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Erm, since it normally goes at the speed of light doesn't it stay at the same time?
The latest little dog from Boston Dynamics.
Cute and non-threatening in every way.
Cute and non-threatening in every way.
Can it be attack trained?
The front legs are too bent, the elbow is too low. It's not a dog.
http://news.discovery.com/space/ast...h-our-solar-system-70000-years-ago-150218.htm
I'm surprised that nobody has posted this before.
It was a very close call, in astronomical terms.
I'm surprised that nobody has posted this before.
It was a very close call, in astronomical terms.
Yes, we've had 7000 years to ponder on it so I guess you are right; still you have done it now so all is well.
I hate to think how complex the tide tables are on that planet.
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It's probably quite common out there. I'm not quite sure if it works like that but usually the standard model for finding exo-planets has been through the detection of stars that "wobble" in relation to their background. they then suspect that something is exerting gravity on it and wait for the star to dim and when it does they realise a massive object such as a planet is passing in front of it.
Presumably that method's a bit more difficult in the case of multiple-star systems (which are said to make up the majority of stars out there) because they would wobble anyway, as they're gravitionally bound to each other?...
That would make the detection of planets orbiting one of them more difficult?
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Incubus
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Actually no forget that. That's probably crap. Stars that orbit each other are probably way, way further in distance to each other than stars are to their planet, so you wouldn't "see" them "wobble". A whole human lifetime would be nowhere near long enough to see binary stars complete one single orbit around each other.
Somehow I think that the future of that planet may be bright but not in a good way.
Have you ever had a can of coke and wished you could bring it to the boil in 5 seconds?
Yes....you don't happen to be near a volcano do you?
Howabout cooking some ravioli in super quick time.
Yes....you don't happen to be near a volcano do you?
Howabout cooking some ravioli in super quick time.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31905764
Apparently in terms of genetics we Brits aren't as different from each other as certain groups within the country would like us to think.
Apparently in terms of genetics we Brits aren't as different from each other as certain groups within the country would like us to think.
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Those results aren't too surprising, particularly Scots and English being more similar to each other than northern and southern Welsh are to each other. Wales is much more geographically divided than England and Scotland are, and all of human knowledge regarding speciation supports that geographic isolation creates vastly different genetic subsets.
The Magnus Effect. Cool.
Trying to shoot yourself under water