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Giant Ribbon Discovered At Edge of Solar System
beadwindow writes "NASA's IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) spacecraft has made the first all-sky maps of the heliosphere and the results have taken researchers by surprise. The maps are bisected by a bright, winding ribbon of unknown origin: 'This is a shocking new result,' says IBEX principal investigator Dave McComas of the Southwest Research Institute. 'We had no idea this ribbon existed — or what has created it. Our previous ideas about the outer heliosphere are going to have to be revised.' Another NASA scientist notes, '"This ribbon winds between the two Voyager spacecraft and was not observed by either of them.'"
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Obviously, it's Miss Piggy's hair ribbon.
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
You know, it's not nice to take a picture of God with his pants unzipped... Those scientists should be ashamed of themselves!
...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)
I hate rhythmic gymnastics...
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The Nobel Prize in Astrophysics goes to Yevgeniya Kanayeva, for championship ribbon gymnastics achievements.
Our solar system is gay.
I've lost all my marbles except one & It's fun to test angular & centripetal acceleration in my skull