Comment Re:'Developed a Clear Preference' For Trump (Score 1) 734
God I wish it wasn't
Submission + - Diamond Star 1 billion trillion trillion carats (bbc.co.uk)
tclas writes: The cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallised carbon, 4,000 km across, some 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus.
It's the compressed heart of an old star that was once bright like our Sun but has since faded and shrunk.
Astronomers have decided to call the star "Lucy" after the Beatles song, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
It's the compressed heart of an old star that was once bright like our Sun but has since faded and shrunk.
Astronomers have decided to call the star "Lucy" after the Beatles song, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
Giant Planet Nine Times the Mass of Jupiter Found 73
cremeglace writes "In the late 1990s, astronomers noticed a distinct warp in the disk of dust and gas orbiting a young star some 60 light-years from Earth. Now, using new analytical tools, researchers have discovered a giant planet lurking within the dusty haze. About nine times as massive as Jupiter and composed mainly of gas, the planet is only a few million years old, proving that such enormous planetary bodies can form rapidly."
What's amazing about this is that the images taken of the star clearly show the planet first on one side of the star, and then the other, several years later.
Comment Been there (Score 1) 378
As my wife (well soon to be ex-wife, but thats a different story) of 17 years works in downtown Detroit. Over the years I would donate, fix, reinstall computers. The problems is they have nobody to do even the simple items. So they go into disrepair within days sometimes. They can't even get the janitor to sweep the floor. Rats running around chewing on cables. It is mid-evil down there. But the administration enjoys new buildings.
So it is not the computers the kids need they need books. If you can believe it they only have about 50% of the books the kids need. And people wonder why the kids fail. They don't have a chance.
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