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""Hubble takes us to within a stone's throw of the big bang itself.""

Interesting Stuff for those interested in Astronomy, or even if you're keen to know how the universe started (no religious types please).

[URL]http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/hubble_UDF.html[/URL]

Also, the news today, they have found a 10th planet in our solar system. How long I wonder until it has 'Intel Inside' plastered onto its surface ...

I thought it wasn't classed as a planet because it was made of ice and so much smaller than the others.

Pluto isnt concidered a planet (anymore) because of its oval shaped orbit round the sun, because this is seen in comets. And of course its small size, but that isnt the main reason.

They have decided this because if they continued to call it a planet they would have to classify loads of comets as planets.


Correct me if im wrong.

Hacker wrote:
> Big Bang, finally it has been proved. Ahh...

You didnt read it did you...


Anyway, a very interesting article. Thanks for linking us paradox.

Big Bang, finally it has been proved. Ahh...

ßora† §agdiyeV wrote:
> Also, the news today, they have found a 10th planet in our solar
> system. How long I wonder until it has 'Intel Inside' plastered onto
> its surface ...

Err...yeah....just like Mars, Mercury, Venus and the others do.....

Timmargh wrote:
Tyrannosaurus Rex as Monstrous Killer Death Lizard...

Did you know the literal translation is "tyrant lizard king"?

Far cooler sounding ;)

Our moon is actually called Lunar (I think) and the sun is called Sol - "moon" and "sun" are general terms for astral objects.

They think the new planet also has a moon (like Pluto) and there's always been arguments on what should be considered a planet and what shouldn't - disagreements about the "minimum size".

The Hubble isn't being retired as such, NASA has said that they won't make repairs to it because they still haven't figured out how to get people into space and back again without guaranteeing not to kill them.


Loquacious Duck wrote:
> They should call this one 'mega-oblivion-world'.

Haha! They should rename the Big Bang as the Horrendous Space Kablooie and Tyrannosaurus Rex as Monstrous Killer Death Lizard ...

SHEEPY wrote:
> No, the moon revolves around Earth so is therefore not a planet.

it appears you are correct sheepster. Just testing your knowledge.

Didn't they claim to have found an extra planet a few years ago?

What happened with that? Did they boycot it, or did it just not catch on with the public?

Maybe they need to name them better. They should call this one 'mega-oblivion-world'.

unknown kernel wrote:
> Those pictures are really beautiful. I did a really bad astronomy
> course in my first year of uni - goodbye romance, hello droning voice
> and rubbish equations.

Ha ha ha, the exact same thing happened to me. "Can we look through telescopes, and visit observatories?", "No, but I can show you how all these small dots were positioned when you were born."