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  • NASA’S Confirmation: Voyager 1 has entered the Interstellar Space

    09/14/2013 1:27:35 AM PDT · by aakriti90feb · 30 replies
    NASA’s scientists failed to stay seated when their eyes caught hold of the oscillations of the region around Voyager 1 on their instrument. It may sound hilarious what oscillations am I talking about! But it’s about NASA’s space-of-the-art Voyager that has “touched a milestone and is on its new journey,” as dubbed by Ed Stone, the mission's chief scientist at the Nasa's jet propulsion laboratory. See more : NASA News
  • Astronomers detect 'Tatooine planet'

    07/14/2005 1:07:16 PM PDT · by presidio9 · 41 replies · 1,252+ views
    Reuters ^ | Thursday, July 14, 2005
    Astronomers have detected a planet outside our solar system with not one, but three suns, a finding that challenges astronomers' theories of planetary formation. The planet, a gas giant slightly larger than Jupiter, orbits the main star of a triple-star system known as HD 188753 in the constellation Cygnus. The stellar trio and its planet are about 149 light-years from Earth and about as close to each other as our sun is to Saturn, U.S. scientists reported on Thursday in the current edition of the journal Nature. A light-year is about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion km), the distance light...
  • Caffeine found in Registered's body

    09/23/2003 8:58:31 AM PDT · by Registered · 288 replies · 519+ views
    My tummy ^ | 09.23.03 | Registered
    I think I'll be having another cup. I dedicate this thread to all the coffee drinkers in the forum. Post your favorites below. I am having a freshly ground blend of African Coffee beans. What about you?