Monday, August 15, 2005





Puzzling Hot Spot Found on Moon of Saturn

"Why the south pole is so active is still a mystery. One theory is that radioactive material left over from the moon's formation billions of years ago is acting as a heat source, said Linda Spilker, Cassini's deputy project scientist." (Via The Anomalist.)

Even "extremophiles" wouldn't have to be terribly extreme to survive here . . .

4 comments:

W.M. Bear said...

Christ, Mac. We all know it's a freaking ET base. Why is this difficult?

Mac said...

You're right, of course. Who was I trying to kid?

W.M. Bear said...

Whom, Mac, WHOM. "WHOM was I trying to kid?" (Direct Object of "I was trying to kid X."

Mac said...

D'oh!