Science

Dark Energy

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Since I am back to blogging, somewhat, I just want to note what Pam Gay from Astronomy Cast explained to me.

So, there are two big lies in common science literature about The Big Bang (or inflation) and Dark Energy. I always knew they were bullshit, but I never knew what the real problem was. Pam cleared me up.

The Greatest Thing on the Interwebs in Months

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Man, I miss Carl Sagan.

Merry Moon Day

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If you have seen the interwebs recently, you can't help but know that the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing is upon us. In a sadly poetic turn, Walter Cronkite, the man who is universally known as the the voice of the moon landing died this week. There are great personal rememberances, mockeries of the moon hoaxers, and conversations with the astronauts online.

43,112,609

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On August 23rd, a UCLA computer discovered the 45th known Mersenne prime, 243,112,609-1,
a mammoth 12,978,189 digit number!

The prime number qualifies for the Electronic Frontier Foundation's
$100,000 award for discovery of the first 10 million digit prime number.

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