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Posted: 2/7/2015 7:01:25 PM EDT
ETA: Let's do an astronomy/astrophysics thread.  |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 7:25:02 PM EDT
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That's amazing. It looks like the potential for about seven planets.
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Posted: 2/7/2015 7:54:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's amazing. It looks like the potential for about seven planets.  |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 7:56:54 PM EDT
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Fascinating.
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Posted: 2/7/2015 8:06:13 PM EDT
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good stuff, thanks.
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Posted: 2/7/2015 8:07:18 PM EDT
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That is awesome.
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Posted: 2/7/2015 8:07:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That is awesome.  |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 8:08:06 PM EDT
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Remarkable resemblance to Uranus.
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Posted: 2/7/2015 8:08:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was waiting for you to chime in. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: That is awesome. Just an armchair one, hence the avatar.  ETA::Its pictures like this that shows up how we can know allot about the history of a solar system without having to witness the history of a single solar system. Think of it for example if aliens could take a picture of every person on earth at one and only one instant in time. They wouldn't know everything, but they could figure out allot about human behavior and life cycles. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 8:14:58 PM EDT
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I hadn't realized we had direct images of exoplanets: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/HD_106906_b_image.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_directly_imaged_exoplanets Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That's amazing. It looks like the potential for about seven planets. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/HD_106906_b_image.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_directly_imaged_exoplanets bunch of big ones. looks like all those direct imaged are larger than Jupiter. I wonder if they can't see one smaller than that. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 8:16:32 PM EDT
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Pretty cool stuff.
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Posted: 2/7/2015 8:19:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't be fooled, I'm not an actual astronomer. Just an armchair one, hence the avatar. ETA::Its pictures like this that shows up how we can know allot about the history of a solar system without having to witness the history of a single solar system. Think of it for example if aliens could take a picture of every person on earth at one and only one instant in time. They wouldn't know everything, but they could figure out allot about human behavior and life cycles. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: That is awesome. Just an armchair one, hence the avatar. ETA::Its pictures like this that shows up how we can know allot about the history of a solar system without having to witness the history of a single solar system. Think of it for example if aliens could take a picture of every person on earth at one and only one instant in time. They wouldn't know everything, but they could figure out allot about human behavior and life cycles.   |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 8:22:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You mean like a picture of the universe when it was 400,000 years old? http://planck.cf.ac.uk/files/Planck_full_rbcol_sm.png Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Don't be fooled, I'm not an actual astronomer. Just an armchair one, hence the avatar. ETA::Its pictures like this that shows up how we can know allot about the history of a solar system without having to witness the history of a single solar system. Think of it for example if aliens could take a picture of every person on earth at one and only one instant in time. They wouldn't know everything, but they could figure out allot about human behavior and life cycles. http://planck.cf.ac.uk/files/Planck_full_rbcol_sm.png The "seeing far back in time" thing is a whole different ballgame.  |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 8:29:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, I was just talking about figuring out the history of the a system with images of "close" neighboring stars. The "seeing far back in time" thing is a whole different ballgame. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Don't be fooled, I'm not an actual astronomer. Just an armchair one, hence the avatar. ETA::Its pictures like this that shows up how we can know allot about the history of a solar system without having to witness the history of a single solar system. Think of it for example if aliens could take a picture of every person on earth at one and only one instant in time. They wouldn't know everything, but they could figure out allot about human behavior and life cycles. http://planck.cf.ac.uk/files/Planck_full_rbcol_sm.png The "seeing far back in time" thing is a whole different ballgame. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 9:35:38 PM EDT
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Very cool.
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Posted: 2/7/2015 10:01:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/7/2015 10:03:47 PM EDT
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Sorcery.
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Posted: 2/7/2015 10:09:33 PM EDT
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My 8 year old daughter just asked me if there is a planet with dragons...
I showed her the Andromada image and let her see for herself that by the numbers... There most likely is a dragon planet... She is super excited... |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 10:24:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My 8 year old daughter just asked me if there is a planet with dragons... I showed her the Andromeda image and let her see for herself that by the numbers... There most likely is a dragon planet... She is super excited... |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 10:33:36 PM EDT
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Since what we see is light years old history, how much warning do we get when our universe has some final ending?
Light seems to lie to us, not telling us what's now - it tells us what was. Just thinking out loud, actually thought of this last week - but it took this long to get posted. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 10:42:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/7/2015 10:43:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Since what we see is light years old history, how much warning do we get when our universe has some final ending? Light seems to lie to us, not telling us what's now - it tells us what was. Just thinking out loud, actually thought of this last week - but it took this long to get posted. ETA: Evolution could do us in in a number of ways too. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 10:48:17 PM EDT
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Since what we see is light years old history, how much warning do we get when our universe has some final ending? Light seems to lie to us, not telling us what's now - it tells us what was. Just thinking out loud, actually thought of this last week - but it took this long to get posted. No warning. Any universe ending event or phase shift (has happens before) happens at the speed of light.. Can't see it coming until its too late. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 10:50:22 PM EDT
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You mean like a picture of the universe when it was 400,000 years old?
http://planck.cf.ac.uk/files/Planck_full_rbcol_sm.png Just so everyone is up to date on the latest in cosmology ... first stars formed later than previously thought 
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Posted: 2/7/2015 10:54:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No warning. Any universe ending event or phase shift (has happens before) happens at the speed of light.. Can't see it coming until its too late. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Since what we see is light years old history, how much warning do we get when our universe has some final ending? Light seems to lie to us, not telling us what's now - it tells us what was. Just thinking out loud, actually thought of this last week - but it took this long to get posted. No warning. Any universe ending event or phase shift (has happens before) happens at the speed of light.. Can't see it coming until its too late. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 10:55:10 PM EDT
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Remarkable resemblance to Uranus. Don't bung up this thread. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 10:57:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
My 8 year old daughter just asked me if there is a planet with dragons... I showed her the Andromada image and let her see for herself that by the numbers... There most likely is a dragon planet... She is super excited...
