Well, two I guess is a bit more
accurate. What we have are a pair of meteorites that have two surprising grains
of sand. Now what gets interesting here
is that it is speculated that they were formed in a single supernova that occurred
billions of years ago. They may even be from the supernova that was the
foundation for the formation of our own solar system.
Each
of the meteorites contains a single grain of silica, (the main ingredient of
sand). The chemical signatures are identical, and they are so rare that it is
suspected both came from the same supernova. These are the first grains ever
found in what are called primitive meteorites, and are very distinctive because
of the type of oxygen contained within the silica. As stated above, not going
into all the scientific aspects this week, so head over to the article and
check it out. It’s really cool to see how they figure it out, and a lot there
to learn as well.
AND AGAIN WE JUNK IT UP
Nope, not our planet this time.
Instead, we are apparently secretly and unintentionally going xenophobic I
guess about aliens finding us. There are more than 170 million pieces of space
junk that are currently orbiting our planet. Like I said, we are trying to hide
the bloody place I guess. 29,000 of these are larger than 4 inches, and pose
serious threats to satellites and to the ISS as well. But at 17,000 MPH,
something the size of a dime could be a real problem also I would think.
But what we have is a massive
meeting going on about this very problem. More than 300 representatives, from
researchers to policymakers have gathered in Darmstadt Germany for a four day
event at the 6th European Conference on Space Debris. They will
discuss the buildup of potentially harmful debris in orbit, and address
possible ways to remove dead satellites and other pieces of errant space
hardware. And roughly two thirds of these objects are from either a collision,
or something blowing up. So basically they will probably discuss a lot, and
still not have any answers for the problem. The reason I say this, is that it
is going to take quite a few countries working together to solve this problem.
I’ll make it easy for them. Build me a space type garbage scow, and I’ll change
my name to Quark and do it myself. (Yes, that was a hilarious 70’s sci-fi
Comedy for those too young to remember it).
GALAXY GOES GREEN
Nope, not the color. But the way in
which it is performing. 6 billion LY’s from Earth, Galaxy SDSSJ1506+54, is what
is being called the greenest galaxy ever found. It was discovered one day after
Earth Day, which is also pretty cool. But here is why it is being called the
greenest. Most galaxies use only a very small portion of of their available
fuel to create stars. But in this galaxy it is rapidly using all of its gases
to create stars. And also in this case, instead of stars being formed in knots
in the spiral arms, it is collecting gas at the center, where stars are being
born at a very fast rate.
However, despite the galaxy seeming
odd at this time, it is still being considered to be a normal galaxy caught in
a short lived phase of its evolution. They predict that within a few tens of
millions of years, it will probably have used up most of its gas, and will
become a typical elliptical galaxy.
SHUTTLECRAFT GALILEO SAVED
This is a good place to go from the science to a science/science fiction cut-over to the sci-fi part.
Looks like the old girl is getting
salvaged by a couple true to heart Trekkies. Adam Schneider and Alec Peters,
are only a few weeks away from completing the complete restoration of the life
sized Galileo from Star Trek.
This has been tried before, but nothing
ever came of it, and it ended up in storage here in Ohio for the last 20 years.
They managed to get it at an auction in 2012.
They feel it is important to save
it, not just because of its importance in TV history, but because of its
importance to our space agency. Seems like Star Trek shows up a lot with our
space agency in one way or the other doesn’t it. Anyway, think about it for a second,
and think back to what Galileo was called. Now think about what NASA built. The
term space shuttle apparently originated right here with the Galileo according
to Schneider. No one had used the term at NASA or anywhere else before it
showed up in Star Trek in 1966. A must read article here for all of you. There
is also a link within the article a few paragraphs down that will take you to a
gallery, 12 shots I believe, of the restoration project itself. I’d personally
love to be in on that restoration even more than restoring my own car.
For all the fans of Futurama out
there, myself included of course, it’s been cancelled, AGAIN. The last half of season 7 will air beginning
on June 19th and going to the end of the season, or series I guess
is more accurate. Let’s hope it’s only for now. Matt Groening told Entertainment
Weekly they would love to continue on with it as they have a lot more stories they
still want to tell.
Maybe they’ll get back, but if not,
it was a fun run with them.
THOR LOOKS GOOD
The teaser trailer is out, and I’ll
link this for anyone that hasn’t seen it yet. But no frost giants this time. He’ll
be facing the Dark Elves. They are the latest supervillian team basically to be
introduced in the Marvel Universe. I think supervillian group is stretching a
bit however, as they are a freaking army. Anyway, the leader of the Dark Elves is
Malekith the Accursed who will be played by Christopher Eccleston, the first
man to play The Doctor on the series regeneration back in 2005. Malekith is a
creature that achieved his standing through deceit, and alliances with Loki. So
for those of you that are fans like I am, especially of the Marvel universe, then
what they say is right. November 8th
just seemed to get a lot farther away. Enjoy the trailer.
MORE BLOODY REMAKES
Sorry, I just can’t call some things
a reboot. Especially when they should have learned by now to leave the movies
of the 80’s alone. But they just don’t seem to learn, do they. So here we go, and there are two of them. The
first is HIGHLANDER. At the moment it is rumored that Ryan Reynolds will be the
new Highlander.
And secondly, is Weird Science that
is going to be remade as well. They say that the film will carve its own
identity by being done as an edgier comedy along the type of 21 Jump Street,
and The Hangover. The studio said that the rating for the movie in not certain
at this time.
You know what. I’m just going to
shut up on this one. With the record so far of what has happened with remaking
80’s classics, I think my point is already made.
The first link is to the Highlander
article, and the second to Weird Science.
Hope you enjoyed the rundown. See you all next week folks.
4 comments:
Great rundown this week Kall.
I really have got to get you up to speed to do a recording on your own. I could edit it and everything so you would not have to freak out over that, but I think the piece would be great in your own words....But anyway, the newest is in 363 and I practically run it first...some rant...and some music and then Weekly rundown. Thanks for the great work!
No problem man. And I was thinking about that as well, but I have to get a new headset, or just a mic. My old head set is great, for listening, but the mic is shot. Will be picking one up not this coming Friday, but the next Friday. On payday in other words. Then I'll find that email you sent me with the recording system name, and go download that. I never deleted it, so I know it has to be in there somewhere. Yeah, it's high time, and beyond time for a serious mailbox cleaning again.
Kall, the package is Audacity, It is a great studio, but a bit daunting for the new user, so dont feel that you have to be all up to speed in a few days. Take your time and ask questions.
Oh count on it man. There will be lots and lots of questions, I guarantee you.
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