Remains of Shattered Moon Found in Saturn's Rings 112
Riding with Robots writes "Scientists have announced that they have used images from the robotic spacecraft Cassini to find moonlets embedded in Saturn's outer rings that are likely the remains of a larger moon that was shattered by an asteroid or comet. The team from the University of Colorado at Boulder that made the discovery has now posted details and pictures."
That's no moon... (Score:5, Funny)
Have you ever seen... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Expected, but cool nevertheless (Score:2, Funny)
I bleach my ring you insensitive clod!
Shattered is the past (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Expected, but cool nevertheless (Score:3, Funny)
I'm quite sure that probes pose much more of a danger to Uranus.
Re:That's no moon... (Score:5, Funny)
Clearly... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:That's no moon... (Score:5, Funny)
I blame this moon catastrophe on Global Warming.
After all, before global warming, no one had ever in history seen a moon being decimated like this. I estimate that by 2050 half of the moons will be destroyed by meteors and death stars. The moons of some planets and pseudo planets may be spared, but most will be devastated. Their rubble will fall upon our metropolitan areas and million dollar summer homes, leaving us homeless and starving for food.
We have all seen the horrific California wildfires this week. We've also seen the huge fireballs created by Schoemaker-Levy, which was near to this moon explosion. Obviously, something is going extremely wrong here!
I propose that we blow these moons before they get blown themselves. We can then control how and where the remnants fall. To do this, we need an old song that's still catchy, a bunch of nukes and some hillbillies with mental and drug disorders.
This program may very well hinder our economy. Because of this, any country that endeavors to be more advanced than any other country will be taxed into oblivion. We must have equality when taxing every single person for this project, after all. With enough hard work, we shall prevail over this imminent danger!
Myth Busters (Score:4, Funny)
Old News (Score:5, Funny)
Typical slashdot; recycled news from millions of years ago This story is probably a dupe from then.
Re:Expected, but cool nevertheless (Score:2, Funny)
I hope you realize what you've just said?
Re:So, what do the rings look like from inside? (Score:5, Funny)
Put another way, if you are a couple of k's below the rings on one side, you'll be a couple of k's above on the other. Between those two points are all the other rocks that have been persuaded (pummeled) into not bucking the system. Also they are very big. And angry. And very willing to give you a bit of the newtons laws up the wazoo to persuade you to move with the herd again.
You might also be eaten by a grue.
Re:That's no moon... (Score:2, Funny)