TechnologyCarbon nanotubes too weak to get a space elevator off the ground Simulations show that just a single out-of-place atom is enough to ruin the famed strength of carbon nanotubes, so using them to build a space elevator seems unlikely 51¶¯Âþ
SpaceUnnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system A body known only as 2007 OR10 has been given a boost by recent space telescope observations that peg it smaller than only Pluto and Eris 51¶¯Âþ