Thursday, November 29, 2012

Here's NASA's announcement about Curiosity

"Rumors and speculation that there are major new findings from the mission at this early stage are incorrect."

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1398

Stuff for astro lunch

Here's one on quantum fluctuations at the big bang: 
 http://science.psu.edu/news-and-events/2012-news/Ashtekar11-2012

And an interesting supermassive black hole -- it is a larger fraction of its galaxy's mass than has been observed in other galaxies:
http://www.nature.com.proxy1.lib.umanitoba.ca/nature/journal/v491/n7426/full/nature11592.html