Michael McKean

"Back in 1996, astronomers discovered a strange object in the asteroid belt. They decided it was either a "lost" comet or an icy asteroid, as it ejected dust like a comet but had an orbit like an asteroid. No one had ever seen anything like the object, called 133P. Ever since it was found, astronomers have wondered if it was just an oddity — one of a kind. We now know it is not, and the discovery of more of these half asteroids/half comets means there is a new class of objects in our solar system." - Michael McKean

"Physicists from The University of Queensland have found the emerging field of quantum computing may be more stable than previously thought." - Michael McKean

"NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has taken its first shots of the cosmos since warming up and starting its second career. The infrared telescope ran out of coolant on May 15, 2009, more than five-and-half-years after launch, and has since warmed to a still-frosty 30 Kelvin (about minus 406 Fahrenheit)." - Michael McKean

"Looking almost 11 billion years into the past, astronomers have measured the motions of stars for the first time in a very distant galaxy and clocked speeds upwards of one million miles per hour, about twice the speed of our Sun through the Milky Way." - Michael McKean

"ESO has just released a stunning new image of a field of stars towards the constellation of Carina (the Keel). This striking view is ablaze with a flurry of stars of all colors and brightnesses, some of which are seen against a backdrop of clouds of dust and gas. One unusual star in the middle, HD 87643, has been extensively studied with several ESO telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI)." - Michael McKean

"NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has imaged a wild creature of the dark -- a coiled galaxy with an eye-like object at its center." - Michael McKean

"Data collected during two close flybys of Saturn's moon Enceladus by NASA's Cassini spacecraft add more fuel to the fire about the Saturnian ice world containing sub-surface liquid water. The data collected by Cassini's Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer during Enceladus flybys in July and Oct. 2008, were released in the July 23 issue of the journal Nature." - Michael McKean

"Currently, most nuclear fusion power plants are large, expensive projects that will take decades to benefit from. But a startup company in Vancouver, Canada, called General Fusion is taking the fast track to fusion, with a plan to build a working prototype fusion power plant within the next decade at a cost of less than a billion dollars." - Michael McKean

my sister-in-law's didn't, tho they did thin out a little. lost all of her long black hair, however. - Big Joe Silenced

Well, it would be an interesting change from my unibrow! - Michael McKean

"Nearly a month before the payload it celebrates is scheduled to launch to space, a collectible embroidered patch has sold out, with no plans for it to be produced again." - Michael McKean

I still think they should have named the actual module Colbert :) - adf

"I prefer to use the term “fullness” when describing the Orthodox faith because it is far more explanatory than simply saying that we are the “true Church,” etc. “Fullness,” of course does not deny this, but it moves us onto more fruitful ground. In this post I offer a short list of what seem to me important consequences of giving one’s life to the “fullness of the faith.” This is a reprint from earlier – but one which bears re-reading." - Michael McKean

I had to finish it off manually because it was kinda patchwork. It's definitely a few degrees cooler! - Michael McKean

BOW CHICKA WOW WOW - Josh Haley

*bump* It never did, Michael. - Ell Bee, See?

*bump* <3 - felicious

Liked this cuz that means the chemo is workin fast. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Heh.. my oncologist said it should fall out after the second or third treatment. Surprise! - Michael McKean

"Hydrogen, the most common element in the universe, is normally an insulating gas, but at high pressures it may turn into a superconductor. Now, scientists at the Carnegie Institution in Washington D.C., US, have discovered a hydrogen-based compound that could be helpful in the search for metallic and superconducting forms of hydrogen. The results are reported in Physical Review Letters and highlighted in the August 3rd issue of APS's on-line journal Physics." - Michael McKean

"A tool bag lost by a spacewalking astronaut last year met its fiery demise in Earth's atmosphere Monday after months circling ever closer to the planet." - Michael McKean

At least you take it with a good sense of humor! Keep up the positive spirit!!! - Stefan Gruenwald

Oh man, thats awesome news. Been following you on FF and wish you all the best. - Andrew Leahey

Wow, I thought I was just sharing a bit of news... didn't expect all this! Thanks for the support! - Michael McKean

Bummer - Brent - Yes I am

You'll rock the bald look! - LB ❤s FF, esp. YOU

"In preparation for the European Space Agency's ExoMars mission to the Red Planet in 2018, the agency's engineers are playing in a large sandpit in Noordwijk in the Netherlands. But they aren't using plastic buckets and spades." - Michael McKean

"South Korea has rescheduled its first space rocket launch from its soil to August 11 after repeatedly postponing it due to technical reasons, officials said Saturday." - Michael McKean

That's sad. - holly #ravingfangirl

played it in elementary french class eons ago - Capn&#39; One Eye - adrift

what does it mean? - MicahBear78

To split into two parts. - Sparky, lurking