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Cosmic Bling: Astronomers Find Planet Made of Diamond
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An international team of astronomers, led by Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology professor Matthew Bailes, has discovered a planet made of diamond crystals, in our own Milky Way galaxy.
The planet is relatively small at around 60,000 km in diameter (still, it’s five times the size of Earth). But despite its diminutive stature, this crystal space rock has more mass than the solar system’s gas giant Jupiter.
Radio telescope data shows that it orbits its star at a distance of 600,000 km, making years on planet diamond just two hours long. Any closer and it would be ripped to shreds by the star’s gravitational tug. Putting together its immense mass and close orbit, researchers can reveal the planet’s unique makeup.
It’s “likely to be largely carbon and oxygen,” said Michael Keith, one of the research team members, in a press release. Lighter elements, “like hydrogen and helium would be too big to fit the measured orbiting times”. The object’s density means that the material is certain to be crystalline, meaning a large part of the planet may be similar to a diamond.
Diamonds? Lets bomb it and bring democracy over there.
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“If it hadn’t been for you guys, I might not be here…”
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“If it hadn’t been for you guys, I might not be here…” On November 14, 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked by a mob surrounding William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, becoming the first African-American child to integrate a white elementary school in the South.
Her walk that morning was commemorated by Norman Rockwell, in his painting The Problem We All Live With, which was published on the cover of Look magazine on January 14, 1964. Fifty years later, Ruby Bridges got a chance to visit the building where the painting now hangs and met with the guy who has the office next door.
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Noisia – Stigma
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Great executive that Jobs undoubtedly is, it’s amazing how Jonathan Ive, who actually, you know, designed the iMac, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad, is largely overlooked in all this mourning the great man’s retirement.
Yeah, agreed, the aricles talk about who Cook is but don’t mention the others especially Ive. Though Jobs calling the shots on what does and does not make a viable product is a very key part that’s hard to replace.
My main worry for Apple would be that Cook, Ive, and the software guy would start fighting amongst themselves with a stronger personality to steer them.
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