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Posted: 2/7/2015 11:02:03 PM EDT
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My 8 year old daughter just asked me if there is a planet with dragons... I showed her the Andromada image and let her see for herself that by the numbers... There most likely is a dragon planet... She is super excited... Have her read the Pern series. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 11:08:59 PM EDT
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Remarkable resemblance to Uranus. And you know this how?
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Posted: 2/7/2015 11:10:50 PM EDT
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And you know this how? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Remarkable resemblance to Uranus. And you know this how? A different kind of selfie |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 11:12:01 PM EDT
[#30]
I didn't realize that the latest adaptive optics etc. were that good.
Pretty impressive, and very mind blowing also. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 11:24:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Have her read the Pern series. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My 8 year old daughter just asked me if there is a planet with dragons... I showed her the Andromada image and let her see for herself that by the numbers... There most likely is a dragon planet... She is super excited... Have her read the Pern series. When she is a few years older have her read the tripod trilogy. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 1:46:57 PM EDT
[#32]
Bump.
Is is gay to bang trannies: 40 pages. Awesome science: 31 replies. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 5:55:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bump. Is is gay to bang trannies: 40 pages. Awesome science: 31 replies. Alex, what's ARFcom GD for $100? |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 5:58:42 PM EDT
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Bump. Is is gay to bang trannies: 40 pages. Awesome science: 31 replies. Present And interested |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 6:05:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bump. Is is gay to bang trannies: 40 pages. Awesome science: 31 replies. Problem is, we just don't have much to say about it beyond "cool" or "interesting". |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 6:08:11 PM EDT
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My 8 year old daughter just asked me if there is a planet with dragons... I showed her the Andromada image and let her see for herself that by the numbers... There most likely is a dragon planet... She is super excited... Not most likely, virtual certainty that there's a planet with dragons. There's room enough for anything in the Universe, which means that there's room enough for everything. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 6:25:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep. Problem is, we just don't have much to say about it beyond "cool" or "interesting". Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Bump. Is is gay to bang trannies: 40 pages. Awesome science: 31 replies. Problem is, we just don't have much to say about it beyond "cool" or "interesting".  |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 6:33:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Alex, what's ARFcom GD for $100? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Bump. Is is gay to bang trannies: 40 pages. Awesome science: 31 replies. Alex, what's ARFcom GD for $100? |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 6:35:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I guess. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Bump. Is is gay to bang trannies: 40 pages. Awesome science: 31 replies. Problem is, we just don't have much to say about it beyond "cool" or "interesting". 1) Threads about serious breaking news stories (even better if they have live feeds and press conferences) 2) Threads where people argue. 3) Threads that people can post their own stories, pictures, links, videos, or experiences. Beyond that, specially for smaller news stories that don't involve controversy, you get a couple pages and the thread dies. Its the way of the internet. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 6:41:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not most likely, virtual certainty that there's a planet with dragons. There's room enough for anything in the Universe, which means that there's room enough for everything. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My 8 year old daughter just asked me if there is a planet with dragons... I showed her the Andromada image and let her see for herself that by the numbers... There most likely is a dragon planet... She is super excited... Not most likely, virtual certainty that there's a planet with dragons. There's room enough for anything in the Universe, which means that there's room enough for everything. So, that would also mean there's planets that are exclusively gay/tranny also? (Sorry, it is still GD, after all.) |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 6:43:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So, that would also mean there's planets that are exclusively gay/tranny also? (Sorry, it is still GD, after all.) Quote HistoryQuoted: ETA: Snip (Sorry, it is still GD, after all.) |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 6:46:04 PM EDT
[#42]
Awesome photo. Seriously awesome.
As someone else said, I didn't even realize we had photos like this yet. Thank you for sharing. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 6:47:28 PM EDT
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Bump. Is is gay to bang trannies: 40 pages. Awesome science: 31 replies. You can't be cool and have witty/edgy replies in a science thread. The tranny threads are where all the cool kids post. It's hard to comprehend that your life is so insignificant when you start talking about the universe and what lies in it. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 6:51:42 PM EDT
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When can I move in?
Will it have cable? |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 7:15:05 PM EDT
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Will be fun to see how it turns out over the next few billion years.
Txl |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 7:20:29 PM EDT
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Present And interested Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Bump. Is is gay to bang trannies: 40 pages. Awesome science: 31 replies. Present And interested But it took mention of trannies to get you to post 
Yes I see the irony
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Posted: 2/8/2015 7:22:10 PM EDT
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Awesome photo. Seriously awesome. As someone else said, I didn't even realize we had photos like this yet. Thank you for sharing. This. It's astounding how much progress we've made in astronomy and physics in the last couple decades. When I was in college we still didn't have any direct evidence of exoplanets at all and now we've got pictures like this. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 7:24:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. It's astounding how much progress we've made in astronomy and physics in the last couple decades. When I was in college we still didn't have any direct evidence of exoplanets at all and now we've got pictures like this. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Awesome photo. Seriously awesome. As someone else said, I didn't even realize we had photos like this yet. Thank you for sharing. This. It's astounding how much progress we've made in astronomy and physics in the last couple decades. When I was in college we still didn't have any direct evidence of exoplanets at all and now we've got pictures like this.  |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 7:28:50 PM EDT
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Will be fun to see how it turns out over the next few billion years. Txl Yes, and our lifer memberships will still be in effect to get the latest developments
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Posted: 2/8/2015 7:36:12 PM EDT
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Someone mentioned dragons?
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