An Astronomer's Fantasy - Planets in the Lab
If astronomers could somehow pull planets out of the sky and analyze them in the laboratory, it might look something like this artistically altered image illustrating new research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The...
Word of the Day
squidger
- The round disk used to play winks in the game of tiddlywinks.
- Someone who squidges a wink in the game of tiddlywinks.
The origin of this word is uncertain. The earliest citation, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is 1955.
Quote of the Day
There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly. 
- G. C. Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799), German physicist, philosopher.
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