Japan’s Takao Doi has just checked out an aerodynamics conundrum we were all curious about: would a boomerang return when thrown in zero-G? World boomerang champion Yasuhiro Togai had asked him to find out, you see. So, taking time out from his work aboard the International Space Station, he gave it a whirl.

The answer: “I was very surprised and moved to see that it flew the same way it does on Earth,” he apparently stated during a chat to his wife. Sadly, NASA hasn’t released a video yet.

Now, I can’t exactly remember my boomerang physics, but I thought gravity was one of the balancing forces? I’m sure someone can set me straight in the comments.

Next up: juggling in space … [AFP via Yahoo News]

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Looks like Verizon Wireless was the high bidder in the C-block with $4.74 billion. That gives them control over the airspace being left by television broadcasters who are moving from analog to digital. AT&T appears to have won 227 licenses from the B-block. Details on this to come as we get them. FCC ShareThis

Looks like Verizon Wireless was the high bidder in the C-block with $4.74 billion. That gives them control over the airspace being left by television broadcasters who are moving from analog to digital.

AT&T appears to have won 227 licenses from the B-block. Details on this to come as we get them.

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