Comments on: Science Friday: LHC Delays, Massive Rings, Colliding Planets, Electric Supercars + more

By: Sid

Sid — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:39:52 +0000

Clearly, the LHC was damaged by all the micro-black holes it created when they turned it on.

(nods solemnly)

By: Will

Will — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:45:59 +0000

Re the planets smashing into each other:

I wonder if George Pal told his wife he’s gonna give her some terrible thrills…

By: DJT

DJT — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:10:09 +0000

You guys crack me up.

You know if my car was electric, I bet a sunroof/solar panel could charge it while it sat in a parking lot while I was at work. That would be nice.

Of course, if I were to get a conversion, it would have to be a hover conversion. That would be bad a**!

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:55:34 +0000

This looks similar to our own moon-forming event when a Mars sized object collided with the Earth some 4.5 billion years ago? Nah, I don’t buy it.

By: BJB

BJB — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:22:08 +0000

As far as the plants colliding goes, that could happen here, but not in the next 40 million years (this is not all that long in astronomical terms).

Here is a good URL, but search google on mercury mars collision for more

http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13757-solar-system-could-go-haywire-before-the-sun-dies.html

By: tribble farmer

tribble farmer — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:19:11 +0000

Sexy car! Looks like a cross between a Viper and an Elise. Love it.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:58:49 +0000

I didn’t realize we could image terrestrial planets as far as 300 l.y. away. If so, it is pretty darn amazing astronomers caught two of them smacking into each other.

Is the evidence of the collision indirect, or did they detect a flash or something?

We’re worried about global warming. Can you imagine if one of those planets had intelligent life with telescopes? Horrifying.

Scott B. out.

By: trekkiefan16

trekkiefan16 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:56:06 +0000

Love the Cassini photo!

Wasn’t there a Voyager episode about a space elevator?

By: Wings

Wings — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:14:23 +0000

If you want more on space elevators and the Japan space elevator you can always attend the Space Elevator Conference coming up soon! Get more information at http://www.spaceelevatorconference.org. Or maybe it’s just a joke…

By: Wick

Wick — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:08:47 +0000

It could be that one of the planets was not native to that star system, the galaxy could be full of rouge planets for all we know. Also, chaotic orbits could be common in star systems, and we are just lucky to live in a system of stable orbits.

But this has got to be the most amazing thing I have read all day, all I can say is “wow’.