Cool Science thread

[TomCrac]

^amazing!

Cant seem to inbed today....Andromeda (largest photo ever)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udAL48P5NJU

[ArmadaBC]

They are incredible but the color is added, if you parked your space ship out there and took a look you wouldn't see that.

[From_the_NEK]

Cool view of the far side of the moon.

[406]

^^^LRO is on the "not funded" list for the next budget.

[TomCrac]

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31622297

"Researchers at the University of Surrey's 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) managed one terabit per second (Tbps) - many thousands of times faster than current data connections.

The head of the 5GIC said he hoped to demonstrate the technology to the public in 2018.

Ofcom has said 5G could be available in Britain by 2020.

At 1Tbps, it would be theoretically possible to download a file 100 times the size of a feature film in about three seconds. The speed is more than 65,000 times faster than average 4G download speeds.


"5GIC director Prof Rahim Tafazolli said: "We have developed 10 more breakthrough technologies and one of them means we can exceed 1Tbps wirelessly. This is the same capacity as fibreoptics but we are doing it wirelessly."

[wooley12]

[abraham]

"5GIC director Prof Rahim Tafazolli said: "We have developed 10 more breakthrough technologies and one of them means we can exceed 1Tbps wirelessly. This is the same capacity as fibreoptics but we are doing it wirelessly."

There must a be a limit to the amount of data that can be transferred between two points in a given time. I wonder what that is and how far this test is from that amount.

[TomCrac]

We will have a better idea of what's possible once the telcoms have everyone on data cap plans.

[TomCrac]

Mars test rocket....

[ArmadaBC]

Mars test rocket....

ATK 5 segement booster, shit is hot. Also it's for SLS which may or may not go to Mars.

Way way way bigger news today that hydrothermal activity is confirmed on Saturn's moon Enceladus‬.

[Timberridge]

Way way way bigger news today that hydrothermal activity is confirmed on Saturn's moon Enceladus‬.

Mars is so yesterday, its a dry, parched shithole...off to Enceladus we go.

[Dantheman]

Way way way bigger news today that hydrothermal activity is confirmed on Saturn's moon Enceladus‬.

Link for the lazy
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space...y-says-n321091

Hubble has also confirmed the presence of a sub-surface ocean on Ganymede
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...nasa/70203402/


There's a bunch of other cool shit in the news today:

Dark matter in dwarf galaxies may be emitting gamma rays
http://astronomynow.com/2015/03/11/d...t-dark-matter/

Milky Way is 50% larger the previously thought
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_6849548.html

Neanderthals made badass eagle talon jewelry
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...ine-180954553/

Machine automates assembly of small molecules
http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/web/2...Molecules.html

Over 1,000 new marine species were discovered in 2014
http://www.morningledger.com/scienti...pecies/138827/

[Viva]

Novel anti-cancer nano-device to be tested in patient with a form of terminal leukemia:

http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/03/ido...mary-with.html

[iceman]

Fusion just around the corner?

http://www.businessinsider.com/andre...hrough-2014-10

[peck257]

Fusion just around the corner?

http://www.businessinsider.com/andre...hrough-2014-10

It's been theorized since they starting building fission rx's...if someone can make it work it would be a game changer.

[Dantheman]

http://www.businessinsider.com/andre...hrough-2014-10

In recent years, Lockheed has gotten increasingly involved in a variety of alternate energy projects, including several ocean energy projects, as it looks to offset a decline in U.S. and European military spending.

So now that the military-industrial complex is getting in on the game maybe conservatives will suddenly become cool with alternative energy projects?

[iceman]

It's been theorized since they starting building fission rx's...if someone can make it work it would be a game changer.

They're basically claiming they have it dialed. It will be a different world if it's true.

[iceman]

So now that the military-industrial complex is getting in on the game maybe conservatives will suddenly become cool with alternative energy projects?

I think yes myself.

[PB]

Fusion just around the corner?

http://www.businessinsider.com/andre...hrough-2014-10

Since the article was written over a year and a half ago, I would have hoped to hear more news by now ....

[Dantheman]

Micro Robots Can Haul 2,000 Times Their Weight
http://www.forbes.com/sites/leoking/...nize-industry/

IBM Solves Quantum Computing
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1326468

Hipsters with tattoo sleeves report problems with their Apple watches
http://www.macworld.com/article/2915...-troubles.html

[Harry]

Hipsters with tattoo sleeves report problems with their Apple watches
http://www.macworld.com/article/2915...-troubles.html

Heh. From the comments in the link:

53 minutes ago
TJ Hammerle
How does anybody who's sleeved out even have a job that allows them to afford one of these? Lol. Kidding around, but visible tattoos does make it tough and most high paying employers still aren't cool with it.

[PB]

They just need to come out with a neck choker/collar equivalent to avoid the tats ....... oh, wait .........

[BmillsSkier]

I fukken love the Great Lakes so this is right up my alley:

USCG photos of Lake Michigan shipwrecks temporarily visible from air:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...955108/?no-ist

[JimmyCarter]

New Test Suggests NASA's "Impossible" EM Drive Will Work In Space
http://io9.com/new-test-suggests-nas...ork-1701188933

Mercury Messenger out of fuel and crashing into Mercury @3:30 ET
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/30/us/nas...robe-to-crash/

[iceman]

I fukken love the Great Lakes so this is right up my alley:

USCG photos of Lake Michigan shipwrecks temporarily visible from air:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...955108/?no-ist

Pretty cool. Did you notice this house?