The Cool Science Stuff Thread

[stephen55]

Anyone have a Vesta interest in this matter?

http://planetary.org/blog/article/00003126/

The video of Vesta rotating is very cool.

Where did those grooves come from?

 

[Bacigalupo]

The video of Vesta rotating is very cool.

Where did those grooves come from?

Word on the street is low-speed (cosmic speeds) collision, and the objects mash together over a long period of time. Also, astronomers say the grooves look cool, so that's another reason.

 

[HB1965]

I missed it...

But then I posted pictures, so there!

Yes you did. LOL

The video of Vesta rotating is very cool.

Where did those grooves come from?

Same thing I was wondering.

Word on the street is low-speed (cosmic speeds) collision, and the objects mash together over a long period of time. Also, astronomers say the grooves look cool, so that's another reason.

Rotating against each other possibly

 

[stephen55]

Where did those grooves come from?

Rotating against each other possibly

NASA PROVES

ASTEROIDS HAVE SEX!!!

 

[rosco rathbone]

The state of the art in "invisibility cloaks"

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/46805

 

[Bacigalupo]

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/n...NotRocketScience+(Not+Exactly+Rocket+Science)

 

[islandman]

For those of you who are computer science geeks: http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=774550

 

[islandman]

13-Year-Old Looks at Trees, Makes Solar Power Breakthrough

 

[Sean Renaud]

New drug that can beat nearly any virus.

 

[Bacigalupo]

New drug that can beat nearly any virus.

Somehow this will lead to zombies.

 

[Bacigalupo]

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51765&src=nha

Somehow this will lead to whales.

 

[neci]

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51765&src=nha

Somehow this will lead to whales.

the photo has amazing details.

 

[rosco rathbone]

All science nerds call your Congressman to save the JWST.

 

[islandman]

NASA spots chilled-out stars cooler than the human body

 

[rosco rathbone]

NASA spots chilled-out stars cooler than the human body

I've always had this idea that someday I would be the first man to walk upon the sun.

I wonder what the gravity level is, or if it's even a solid surface.

 

[Bacigalupo]

I've always had this idea that someday I would be the first man to walk upon the sun.

I wonder what the gravity level is, or if it's even a solid surface.

Gravity-wise, I'd think a star would be pretty light.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Gravity-wise, I'd think a star would be pretty light.

How so? Jupiter is basically a sub-brown dwarf and it's gravity is extremely high.

 

[Sean]

http://www.universetoday.com/9295/astronomers-find-a-huge-diamond-in-space/

Koh-i-noor looks kinda puny now.

 

[Cleopatra]

13-Year-Old Looks at Trees, Makes Solar Power Breakthrough

Awesome.

 

[Peregrinator]

Planet made largely of diamond:

http://news.yahoo.com/astronomers-discover-planet-made-diamond-180427124.html

 

[Sean]

A little abstruse for most, but particle theorists may have to do some pretty serious rethinking. Maybe a kicking for the standard model:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14680570

 

[Saint Peter]

A little abstruse for most, but particle theorists may have to do some pretty serious rethinking. Maybe a kicking for the standard model:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14680570

This is fucking cool.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/54840000/jpg/_54840841_lead_ion_collisions-spl.jpg

 

[Byron In Exile]

A little abstruse for most, but particle theorists may have to do some pretty serious rethinking. Maybe a kicking for the standard model:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14680570

Pffft.

 

[Saint Peter]

Say it, don't spray it.

 

[Byron In Exile]

Say it, don't spray it.

Sometimes, a bit of spray is called-for.