"Several decades" is the fastest unit of time I've heard when learning about things happening in space, save for explosions and pulsars and the usual fast things.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49375536/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.UHcfqMXA-m0

We've found a super Earth that is comprised of roughly 1/3 diamond.
It seems as if ftl travel is describable using Einsteinian physics. Note that we cannot travel faster than light, just that there are two sets of physics that define ftl and stl travel. These physics sets (may/may not) traversable..
http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

The mission is happening right now. He is going to jump at 120,000ft.
seana11 wrote:
It seems as if ftl travel is describable using Einsteinian physics. Note that we cannot travel faster than light, just that there are two sets of physics that define ftl and stl travel. These physics sets (may/may not) traversable..

This is really really really really old. I have no idea why this is news, except that the mathematicians who did it didn't bother to check the literature first and then proceeded to "OMG NEW SCIENCE" to some news agencies. Tachyons have been described at least back into the 60s. The problem with tachyons, is that they are described in terms of imaginary mass and "negative energy", which are physically meaningful only in so far as they represent certain classes of instabilities that condense back to ordinary "bradyonic" mass/energy almost immediately.
Planet found in a 4-star solar system. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/15/amateur-planet-hunters-find-a-world-with-a-four-star-rating/

BSG?
Seems you beat me to the punch, but here's another link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49419466/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.UH0pUsXA-m0
flyingfisch wrote:
http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

The mission is happening right now. He is going to jump at 120,000ft.


I'd like to think everyone here knows this, but just in case:

25 miles up is not "the edge of space". That would be 50 miles up if you're NASA, or 62 miles up if you're the rest of the world.
Here's an image demonstrating how far he was from "space":
http://www.popsci.com/files/baumgartner-lightbox.png


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elfprince13 wrote:

and for those of you not familiar with the BSG universe:
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/182gx0aogouh0jpg/original.jpg

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Really cool stuff about the moon: http://io9.com/5952497/further-evidence-that-the-moons-explosive-birth-was-weirder-than-we-thought
This is gorgeous. Don't crash your computer. http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1242a/

also, really weird storm system on Saturn: http://io9.com/5955234/nasa-detects-extreme-temperatures-on-saturn-after-an-enormous-storm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49735325/ns/technology_and_science-space/

A super earth has been found around 40 light years away from us, and it's possible to be supporting life, or habitable conditions.
tifreak8x wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49735325/ns/technology_and_science-space/

A super earth has been found around 40 light years away from us, and it's possible to be supporting life, or habitable conditions.


42 light years away... Coincidence? I think not!
That is pretty peculiar. I guess The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Universe is accurate after all.
Or Douglas Adams was actually an alien from that planet and left clues in his works. He never actually died, he just went home, and is waiting for us to follow the clues he left for us.
Rogue planet! Run for cover! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20309762

Also, there was a total solar eclipse. Australia had some nice views.
elfprince13 wrote:
Rogue planet! Run for cover! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20309762

Also, there was a total solar eclipse. Australia had some nice views.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49823152/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.UKTEI8XA8dg

Possibly another article of the same? Still an interesting read.
Voyager voyages on in boss-mode, and discovers things we weren't expecting. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/03/nasa-voyager-new-region-space-magnetic-highway/1744151/
So how long until one of them reaches the end of the universe and gets turned into a giant death-machine by sentient robotic aliens?
DShiznit wrote:
So how long until one of them reaches the end of the universe and gets turned into a giant death-machine by sentient robotic aliens?


Seventeen days. Smile
http://photojpl.com/facebooklike/-/wyk4Xq9M6N/

Thought this was pretty darned cool. It's a 360 degree view of what Curiousity saw on August 22, 12.
tifreak8x wrote:
http://photojpl.com/facebooklike/-/wyk4Xq9M6N/

Thought this was pretty darned cool. It's a 360 degree view of what Curiousity saw on August 22, 12.


Is there a way to get a static panorama image? I wanna make this into a skybox.
  
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