Unusual Crater in Mars' Mamers Valles (Gallery)
The Mars Express Spacecraft captured several images of an unusual crater in the Mamers Valles area on Mars with its High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC). The crater is at the end of the long, winding valley, and contains a remarkable dark area. Scientists are not certain whether the dark colored material could have formed in-situ or if it may have been transported by the wind.
Strange, Super-Sized Pulsar Stumps Scientists
Astronomers have discovered a fast-spinning, super-sized pulsar in a stretched-out orbit around an apparent Sun-like star. This combination (as well as that many hyphenated words in one sentence) has never seen before, and astronomers are puzzled about how this bizarre system developed. "Our ideas about how the fastest-spinning pulsars are produced do not predict either the kind of orbit or the type of companion star this one has," said David Champion of the Australia Telescope National Facility. "We have to come up with some new scenarios to explain this weird pair."
The latter is especially intriguing in light of speculation that pulsars might be artificial beacons.
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The latter is especially intriguing in light of speculation that pulsars might be artificial beacons.
I always thought that was a given due to the age of some of them. And if there are such things as Kardashev Type II Matrioshka Brains and aware of each other, what better way to communicate, other than controlling gravitons if they exist?
I don't think it's a "given," but there's been some renewed speculation that indicates pulsars might be artificial. If so -- wow.
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