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[Alexis]

That really is information overload. One of the reasons I stopped reading newspapers.🤪

[Bernard]

Good to know Einstein is right again.

I cannot comment on the possibility, but much science fiction has later become science fact.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Europe's Cheops telescope begins study of far-off worlds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/scienc...

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: "Europe's Cheops telescope begins study of far-off worlds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/scienc..."

I love the "Styrofoam world" !

But Cheops? Surely that is the name of an AFRICAN pharaoh?

[Beatrice]

A European would know best.😅

[Bernard]

It is a forced acronym, CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite.

[G.R.]

That is a terrible acronym. Surely someone could have come up with something better. How about:

Satellite for EXoPlAneT CHaracterization....;)

The Kepler Mission has been essentially doing the same thing for years, though a lot of their focus has been on finding Earth-like planets.

Kepler Missions

[Bernard]

SEXPATCH? Brilliant!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

😲You're incorrigible!!! 🙄

[Bernard]

Something to look forward to

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-c...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Watch for the Lyrid meteor shower this week
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/19/world/...

[Sandra]

I've never seen one till date!

[Bernard]

Even faster internet?

https://www.starlink.com

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Nothing like the real thing!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

'PLANET' DISAPPEARS FROM SIGHT PROMPTING SURPRISE AND SUSPICIONS THAT IT NEVER ACTUALLY EXISTED
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: "'PLANET' DISAPPEARS FROM SIGHT PROMPTING SURPRISE AND SUSPICIONS THAT IT NEVER ACTUALLY EXISTED
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-st......"

A cloud of dust pretending to be a planet? Can we trust nothing anymore?

[Alexis]

Mind games!🙄

[Bernard]

Happy birthday to the telescope

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-en...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Happy birthday to it!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

The engineers at NASA have developed a high-pressure ventilator prototype specifically tailored to help coronavirus patients, according to the agency https://t.co/3uIiieKJTJ

[Bradley]

A case of too little too late? An alarming study showed a miserable ratio of ventilators to population around the world.

[Bernard]

I hope no members have lost out

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-en...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Ya, so what if we the world has missed out on their vacations, COVID has speeded up the way to the ultimate vacation destination..ta da...we have the 🌜

[Bernard]

Too right! I have already booked with Luna Vacations Inc.

(Did you know the Americans have a Luna Moth?)

[Alexis]

Surely you mean Lunar Month?
I'm booked myself for Elon's trips too!

[Bernard]

No I mean a flying insect!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Did they invent that insect?

[Bernard]

No. It was invented either by God or evolution. But they live in the USA.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

THE SUN IS 'UNUSUALLY QUIET', SAY SCIENTISTS
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...

[Jason]

Bernard wrote: "No. It was invented either by God or evolution. But they live in the USA."

What if Darwin was God?

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Well Jason, I guess he was God to the scientific community 🤔

[Bernard]

Certainly he has godlike status. But we should also remember Alfred Russel Wallace. He had similar ideas to Darwin, and his publications prompted Darwin to finally publish his works.

[Sandra]

So err, it was Alfred all along? Dang! I didn't see that comin.

[Bernard]

Ha ha! This isnt crime fiction ....

The consensus is that they developed their ideas independently. Something held Darwin back from publishing, perhaps his religious convictions.

[Beatrice]

Aha! God wins again!

[Bernard]

Indeed. God has a lot to answer for.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Are you at war with him?

[Bernard]

Me? I would not presume to challenge such a being.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

That's a relief. Wouldn't want to issue a memo with the unofficial Moderators code of conduct

[Bernard]

Oh? There is an unofficial code as well?

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Of course! Further details posted on the Moderators private account. ;)

[Bernard]

I cannot find them ....

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Perhaps it's took private ..

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Red Herring Alert. Got you to look there didn't I?

[Bernard]

First the Chairman, now gargantuan black holes

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-en...

[Alexis]

Chairman? Did we miss something?

[Bernard]

See here

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

I didn't know that either

[Bernard]

Hmmm. I think a course in modern culture is required ....

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Sure. Anytime.