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Shadowed Lunar Craters May Be Coldest Spot In the Solar System
sciencehabit writes "Science reports: 'What's the coldest spot in the solar system? For now, that distinction belongs to permanently shadowed craters near the moon's south pole, according to the first results from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft announced today at a NASA press conference. Another instrument has returned hints of water ice in some of these cold spots, ... but it also showed signs of water ice in impossibly hot places, too.'"
And here I thought it was my exwife.
Pluto isn't in the solar system anymore.
Pluto isn't in the solar system anymore.
Of course it bloody is, it just isn't a planet anymore. Or something.
Drill baby drill - on Mars
Pluto isn't in the solar system anymore.
I wouldn't hang around if people were disrespecting me either.
The moon is a frigid mistress
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/phenom-200801.html
The speed of light, as we've all heard, is a constant: 186,171 miles per second in a vacuum. But it is different in the real world, outside a vacuum; for instance, light not only bends but also slows ever so slightly when it passes through glass or water. Still, that's nothing compared with what happens when [Lene Vestergaard] Hau shines a laser beam of light into a Bose-Einstein condensate: it's like hurling a baseball into a pillow. "First, we got the speed down to that of a bicycle," Hau says. "Now it's at a crawl, and we can actually stop itâ"keep light bottled up entirely inside the BEC, look at it, play with it and then release it when we're ready."
O.O
Since my boggled eyes probably won't constitute a worthy post, I guess I should add this. :) (it's a tiny bit relevant lol)
Actually, it's more on the order of -425F. -273C is Absolute Zero, IIRC. And yeah, that's definitely colder than a mother in law's kiss.
Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step on the path to true panic.
Are you saying Khan Noonien Singh was wrong when he told Kirk that "It is very cold in space"?
I am officially gone from
So, Minnesota got bumped to 2nd?
Table-ized A.I.
So, THIS is where the data centers in 2150 will be.... Will Amazon be selling "Moon Computing" then? :)
What about the crevasse on uranus ? (Come on *someone* had to.)
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
But the sun don't shine in Uranus either
Table-ized A.I.
Damn! You are correct! :-)
Gravity is a stone cold bitch, and I know this first-hand! *facepalm*
Thanks for the prompt reply and reminder that I need to think stuff all the way through.
I should not have overlooked that, and now feel foolish for my short-sightedness.
Thanks for the "get a grip on reality" slap to the face for the half-baked question.
Really, no sarcasm intended- I can't believe I missed that basic principle!
*starts writing on chalkboard:
"rts008 is a premature ejaculating dumbass" one hundred times.*
I will learn from this!!!
Down With Slashdot BETA!!! I've been around the corner and seen the oliphant; you can only abuse me from your perspecti
It's right if you don't consider the other countries part of "the world." Which isn't too inaccurate for a lot of Americans.