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Today's Google logo is inspired by the recent news of seven (that's right, 7) earth-sized planets discovered around a single star, not far from us. Awesome news, and an admittedly cute Google doodle to celebrate it.

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I know it's awesome that over 229 trillion miles away three of them have life on those planets. So we're not alone in this world.


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Quote from: ADFan185,Feb 24 2017 on  05:05 AM
...three of them have life on those planets.
They do? I must've missed a very important piece of news lately!.. :D It's a possibility though and a fascinating one at that.


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Yeah I know I hope there's alien life on those planets Coyote_A it would very cool to know other life forms exist.


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Today's Google logo features the Cassini spacecraft that is still in orbit around Saturn.

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wtsh??? Oo
it seems last google logo is discussed in all possible forums I know! :o

I was scared by this stuff yesterday...



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It is pretty amazing that the space craft reached Saturn.


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Happy 19th Birthday, Google!  Let's have a new logo to celebrate! :birthday


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Quote from: pokeplayer984,Sep 27 2017 on  07:37 AM
Happy 19th Birthday, Google!  Let's have a new logo to celebrate! :birthday
19 years? Wow.  :lol:


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Today's Google logo celebrates the 30th anniversary of the "world wide web". I've recently developed a mild interest in the early years of computers and the internet (late 80s and early 90s), so I found today's logo to be quite interesting.

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Today was the official revealing of the very first direct image ever taken of a black hole, and today's Google logo has a rather funny take on celebrating that.

(I'm really starting to wish there was a way to post images of these logos so that we could still see them many days later.)

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Today was the official revealing of the very first direct image ever taken of a black hole, and today's Google logo has a rather funny take on celebrating that.

(I'm really starting to wish there was a way to post images of these logos so that we could still see them many days later.)

Perhaps you could try using a screenshot or (if you are on Windows 10) use Windows key + Shift + S to activate snipping a portion of the screen, then save it through MS Paint and upload it here as an attachment?

For some reason I never get to see these images when I visit Google. Perhaps because I am Dutch and they have different images for every country?


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Today was the official revealing of the very first direct image ever taken of a black hole, and today's Google logo has a rather funny take on celebrating that.

(I'm really starting to wish there was a way to post images of these logos so that we could still see them many days later.)

Perhaps you could try using a screenshot or (if you are on Windows 10) use Windows key + Shift + S to activate snipping a portion of the screen, then save it through MS Paint and upload it here as an attachment?

For some reason I never get to see these images when I visit Google. Perhaps because I am Dutch and they have different images for every country?

Yeah, same here. Just regular Google logo for me. I don't really pay much attention to them anyway so no biggie. Although I would've liked to see the black hole logo myself.




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It was pretty fun. Basically had the photo of the black hole with all the letters getting sucked into it.

Still pretty crazy to think that we have an actual image of a black hole though! Very cool.


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https://www.google.com/doodles

Found a site on which you can view all logos :) So here's the black hole one!



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With today being the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, of course there was going to be a Google doodle of it. I normally don't bother watching the accompanying video if there is one, but I made an exception this time.

For future reference, here's the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6VpHyKXHBM

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My first fanfiction: Quest for the Energy Stones
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My currently ongoing fanfiction series: LEGO Equestria Girls



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I found today's Google doodle to be interesting:


Japanese mountain climber Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mt. Everset (1975) and the first woman to climb the Seven Summits, the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents (1992).

"I have a right to collect anything I want. It's just junk anyway."
- Berix

My first fanfiction: Quest for the Energy Stones
My unfinished and canceled second fanfiction: Quest for the Mask of Life
My currently ongoing fanfiction series: LEGO Equestria Girls



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I really like today's Google doodle:


Today is not only the Winter Solstice (for the Northern Hemisphere), but also the "Great Conjunction" of Jupiter and Saturn reaches it maximum today, in which their appearance together in the night sky is the closest it's been in nearly 800 years.

"I have a right to collect anything I want. It's just junk anyway."
- Berix

My first fanfiction: Quest for the Energy Stones
My unfinished and canceled second fanfiction: Quest for the Mask of Life
My currently ongoing fanfiction series: LEGO Equestria Girls



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With the Olympics now ongoing in Tokyo, Google decided to celebrate by creating a Japanese style RPG game where you get to compete in various Olympic sports. I haven't yet had time to try it out, but thank goodness I can link directly to these Google Doodles and check them out sometime later rather than just go to the main page while it's still up.

https://www.google.com/doodles/doodle-champion-island-games-begin

Is anyone here interested in trying this game? If so, what did you think of it?

"I have a right to collect anything I want. It's just junk anyway."
- Berix

My first fanfiction: Quest for the Energy Stones
My unfinished and canceled second fanfiction: Quest for the Mask of Life
My currently ongoing fanfiction series: LEGO Equestria Girls