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NASA Looking For "Diamonds In The Sky"
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Scientist Charles Bauschlicher and his research team have found a new way to look for 'diamonds in the sky'. It may not be romantic, but diamonds shine especially brightly in the 3.4 to 3.5 micron and 6 to 10 micron infrared ranges, which should make NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope the perfect tool to see them with. Though less common and more monopolized on earth, diamonds are surprisingly common in outer space and the nanometer-sized bits comprise 3% of all the carbon found in meteorites. That means that if meteorite composition is representative of interstellar dust, that dust would contain about 10 quadrillion (1 * 10^16) nanodiamonds per gram."
why my wife came home today with an application for the space program... and my name was already filled out at the top.
A whole new marketing campaign suggests itself: "Give her the gift of the stars"
Because any woman worth marrying knows that if meteorite composition is representative of interstellar dust, that dust would contain about 10 quadrillion (1 * 10^16) nanodiamonds per gram.
--I'm not talking about dance lessons. I'm talking about putting a brick through the other guy's windshield.-
In other news DeBeers has announced plans to launch millions of poverty stricken Africans into space. They'll be equipped with 60 minutes of oxygen and lunch box sized capsules capable of reentering Earths atmosphere.
Are they looking for Lucy too?
I gave her a Klein bottle of superheated hydrogen, and she just burst into flames... I mean, burst into tears. Tears.
I like to place meaningful quotes in my sig, so people will know that I know what meaningful quotes are.
So what does that work out to in carets per cubic parsec?
Squirrel!
Yeah, but they're shiny.
Flappinbooger isn't my real name