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Timelapse of Europa & Io orbiting Jupiter, shot from Cassini during its flyby of Jupiter

A puzzling expected value

Pick a (uniformly) random real number from the unit interval [0,1] and repeat this until the sum of all chosen numbers exceeds 1. What is the expected number of real values you will pick?

The quite surprising answer is Eulers constant, e ≈ 2.71828.

A demonstration can be found on Wolfram MathWorld.

New Method Aids Search for Dazzling Alien Worlds

Astronomers are hunting for glowing worlds that reflect the light of their parent star.

A group of astronomers is using a new method to search for hard to spot alien planets: By measuring the difference between the amount of light coming from the planets’ daysides and nightsides, astronomers have spotted 60 new worlds thus far.

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Saturn Just Changed Color And Nobody Knows Why

Saturn is actually one massive chameleon

Saturn: Oh you wanted a twist?

Bird feeders are probably making birds evolve longer beaks

British people really like bird feeders.

I am not going to tag the name of the bird, because I’m pretty sure I would get tagged as NSFW if I did, but I assure you their beaks are getting longer and it’s probably because of the UK’s obsession with bird feeders.

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Jupiter’s south pole, taken by Cassini

Fascinating, even if you are unable to grasp the mathematical depths, details are for professional thinkers on the field, enjoy the surface, is pretty enjoyable too.

Mathematicians Bridge Finite-Infinite Divide

A surprising new proof is helping to connect the mathematics of infinity to the physical world. (Quanta Magazine)

Images by Lucy Reading-Ikkanda