CNETAnalysis: The Year In Science Jesse Lenz 97 percent : the portion of NASA employees who were furloughed by the government shutdown this week. Happy 55th birthday, NASA. 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit : the estimated temperature of Kepler-7b, the first planet outside of our solar system on which scientists have been able to map out clouds Artist’s conception of a cloud map of Kepler-7b (left) in comparison to Jupiter (right) NASA/JPL-Caltech/MIT Via Universe Today 5 : the number of times an astronaut who floated away from the International Space Station would see the sun rise and set before running out of breathable air 320 trillion : the number of particles in each of the Large Hadron Collider’s two proton beams ( here’s what would happen if you got zapped ) Hadron Collider Courtesy Cern 1 micron : the wavelength of the beams of light fired by this laser rifle 93 percent : the portion of low blood sugar episodes that the first artificial pancreas can detect MiniMed® 530G with Enlite® Medtronic $100,000 : the funding Jacques Cousteau’s grandson hopes to raise via Indiegogo for his own month-long undersea research expedition Astronauts Outside Aquarius Reef Base Mission 31 will use this reef base. Posted by: John Martin
