I agree, it is exciting to see new discoveries like this (although it is more similar to finding a new mansion, 10 times bigger than your house, hidden behind the shrubbery at the edge of your property.
The Hubble Deep Field picture from a few years ago was an absolute revelation, as it shows thousands of galaxies in a spot that was previously thought to be empty space.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...olution%29.png
Wait until it turns out Dr Bob ate a greasy burger and it was just a spot of grease on the lens.Quote:
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Gravitational waves detected.
http://news.mit.edu/2016/ligo-first-...nal-waves-0211
Interest news about the Milky Way:
http://astronomynow.com/2016/07/20/x...the-milky-way/
Not really astronomy, just really interesting:
What Is the Earliest Evidence for Life on Earth?
http://www.realclearscience.com/blog..._on_earth.html
(This has nothing to do with religion.)
A possible earth 2.0 just 4.25 light years away?
http://www.space.com/33780-could-pro...r-getaway.html
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Getting there may problematic.
What could go wrong at 20% of the speed of light?
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/...vive-the-trip/
Elon Musk lays out his plan for colonizing to Mars and saving mankind:
http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-...ipt-2016-9/#-1
I think a pretty cool demonstration of gravity fits here:
https://youtu.be/E43-CfukEgs
Discovery of new planets that could sustain life: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...planets-around
Cool picture of northern Utah from the International Space Station. Looking from the north by northwest, taken in October 2017.
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I can see my house.Quote:
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Bear lake and the Uintah mountains look cool
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Damnit. I blinked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocker Ute
When is the next photo?
it always shocks me to see aerials of the Great Salt Lake to see the chemical differences between Farmington Bay and the rest of the lake.Quote:
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Heck, I can see me. I cant remember if I was waving or flippin' the bird.
Isn’t that a copy of Mother Jones magazine you’re waving?Quote:
Originally Posted by concerned
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6964
The Super-Earth that Came Home for Dinner
"It might be lingering bashfully on the icy outer edges of our solar system, hiding in the dark, but subtly pulling strings behind the scenes: stretching out the orbits of distant bodies, perhaps even tilting the entire solar system to one side ... Breadcrumb number three: Computer simulations of the solar system with Planet Nine included show there should be more objects tilted with respect to the solar plane. In fact, the tilt would be on the order of 90 degrees, as if the plane of the solar system and these objects formed an "X" when viewed edge-on. Sure enough, Brown realized that five such objects already known to astronomers fill the bill."
It seems crazy to me that with all of the space discoveries and advances that have been made over the last few decades that it could be possible that there is another big planet out there that has yet to be formally discovered, but it sure looks like that's the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by tooblue