Brain teasers from space

Jerome vanGaalen, Louisville, Kentucky — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:50:06 GMT

Did you know that Saturn's wings are wavy? Is the first sentence of this article. Saturn has no wings. It has rings, but no wings. What good is an editor if he or she can't find a typo in the articles first sentence?

[ALAN ADDS: Thanks so much for pointing that out. Sorry about the mistake. That's the third typo that slipped through the net (at least as far as I know), so I'm hoping the "law of threes" will now be satisfied.]

Brain teasers from space

Tom Coulcher, Shellharbour. NSW. Australia. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:05:43 GMT

Mr Boyle, two questions. When was the first Homo Sapiens Sapiens found and what was the carbon date accredited? I don't mean the "Lucy" hominid.
Many thanks Tom.

[ALAN ADDS: Here's an item about a Homo sapiens fossil that was dated to about 195,000 years ago. The dating techniques involved uranium/thorium dating (some time ago) and more recently potassium/argon dating.]

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-02/uou-toh021105.php

Brain teasers from space

Tom Coulcher, Shellharbour. NSW. Australia. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:07:24 GMT

Dear Alan, Why no comment on the Mars flypast this August?
Tom.

[ALAN ADDS: I might need a memory refresher on that. I assume you're not talking about the Great Mars Hoax but rather about a spacecraft flyby in August? If you are talking about the Great Mars Hoax, here are a couple of links:]

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mars-earth-close.html

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/26/1294160.aspx

Brain teasers from space

Tom Coulcher, Australia. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:28:26 GMT

Dear Alan,
Boy is my face red. But I did refer to an eminent person for verification.
Thank you, Tom