Galileo discovered Saturn’s rings, but called them ears. If only he could see what Cassini sees.
Cue kettledrums…
Saturn’s Lovely Ears
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Carl Zimmer writes about science regularly for the New York Times and magazines such as Discover, where he is a contributing editor and columnist.
He is the author of seven books, the most recent of which is The Tangled Bank: An Introduction To Evolution. His website is carlzimmer.com and his address is [ blog at carlzimmer dot com ].
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October 13th, 2006 at 1:09 pm
Awe redefined.
November 13th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
Ears indeed. I just hope the Inquisition put him right on that one, too. And none of that ‘Earpur si muove’ when say his skinny heretical ass down.