Here's a Crazy High-Resolution GIF From Space
Yesterday NASA released this crazy GIF of a storm on Saturn where air streams move at more than 200 miles an hour. It's the only weather system of its kind in our solar system.
Sick Frogs, Scared Sharks, and Other Messed Up Science Things
Mars rover! Disease frog! Shark protection! Wheezing baby! Explaining nothingness! Fire turkey! Excess antimatter! Tricky evidence! And your holiday outer space weather report! It's your Tuesday Science Watch, where we watch science—fishily!
Oxygen Found on Moon of Saturn
Scientists say they've found oxygen in the atmosphere of Rhea, one of Saturn's moons—the first time there's been direct evidence of oxygen on another world. It's not enough to sustain life, but my lease is up soon, so...
Saturn's Rings in Profile
[That's Janus and Prometheus, two of Saturn's moons, passing through the planet's rings. The pic was taken by the Cassini orbiter, which is currently just illing near Saturn. Via Bad Astronomy.]
Clunkers
Saturn will join Pontiac and Oldsmobile in GM's junk yard.
Do the Penske-Rattner Dots Connect?
Just asking: Is it odd that deposed car czar Steve Rattner poured $35 million into Jay Penske's dubious internet adventure Mail.com in October, and then arranged for Jay's father Roger Penske to buy Saturn from General Motors nine months later?
