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The Majesty of Saturn’s Rings Lighting Your Abode

Posted on January 8, 2018 by James Hobson

[Modustrial Maker] is at it again with another seriously cool LED visualizer. This time around, he’s built pair of pendant lights inspired by the rings of Saturn.

The rings are made mostly of walnut plywood using a circle router jig to make the cut easier. If you are inspired to make these for yourself, [Modustrial Maker] is clear — the order in which you cut out the pieces of the rings is absolutely critical. The pieces are glued together — with any edges sanded smooth — and edgebanding applied using a hot air gun due to the curved surface before …read more

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Serious DX: The Deep Space Network

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Dan Maloney

Humanity has been a spacefaring species for barely sixty years now. In that brief time, we’ve fairly mastered the business of putting objects into orbit around the Earth, and done so with such gusto that a cloud of both useful and useless objects now surrounds us. Communicating with satellites in Earth orbit is almost trivial; your phone is probably listening to at least half a dozen geosynchronous GPS birds right now, and any ham radio operator can chat with the astronauts aboard the ISS with nothing more that a $30 handy-talkie and a homemade antenna.

But once our spacecraft get …read more

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Scientists find potential evidence of methanogenesis, a biological process, on Saturn’s moon Enceladus—which means methane-breathing aliens could be chilling there. Continue reading We Have Strong Evidence Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Can Support Microbial Alien Life→

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The Majesty of Saturn’s Rings Lighting Your Abode

Serious DX: The Deep Space Network

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Cassini Just Dove Into ‘The Big Empty’ Between Saturn and Its Rings

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