Damn, I was about to ask how long they’d last. (View Post)

As a planet eclipses another star, like how the moon or venus eclipses the sun, you can measure how much the intensity of the light drops. If you measure this as a function of wavelength (e.g., the c… (View Post)

Why not read up about it? You’ll find it started a long time before privatisation. (View Post)

It’s just attention seeking, that’s all. (View Post)

Counsellors of state can dissolve parliament, so the King doesn’t need to be in the country for an election to be called. The Queen Mum once dissolved parliament in the 70s. https://www.thegazette.co… (View Post)