Post by satansrini on May 28, 2011 5:52:12 GMT -6
Ok.... This is a news article on 'The Times of India' newspaper. I thought I would post it here, just in case you folks haven't already read this anywhere.
I suggest that have a Science/Astronomy thread where we can post this kind of mainstream science information.
Here we go....
Saturday, May 28th 2011 - Page 18
MOON MAY HAVE PLENTY OF WATER: STUDY
"London: Water may be as plenty within the moon as on the Earth, reveals a study of lunar rocks brought by the Apollo mission.
Trapped water was found in tiny volcanic glass beads returned to the Earth in 1972 by the final manned mission to the moon, Apollo 17.
Analysis of the samples suggests there could be 100 times more water in the lunar mantle, the thick rock later beneath the surface crust, than was previously thought, the journal Science reports.
In fact, there could be as much water in the lunar mantle as in the earth's mantle. If this is the case, it challenges a long-held theory about the moon's formation according to The Daily Mail.
Most experts believe a huge impact early in Earth's history ejected material into space that became the moon.
But the force involved should have vaporised much of the future moon's water. Find the large amounts of water in the moon's interior casts doubt on this idea.
Prof. James van Orman, from Case Western Reserve University, US who led the research, said "These samples provide the best window we have to the amount of water in the interior of the moon. The interior seems to be pretty similar to the interior of the Earth, from what we know about water abundance. " The rock samples were collected by astronauts during the Apollo 17 mission. "
Another article in the same section:
SUN TO SET DIRECTLY ABOVE SAUDI HOLY CITY TODAY
In a rare phenomenon, the devotees at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's Mecca will witness teh sun straight above them, which will help worshippers worldwide to set the exact direction of the holy city. The phenomenon to occur tomorrow is the first this year and will take place exactly at 2:48 PM IST, Majid Abu Zahira, head of the Jeddah Astronomy Association, told the local newspaper.
"This vertical solar phenomenon will happen for the first time this year and Mecca will be straight under the sun. This means all structures and bodies in the Grand osque will have no shadow at that time, it will be a zero shadow" he was quoted by Saudi Arabia's Sharq newspapers as saying. Abu Zahira said the phenomenon would help Muslims around the world to know the exact direction of Mecca.
Regards,
Srinivas
I suggest that have a Science/Astronomy thread where we can post this kind of mainstream science information.
Here we go....
Saturday, May 28th 2011 - Page 18
MOON MAY HAVE PLENTY OF WATER: STUDY
"London: Water may be as plenty within the moon as on the Earth, reveals a study of lunar rocks brought by the Apollo mission.
Trapped water was found in tiny volcanic glass beads returned to the Earth in 1972 by the final manned mission to the moon, Apollo 17.
Analysis of the samples suggests there could be 100 times more water in the lunar mantle, the thick rock later beneath the surface crust, than was previously thought, the journal Science reports.
In fact, there could be as much water in the lunar mantle as in the earth's mantle. If this is the case, it challenges a long-held theory about the moon's formation according to The Daily Mail.
Most experts believe a huge impact early in Earth's history ejected material into space that became the moon.
But the force involved should have vaporised much of the future moon's water. Find the large amounts of water in the moon's interior casts doubt on this idea.
Prof. James van Orman, from Case Western Reserve University, US who led the research, said "These samples provide the best window we have to the amount of water in the interior of the moon. The interior seems to be pretty similar to the interior of the Earth, from what we know about water abundance. " The rock samples were collected by astronauts during the Apollo 17 mission. "
Another article in the same section:
SUN TO SET DIRECTLY ABOVE SAUDI HOLY CITY TODAY
In a rare phenomenon, the devotees at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's Mecca will witness teh sun straight above them, which will help worshippers worldwide to set the exact direction of the holy city. The phenomenon to occur tomorrow is the first this year and will take place exactly at 2:48 PM IST, Majid Abu Zahira, head of the Jeddah Astronomy Association, told the local newspaper.
"This vertical solar phenomenon will happen for the first time this year and Mecca will be straight under the sun. This means all structures and bodies in the Grand osque will have no shadow at that time, it will be a zero shadow" he was quoted by Saudi Arabia's Sharq newspapers as saying. Abu Zahira said the phenomenon would help Muslims around the world to know the exact direction of Mecca.
Regards,
Srinivas