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Saturn's Strange Hexagon Recreated In the Lab
cremeglace writes "Saturn boasts one of the solar system's most geometrical features: a giant hexagon encircling its north pole. Though not as famous as Jupiter's Great Red Spot, Saturn's Hexagon is equally mysterious. Now researchers have recreated this formation in the lab using little more than water and a spinning table—an important first step, experts say, in finally deciphering this cosmic mystery. More details, including a cool demo video, at ScienceNOW."
When will they solve the mystery of the inflamed ring around Uranus?
That's where you stick the socket in. Stupid scientists.
Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
SIMULTANEOUS 6-DAY
TIME HEXAGON
IN ONLY 10.57 HOUR ROTATION
"A giant hexagon encircling its north pole?"
Well, that sounds familiar:
"The team discovers a surface anomaly near the north pole of the planet, where a hexagonal hole appears for a brief interval every day. "
I for one welcome... er, wonder where our Markovian Overlords went.
Tweet, tweet.
Wake me up when the find a giant black rectangular prism. ( http://movieimage2.tripod.com/2001/2001-04.jpg )
"I'm not a quack, I'm a mad scientist! There's a difference." - Dr. Cockroach
It's one of the valid places to move your Mech.
Why is it on Jupiter?
"His name was James Damore."
Because if it was on Earth it'd cover everything. Just look at what happened to Mars!
Professor: "I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all."
Fry: "Oh. What's it called now?"
Professor: "Urectum. Here, let me locate it for you."
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.
They are as rare as proper capitalization.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black