Newly Discovered Planet: Hot, Muggy And (Maybe) Liveable : The Two-Way. Sort of like Washington, D.C., in the summer: "It would feel like a steam bath — hot, sticky and beyond uncomfortable. " That's how The Associated Press describes the way scientists are describing "HD 85512 b ... a newly discovered planet about 35 light-years from Earth in the constellation Vela. " It's the second planet outside our solar system that seems to be orbiting in "the habitable zone" around its star, according to the European Southern Observatory, which today announced the discovery of HD 85512 b and more than 50 other plants around other stars.
In that habitable zone, "water may be present in liquid form if conditions are right," the ESC adds. One issue, though, if you don't like steamy weather: "Temperatures there may range from 85 to 120 degrees with plenty of humidity," the AP adds. The news of HD 85512 b's discovery has been filtering out for a couple weeks. European Southern Observatory/YouTube Here's a video report from the ESO. (H/T NPR's Rob Schaefer) Microsoft has figured out how to turn any surface into a touch screen Video.
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One-Minute Physics archive. Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV What's part of the universe? You may think of it as incorporating everything that exists - both on Earth and in space - but could it also include the unknown? In this One-Minute Physics episode, film-maker Henry Reich delves into the notion of the universe as described by physics, distinguishing between the whole universe and what's observable. He looks at the three components of the universe that we are sure of and whether mathematics could be included or not. If you enjoyed this post, check out our previous animations, to find out, for example, if space is infinite or why mass has a split personality. Ever been mesmerised by patterns of light at the bottom of a swimming pool? Time travel in the real world isn't yet possible.
Developed by Wolfgang Schleich and colleagues at the University of Ulm in Germany, these first time-travel videos mathematically recreate the weird world of Gödel's universe. MacGregor Campbell, contributor.