Kitteh for Steve

Ripley sez, "doan U be sad Steve, cause I luvs you!"

Star News... ahem, er PLANET NEWS!!

Gemini Observatory/Aura

From National Geographic News: Star May Be Forming Rocky Planets

November 15, 2007—The violent formation of a new solar system has left one heck of a mess around a nearby star—and suggests that Earthlike planets may be far more common than previously believed, scientists say.

Using an infrared camera on the Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii, researchers recently detected heat that they believe originates from massive amounts of warm space dust surrounding HD 23514, a hundred-million-year-old member of the nearby Pleiades star cluster. The well-known cluster, also called the Seven Sisters, is located about 400 light-years from Earth.

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"This is the first clear evidence for planet formation in the Pleiades, and the results we are presenting strongly suggest that terrestrial planets like those in our solar system are quite common," study leader Joseph Rhee, a postdoctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles, said in a statement.

The research is slated to appear in an upcoming issue of the Astrophysical Journal.

Not for nothing, but don't these artists who illustrate for astronomers freaking rock? Amazing.

FIZZIKS!!

Ripley werks on her string theory experiments....

... while Maddie deftly demonstrates the "conservation of energy" principle.

Wut smart gurlz.

Lush kittehz

"I can haz margrita??"

Oh, noes! little Maxxine- U iz too little 4 alchohol. U can haz nice trout smoothie.

... and War On War Off proves that today's sunrise was lovely- not that this centaur is ever out and about that early.

Kitteh poRn

Mah tummeee iz fluffee, doan U think?

Oh, noes! I'ze too little 4 kitteh poRn! halp!

Moar kittehs! always moar

I spys something intrsting...

Feather on stik- I KILLZ U

(high resolution photos- U shud clik on dem 4 kitteh gudnss)

Late night gurlzzz kittehs

U wants we shud splain monetary polcee to U?

Maxxine!!

Maxxine sez, "Mommmmmmm!!! Who iz dat blog ho'ing wanker on mah teevee?"

Monday kittehs... finally

An assortment of kitteh goodness- I'm too tired for captions. Couldn't sleep last night.

Saturday is Caturday

Saturdaze R gud 4 napping.

Halloooooo!!

Oh, hai. How iz UR weekend?

Turn OUT DAT LITE!!!

U come hOme nao...

kai thx bai

UR friday Maxx kitteh blogging

I have a large print of this photo up on my wall.

Maxx! with the famous question mark tail, ignoring me as he heads off to explore the parking lot.

Mousies are delicious!!

Nom, nom, nom, nom.

Stolen shamelessly from cuteoverload.com

Marroooooo!!

If you look closely, you can see the two little "horn" whiskers on the side of Ripley's nose. I've never seen whiskers like that.


Doan flashy-thing me, I'ze sleeping

UR daileee kiTteHs

Teh market is down how much? oh noes!

Where U going, Riplee??

CONCENTRATION!!

And iz magic Maddie....

Mousies R delicious! (also a high res photo)

Iz Miss Ripley Chainsaw....

Oh, hai.... U liek mah whiskers? U want to scritch mah haid?

Update: photo is high resolution... if you click on it, you can see every delicious whisker on her chinny-chin-chin.

Oh, hai.....

...we iz very, very plushy. How R U?

Sundae night kittehs

Oh hai. I'z just hanging. Whatchooo doin'?

I'ze making beeeg muffins.

I haz many fine whiskers.

We iz waiting for U

Halloooooo!!