164745086
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192_kbps writes:
A large piece of space debris, likely from a Space X Dragon, landed on a sheep farm in New South Wales, Australia. This is the largest piece of space junk to land in Australia since Skylab's 1979 re-entry.
71876161
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192_kbps writes:
NASA published today the first color image of Pluto and Charon captured by the New Horizons probe, revealing a reddish world. Blurry but far better than the few pixels Hubble can resolve, the image whets the appetite for New Horizon's closest approach on July 14th.
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192_kbps writes:
Catcher in the Rye author J. D. Salinger wrote the short story "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls" and left depository copies with a few academic libraries with the understanding that the work would not see mass distribution until the mid-21st century. The only authorized place to read the story is in a special reading room at Princeton where electronics are not allowed and a librarian continuously babysits the reader. A pdf of the story as well as two other unpublished stories appeared on private bittorrent site what.cd where a huge bounty had been placed for the work. Incredibly, the uploader (or someone connected to the uploader) bought an unauthorized copy on ebay for a pittance. The file, Three Stories, is making the bittorrent rounds but can also be read on mediafire.
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192_kbps writes:
Mike Clements, a long-haul trucker from West Jordan, Utah, built the largest amateur telescope ever with a whopping 70 inch primary mirror he purchased at auction. The entire telescope is 35 feet tall, 900 pounds, and he hopes to tour it in parks. As a hand-turned Dobsonian the telelscope lacks the photographic capacity and tracking required for professional astronomy but the views must be breathtaking.
