Thursday, October 27, 2011
Planet-Sized Object as Cool as Earth Revealed in Record-Breaking Photo
An new planet was found recently. It was photographed right outside of our solar system. The temperature of this planet is like a hot summer day in Arizona. It is about 6 to 9 times the mass of Jupiter. Astronomers have named this planet WD 0806-661 B.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
10/20/11
China researchers have created two new robot athletes that play Ping Pong. They were developed at Zhejiang University. These robots have motion tracking cameras built into their eyes so they can detect the ball. It won't be the most exciting game you will ever see but they are very accurate.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
10/14/11
Apple has came out with the iCloud on October 12. It provides wireless backup and syncing for your songs, apps, and etc. When buying a song off of iTunes for one device it will automatically download to your others. You can also take a photo and send it to iCloud it will go on your other iOS devices. iCloud is free and every user gets 5GB of space.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
tech article 10/5/11
A planet orbiting two stars was recently discovered. This planet lies about 200 light years from earth and it has a similar mass to Saturn. It was observed by NASA's Kepler spacecraft This planet's name is Kepler-16b. It is the first planet discovered to orbit two stars. This makes it similar to the planet of Tatooine in the movie "Star Wars." The surface temperature ranges from -70 Celsius to -100 Celsius. It orbits around both stars every 229 days.
Monday, October 3, 2011
my weekend
Over the weekend my family and I went to the Pulaski Day Parade in New York City. It was very boring and I wanted to fall asleep. We stood on the sidewalk for about three to four hours watching it in the freezing cold. My little brother had to miss his soccer game. When I got home I fell asleep.
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