sâmbătă, 25 aprilie 2009

Today was a good day for science!

Big day for NASA!!! Great day for science!

Astazi cica s-a descoperit cea mai mare constelatie dintre toate cele cunoscute. Ea se poate vedea cu ochiul liber, din emisfera nordica.

E cea mai mare constelatie, ea intinzandu-se pana la limita universului vizibil, si se pare ca aceasta e singura care cuprinde chiar steaua "noastra", Soarele!

Datorita formei foarte ciudate a ei, savantii de la NASA au numit-o "Pastila de ţânţar". Asadar, Soarele face parte din constelatia Pastilei de Ţânţar.




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-Science Preview
--Saturday, 04.25.2009
[...] the newly discovered constellation displays a series of interesting properties, being among the heaviest in the universe, and having a very geometric shape, resembling a flattened parallelepiped structure. Thus it has acquired the name of "The Mosquito Pill"[...]

Brian Reckner
Chief Executive Director
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