Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Here comes (Hurricane) Dolly

They do their work in a day or two and then leave. No doubt about it. Hurricanes, essentially huge heat engines, can cause a lot of destruction. The latest is Hurricane Dolly.
http://news.aol.com/article/texas-mexico-brace-for-likely-hurricane/90241?icid=100214839x1206085210x1200324243

4th Plutoid object found named after Polynesian God

Makemake (pronounced MAH-keh MAH-keh) is one of the largest objects known in the outer Solar System and is just slightly smaller and dimmer than Pluto,
http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0806/