Sunspot

I saw this amazing image of a sunspot, and thought I should share it with everyone

Caption: ©UCAR, image courtesy Matthias Rempel, NCAR

Seriously, I don't think we should stare at this too long … but for scientists who plan to, this new, high-resolution view of a sunspot stands to unlock secrets of the Sun's mysterious energetics.

In the just-released image above, the interface between a sunspot's umbra (dark center) and penumbra (lighter outer region) shows a complex structure with narrow, almost horizontal (lighter to white) filaments embedded in a background having a more vertical (darker to black) magnetic field. Farther out, extended patches of horizontal field dominate. For the first time, scientists have modeled this complex structure in a comprehensive 3D computer simulation, giving scientists their first glimpse below the visible surface.

Opera Unite ....

Opera has made me shift my browser again ... now I use Opera 10.0 Beta(Unite).

Its amazing look and feel is not the only reason though. It was always faster than all of the web browsers but somehow, some of the sites would not open properly in it. Somehow Chrome stole its thunder, but now Opera is back with cool features and amazing additions.

Opera Unite is a beta feature which they have come up with. Currently with file sharing, media player, lounge , fridge and some other services, its a very promising product.

Check it out here : http://unite.opera.com

The lounge and file sharing are really cool and very useful services, the fridge is useless but fun!

Oh did I mention that you can host your web server too?... lols... 

Maybe this is a new turning point for Opera?

Google update .... WAVE !!

Google unviels another amazing product called Google wave (http://wave.google.com)

You can view demo on the site but the video below is what they presented at I/O 2009.

Have a look its very exciting :

Wolfram Alpha

Wolfram Alpha is a computational knowledge engine, 

Today's Wolfram|Alpha is the first step in an ambitious, long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone. You enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and growing collection of data to compute the answer. 

Doesn't seem to be a direct threat to Google, but more to Wikipedia which could lose a portion of its traffic if this site is received well.

View the whole screencast to see how powerful this tool is - http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html

It is live now:

http://www58.wolframalpha.com/

Most distant known object in the universe

Very long time ago a massive start exploded, and we saw it through the swift satellite on April 23, 2009.

This spectacular GRB was seen 13 billion years away, with a redshift of 8.2, which is the highest red shift ever measured.

This object is now the most distant known objext and the burst occured when the Universe was only 630 million years old. This object or event is called GRB 090423.

Match drawn .... Gambhir won !

Finally...Vettori realises that its better to stop now...

The Indian team came back strongly  in the second test against NZ in Napier and the hero is Gautam Gambhir!

He batted for 642 minutes facing 436 balls scoring 137 runs.... awesome isnt it?

After India were bowled out for 305 in the first innings, it was foolish of Vettori to think that with 314 runs behind he would again bowl the Indians out!

I thought he was a clever captain but he made a blunder. If you look at Indian innings, Dravid (83), Tendulkar(49) and Laxman(76), were in good touch and made silly mistakes to get out.

You cant count on players making the same mistake and getting out again, in the same day !!

Its foolish to think that way, you dont have shane warne and Mcgrath on your side that you challenge such a strong batting side, to show their strength... its stupidity.

Gautam Gambhir came looking like he had a point to prove, and he did. Vettori has only himself to blame for this. I think India is on a way to a series win here... 

Way to go Gambhir, very well played .... you are the hero!

You are in control !!

Hubble telescope team are seeking help from people in order to decide what it should look at!

Hubble's Next Discovery -- You Decide" is part of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA), the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Galileo's observations. 

People around the world can vote to select the next object the Hubble Space Telescope will view.

You can cast your vote here.

The choices are six objects Hubble has never observed before. You can also enter a drawing to win one of 100 new Hubble pictures of the object that is chosen.