet/ Was sent kamikaze to bomb it/ Rosetta crash-landed/ Eternally stranded/ But first dispatched images from it./// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37520420 A probe that was tracking a cometWas sent kamikaze to bomb it#Rosetta crash-landedEternally strandedBut first dispatched … Continue reading →

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Proxi Music

Posted on August 25, 2016 by twitmericks

Excited astronomers say/ They know of a planet that may/ Have life – and what’s more/ It’s almost next door,/ Just over four light years away!/// https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23130884-100-proxima-b-closest-earth-like-planet-discovered-right-next-door/ Excited astronomers sayThey know of a planet that mayHave life – and what's … Continue reading →

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Another Girl, Another Planet

Posted on December 25, 2015 by twitmericks

When Tim called the missus from space/ He wound up with egg on his face/ To general mirth/ He contacted earth/ But got someone else in her place./// http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/astronaut-tim-peake-calls-wrong-number-from-the-international-space-station-a6785766.html https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/680398718001086464

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Another Planet

Posted on July 23, 2015 by twitmericks

A planet that NASA can see/ That’s called Kepler 452b/ Is quite like the Earth/ Though larger in girth/ And may be the home of ET./// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33641648 A planet that NASA can seeThat's called Kepler 452bIs quite like the EarthThough … Continue reading →

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Lander Ahoy!

Posted on June 14, 2015 by twitmericks

A lander asleep on a comet/ Like something from Wallace and Gromit/ Has now reawoken/ And finally spoken/ So data may soon be got from it./// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33126885 A lander asleep on a cometLike something from Wallace and GromitHas now reawoken& … Continue reading →

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2014 In Review 3: Weird Science

Posted on December 28, 2014 by twitmericks

So what did we learn about the world in 2014? We learned that a comet can be caught, Richard III was a bastard, and neanderthals invented the paleo diet. We also learnt that… Fish, such as dace do it, Even … Continue reading →

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Comet Rider

Posted on November 13, 2014 by twitmericks

A robot was sent to a comet/ Intending to take samples from it/ The size of a fridge/ It sits on a ridge/ Like the cooker from Wallace & Gromit./// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30034060 A robot was sent to a cometIntending to take … Continue reading →

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