NASA confirms the presence of water on the moon.
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Science Round-up
A new ring, perhaps the most massive in the solar system, has been identified around Saturn, author Yann Martel (Life of Pi) and astronaut Julie Payette will be first in the ring for Friday’s Moving Stars and Earth for Water, the first entertainment show hosted from space, the CEATEC conference in Tokyo features this robo-performer, and a breakthrough discovery holds out new hope for cancer patients.
Cirque du Space
Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil and creative party creature, has become the latest space tourist. The highlight of his journey will be his hosting, from space, a celebrity-studded international broadcast aimed at heightening awareness of water-related issues.
Transparent Aluminium?
Oxford scientists have created transparent aluminium. Most famously imagined in Star Trek IV, this sort-of version has some fascinating potential applications.
One Small Step…
I keep hearing people say, “Seems like only yesterday” but I can’t agree. Even so, it’s an impressive achievement. 40 years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon.
It seems so trite a phrase “Landed on the moon,” but really think about it. Think of the forces involved. The sheer balls of it. Think of the MATH! In 1969 we put two guys on the freaking moon and brought them back! That was something special and my hats off to everyone that helped out.
If you want a trip down memory lane (or to pretend like you were alive back then, like me), NASA has a great site full of photos and videos.
And, if you’re really jonesing for a trip back, Google Moon can help you out.
Science Round-up: Black Holes and Programmable Matter?
Order your T-1000
We may have programmable matter in our near future.
Update! Update! Update!
Betelgeuse may go nova
What was your worst vacation spot?
Astronomers have found the largest black hole yet, with 6.4 billion times the sun’s mass.
Part of Neighboring Galaxy Missing
Parts of Messier 87, a galaxy in the Virgo cluster, appear to be missing.
Other science-related stories (including the awesome Bat-Touch Gun)….
Recent Science Round-up
Apart from the Blob at the Dawn of Time….
Fossil hunters in Canada have found an apparent transitional form between terrestrial mammals and aquatic pinnipeds, astronomers in England have found the smallest exoplanet to date, and amateur astronomers have completed the most thorough survey of young stars in the Orion Nebula (but so far, no
Green Animal Women).
Also….
Hawking expected to recover
Physicist Stephen Hawking was taken to hospital yesterday with a serious respiratory illness, but is expected to make a full recovery, according to an article published this morning.
Robo-Scientist, and other Science News
Adam, a robot developed at Aberystwyth University and the University of Cambridge, has become the first machine to discover new scientific knowledge from its original research. Researchers have even higher hopes for their “Eve.”
A new method of examining through Hubble data has resulted in the discovery of another extrasolar planet.
Meanwhile, deep in the heart of Texas….
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