BBC Show Stargazing Live Leads To Exoplanet Discovery 66
arnodf writes "Tonight BBC's show stargazing live ended after three days of live astronomy with comedian Dara Ó Briain and professor Brian Cox.
Throughout the show they were trying to make the viewers help in finding an exoplanet via Zooniverse. Thanks to the program they managed to get 1,084,760 classifications in 48 hours and two volunteers discovered an exoplanet which now bears their name.
From the planethunters website: 'Thanks to your help and BBC Stargazing, we managed 1,084,760 classifications in 48 hours.
There's still more to do, and more discoveries to be made, so keep clicking!'"
Bah (Score:3, Funny)
They were probably planted by the show's producers, to drive up ratings.
Re:Bah (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Dara (Score:2, Funny)
I always wonder if that ever comes up when one of his PhD students is having a rough time.
"Don't worry Mike, I know your last set of results look awful even though you put months of effort into it, but look at it this way: Things! Can only get BETTER! *While doing a little jig*"
What? (Score:2, Funny)
Alien 1 - What do they call it again?
Alien 2 - Earth!
Alien 1 - Why would they call it that? Its blue!
Alien 2 - Our name for it - Krup - is so much meaningful and relevant.
Alien 1 - Must be a bunch of nitwits living there.
Alien 2 - Yup!
Things Can Only Get Better / Universe Heat Death (Score:4, Funny)
>You mean the one that played keyboards for D:Ream?
The lyrics of which told us that "Things Can Only Get Better" despite Professor Brian Cox spending most of the subsequent decades telling us that the universe will end up in a still, frozen heat death. [wikipedia.org]
The Labour party successfully used the song as their campaign slogan. Their time in office ended in a crippling debt crisis whereby there was no money left to perform any more government work, in a remarkable allusion to Cox's lectures on how maximum entropy will mean that heat differentials will no longer be available to perform any more work in the universe whatsoever.
Re:Great Series of shows (Score:3, Funny)
Do you mean Russell Howard? Just imagine Frankie Howerd doing that show: "And here's my mystery guest this week. Let me guess, were you in the news for boarding the wrong flight and getting tossed off by a stewardess? Now, now, settle down. Ooh, missus!"
Re:Dara (Score:3, Funny)
Not to mention Brian May, who was lead guitarist with Queen.