Tuesday, March 26, 2019

March 26 - Particle Robots

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Say hello to particle robots

Some roboticists are fundamentally rethinking their craft. Particle robots don't look like living creatures, but they're constructed like living systems: vast in complexity and abilities, yet composed of simple parts. Are they a step toward the proverbial 'gray goo'? Read more.

World’s biggest T. rex

Meet “Scotty.” The towering and battle-scarred Tyrannosaurus rex is the biggest yet discovered and the largest terrestrial predator known to science. Read more.

What exactly is twilight?

Twilight is that magical time between daylight and darkness. Astronomers, the experts on nighttime, recognize 3 twilights. Don’t miss the gorgeous photos in this post!

Thanks, everybody, for a great 2019 crowd-funder.

Next few mornings … Moon, Jupiter, Saturn

By Wednesday morning, the moon will have swept past Jupiter. See the green line on our chart? It represents the ecliptic or path of the sun and moon. The planets travel this path, too. It's more or less the plane of our solar system, projected onto the sky. Read more about the planets before sunup.

Fiery sunset

View larger. | Neeraj Ladia in Chennai, India, caught this beautiful sunset last week, on the day of the equinox. Thank you, Neeraj!
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