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Colonel Flagg · #**976**

I kind of miss Coolie.

Colonel Flagg · #**977**

And just like that, we have another hypothesis on planet-formation biting the dust. And in our own backyard (astronomically speaking, of course).

Planetary scientists have always felt that M-class dwarf stars would not be able to support a system of rocky worlds, mainly due to the dearth of heavier metals in the protostellar disks from which they formed. However, this system has, not one, but two super-Earths, and potentially one more, with a gas giant buried in the data somewhere. And, the neat thing is the star system is a trinary, which would make for some bitchin' sunsets.

Esuohlim · #**978**

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Originally Posted by Esuohlim

Holy shit, speed-of-light possibly just got bitch-slapped

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15017484

False alarm!

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/02/22/...duct-of-error/

elx · #**979**

I CALLED IT, JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON THAT.

Colonel Flagg · #**980**

Warp drive will have to wait for another day.

Big McLargehuge · #**981**

Way to early to come to a conclusion on what CERN found, news sources tend to draw early conclusions and over inflate the information they have. Like when they hyped the FTL neutrinos as damning to Eisenstein's relativity.

Sethomas · #**982**

I've only seen one of Eisenstein's films ( Ivan the Terrible), so I have no idea what his relativity is. That must be in Battleship Potemkin

Colonel Flagg · #**983**

Big McLargehuge · #**984**

Hey Seth, I see you haven't yet killed yourself. Still trying to reconcile our shared reality with your ludicrous belief system?

Sethomas · #**985**

I don't share ANYTHING with you.

Big McLargehuge · #**986**

Oh come on Seth, you know I find your intellectual contortions fascinating.

Kitsa · #**987**

Cornell has an awesome-ass corpse plant (Amorphophallus titanum, "giant misshapen phallus") that's about to bloom. There have been very few recorded blooms of this plant, so they have a webcam on it. It's vaguely entertaining to watch people walk around it and make gestures, although I'm not sure why.

Item of botanical importance!

kahljorn · #**988**

is that the one that smells like rotten cabbage and shit

yea thats the one people probably make gestures because it smells like shit

Kitsa · #**989**

It's significant, dammit.

So is this:

http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog2...or-fuel-cells/

Colonel Flagg · #**990**

IT'S ABOUT GODDAMNED TIME, TOO!

http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012...ace/?hpt=hp_t2

kahljorn · #**991**

im all over that

im gonna be the first space miner and im gonna own the first space cannary. we can only pray it doesn't get tragically imploded

Esuohlim · #**992**

That fucking moon has been hogging all the precious moon metal for far too long anyway

Tadao · #**993**

Yes! Changing the moons orbit is the first step in my evil plan!

Esuohlim · #**994**

What else is the moon hiding?

can't trust that moon

Esuohlim · #**995**

Wait, James Cameron is backing it? This better not be some viral marketing campaign for Avatar 2

kahljorn · #**996**

it has an entire dark side that it never lets us see

thats nto right

hes not being honest with us

Colonel Flagg · #**997**

Thar's Unobtainium in them thar 'Roids!

Colonel Flagg · #**998**

Just when I'd thought I'd seen it all, this pops up.

It's actually a cool experiment though. I hope those sunflowers start shooting high-power laser beams at everyone :knownspace