Happy mothers day to every mother wherever you are and whatever you are doing.
![Lucy in the sky IS diamonds
Fifty light years — that’s about 300,000,000,000,000 (300 quadrillion) miles — away from Earth is Lucy, a former star whose proverbial bulb has burned out. And Lucy’s core has turned into a diamond. In this case, the diamond is huge — the largest in the galaxy. At 10 billion trillion trillion carats — 1 followed by 34 zeroes! — it’s, well, huge beyond imagination. The largest terrestrial diamond, the Golden Jubilee Diamond, is about 500 carats — a 5, followed by two lonely zeroes.
How’d this happen?
When a star consumes all of its fuel, it burns out, leaving behind a white dwarf — a hot, crystallizing core. For years, scientists have believed that the core, made mostly of carbon, turns into a diamond, but we have had no evidence supporting that thesis. That all changed in 2004, when astronomers were able to use gong-like pulsations emanating from Lucy to determine that its core was a really big diamond and developed the model pictured above. [ The rest of the story]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhbd8fObtJ1qzufnjo1_1280.jpg)
Lucy in the sky IS diamonds
Fifty light years — that’s about 300,000,000,000,000 (300 quadrillion) miles — away from Earth is Lucy, a former star whose proverbial bulb has burned out. And Lucy’s core has turned into a diamond. In this case, the diamond is huge — the largest in the galaxy. At 10 billion trillion trillion carats — 1 followed by 34 zeroes! — it’s, well, huge beyond imagination. The largest terrestrial diamond, the Golden Jubilee Diamond, is about 500 carats — a 5, followed by two lonely zeroes.
How’d this happen?
When a star consumes all of its fuel, it burns out, leaving behind a white dwarf — a hot, crystallizing core. For years, scientists have believed that the core, made mostly of carbon, turns into a diamond, but we have had no evidence supporting that thesis. That all changed in 2004, when astronomers were able to use gong-like pulsations emanating from Lucy to determine that its core was a really big diamond and developed the model pictured above. [ The rest of the story]
Beatbox: Google style.
With the right combination of letters, it’s doable: just follow the link and click “Listen”.
Update: Info on how to make your own
![Won Park is a master of Origami.He is also called the “money folder,” a practitioner of origami whose canvas is the United States One Dollar bill. True to his compact nature, he also lives in a garbage truck. [click link for more images]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l825bpKlM41qzufnjo1_500.jpg)
Won Park is a master of Origami.He is also called the “money folder,” a practitioner of origami whose canvas is the United States One Dollar bill. True to his compact nature, he also lives in a garbage truck. [click link for more images]
Just when you thought reality was understandable.. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull knocks you on your arse
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Amazing.. Go to Kirsty Mitchell’s Flickr page for a huge version, and many similar amazing images. Oh and everything in the photo was actually made by hand. Wow
