Amanda Hendrix and Faith Vilas present new work on UV spectra of asteroids at #DPS2026. They find that carbonaceous asteroids absorb strongly across the ultraviolet; which they attribute to a few percent by mass of opaque carbon compounds. When space weathering is literally cooking the things...

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CO-5 is officially a toss up. This district has been solid/dark red since 1972. We are home to 5 military bases, a retirement location for a lot of veterans, and home of key elements of the evangelical right If this district flips, it’s huge

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I learned today about some recent observations of the asteroid 128 Nemesis. For those unaware: Nemesis is a harmless main-belt asteroid. It was named in the 1870s, before the asteroid impact hazard was understood. Rumor tells of a list of reserved names for an impactor, but Nemesis is not on it.

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I can't remember if we saw season 2? I enjoyed S1. And yeah I just want entertainment it doesn't have to be earth shattering? Jeebus people look at the first season of TNG and Babylon 5 and where they both went!

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I have a personal grievance against Crunch bars. But that is just because of the barley malt.

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