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Stephen Hawking says he was wrong about Black Holes.
Full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/science ... es.html?hp
Full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/science ... es.html?hp
Here's one that doesn't require a subscription to the NY Times:Brad_H wrote:Stephen Hawking says he was wrong about Black Holes.
Full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/science ... es.html?hp
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996151
More pics from Cassini are up, including:
* Mimas (the giant crater makes it looks like "The Death Star" of Star Wars ... somewhat similar to Jupiter's Miranda)
* Dione
* Lapetus
* Tethys
* Enceladus
* Titan
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassi ... index.html
* Mimas (the giant crater makes it looks like "The Death Star" of Star Wars ... somewhat similar to Jupiter's Miranda)
* Dione
* Lapetus
* Tethys
* Enceladus
* Titan
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassi ... index.html
Cool B&W rear-view pic of Opportunity's progress down into the Endurance crater.
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/ ... B176R1.jpg
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http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/ ... B176R1.jpg
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Matter/Antimatter asymmetry
Physicists conducting the BaBar experiment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), a Department of Energy laboratory operated by Stanford University, announced exciting new results demonstrating a dramatic difference in the behavior of matter and antimatter. They submitted their results to the journal Physical Review Letters for online publication Friday July 30th.
BaBar homepage
August 2 Press Release
Full paper
A recently fabricated survey indicates that both comedians and bureaucrats alike reacted to this news with the question, "Does it really matter?".
BaBar homepage
August 2 Press Release
Full paper
A recently fabricated survey indicates that both comedians and bureaucrats alike reacted to this news with the question, "Does it really matter?".
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Why wait to start reading ?
You can see their inprogress updates now - they're posted on their website.
Personally, it's more interesting to see stuff as it happens, and see how opinions evolve with each new bit of information ... you can see the scientific method, and the thrill of discovery, in action
You can see their inprogress updates now - they're posted on their website.
Personally, it's more interesting to see stuff as it happens, and see how opinions evolve with each new bit of information ... you can see the scientific method, and the thrill of discovery, in action
The Project Genesis capsule, which NASA was hoping to be able to soft-land with the aid of a risky mid-air capture (via helicopter) crash-landed today, when it's re-entry chute failed to open.
Ouch ... that's gonna leave a mark.
Details: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/genes ... index.html
Ouch ... that's gonna leave a mark.
Details: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/genes ... index.html
Looks like all may not be lost ... mission scientists are recovering some useful data, despite the crash landing.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/se ... pdate.html
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/se ... pdate.html
Wow ... I didn't know the "MIB" were involved. I thought they were just a hollywood myth (kidding)Genesis Mishap Investigation Board Status Report #1
The NASA Genesis Mishap Investigation Board (MIB) arrived at Dugway Proving Ground (DPG), Utah, September 10, to take charge of the investigation. The Genesis Sample Return Capsule (SRC) impacted the ground after its drogue and parafoil systems failed to deploy during re-entry September 8. Dr. Michael Ryschkewitsch is the leader of the MIB.
Thanks to excellent work by the Genesis Project Team, functioning as an initial response team, the wreckage of the SRC and its contents of scientific samples were recovered from the dry lakebed. The science team continues work securing and curating the recovered sample materials, working independently from the activities of the MIB.
Since the initial recovery of the hardware, an inventory was made of the impact crater, both by visual examination and metal detector, to ensure no significant wreckage remains. The recovery team finished its work and turned the impact crater site back over to DPG.
The team finalized plans for preparing and transporting the SRC wreckage to Lockheed Martin Space Systems' facilities in Denver, where the spacecraft was built and tested.
The MIB determined all the science-specific hardware is not relevant to the Board's work in determining the causes of the mishap. That hardware was released to the Project's Science and Curation Team for continued processing. At the request of the Board, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and Lockheed Martin have begun the process of sorting and assembling the Genesis records and data.
Cassini finds new object in Saturn's F-Ring:
Here's a 1.6mb animated GIF, for those with broadband:
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/6472 ... -movie.gif
They're not sure if it's a micro-moon or not yet.
Here's a 1.6mb animated GIF, for those with broadband:
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/6472 ... -movie.gif
They're not sure if it's a micro-moon or not yet.
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Cool.
There appears to be a slightly brighter object on the Saturn side of those two rings located about ½ way between the green square and the lower left corner of the overall picture...
Any ideas what that object is?
kilt
There appears to be a slightly brighter object on the Saturn side of those two rings located about ½ way between the green square and the lower left corner of the overall picture...
Any ideas what that object is?
kilt
The wonderful thing about not planning
Is that failure comes as a complete surprise
And is not preceded by a period of worry or depression
Is that failure comes as a complete surprise
And is not preceded by a period of worry or depression