Highlights, lowlights, links, a bunch of astronomy stuff – plus jellyfish and robots that are taking over the world – from the Icon Index Symbol Twitter stream:
Terrific | RT @seanmcarroll: Robots invent own language. How else could they secretly plan to overthrow human masters http://t.co/7MftOX7D
RT @HUBBLE_space: Hubble spots “starburst” galaxy being warped out of shape by the immense pull of gravity http://bit.ly/rpWJmN
RT @BadAstronomer: Another magnificent Cassini shot: five moons, and a trillion more. http://is.gd/XsKBFC
Bummer | RT @BadAstronomer: Wanna blow up a planet? Well, you can’t. Unless you have a trillion tons of antimatter http://is.gd/Zn3EnV
RT @DiscoverMag: Wow. New Kepler data agrees w HARPS: our galaxy is lousy with super-Earths and Habitable Zone planets! http://bit.ly/oECPn4
RT @CassiniSaturn: New Cassini image of the week – a quintet of Saturn’s moons fill the field of view 1.usa.gov/ogxTLo
RT @io9: Quite possibly the most beautiful photo of Saturn ever taken http://io9.com/5837771/
RT @io9: Could Pluto be home to a hidden liquid ocean? http://t.co/W9alCDKK
Yay | RT @io9: After decades of scientific research, we can now accurately measure a kilogram http://t.co/3jvjI5s6
Good news everybody | RT @io9: Are giant jellyfish evolving to take over the seas? http://t.co/vESRI6fc
Neat | RT @BadAstronomer: Wow: Opportunity Mars rover seen from orbit: http://t.co/9YNSbWU3
“Thousands of white dwarf stars could explode at any moment” … “‘time bomb’ stars” … no one’s concerned about this? http://is.gd/DhR6C2
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* NASA [io9]