BoKnows Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Amazing stuff. https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-08-05/astronomers-detect-supernova-shock-wave-using-kepler/100353874 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 8 hours ago, Ilunga said: Amazing stuff. https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-08-05/astronomers-detect-supernova-shock-wave-using-kepler/100353874 That's very cool. The Kepler telescope was replaced by the TESS satellite. Fun personal fact. My dog is named Tess, we rescued her on the day the TESS was launched April 18 2018. One of our first times taking her for a walk we met a guy from our apt building with his dog. The dude was a local astronomer....his dog was named....Kepler. Tess and Kepler became good buds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 https://7news.com.au/technology/space/astronomers-find-planets-around-nearby-star-that-could-be-capable-of-supporting-life-c-3613891 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Perseid meteor shower for us folk in the Northern Hemisphere in the next few nights. Sorry @Ilunga Fireworks in the sky, about one 'shooting star' per min.....actually, it's some gravel from a comet hitting our atmosphere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4petesake Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I came across this on on Reddit and thought it to be disturbingly well done.(I realize it may not be new to some of the diehards on this thread.) Which is the most disturbing Fermi paradox solution and why? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 1 hour ago, 4petesake said: I came across this on on Reddit and thought it to be disturbingly well done.(I realize it may not be new to some of the diehards on this thread.) Which is the most disturbing Fermi paradox solution and why? As you say some of the die-hards will be aware, but this is basically the theme behind the trilogy Remembrance of Earth's Past (AKA the Three Body Problem) by Chinese SF writer Cixin Liu. The second book in the trilogy is called "The Dark Forest", which basically refers to the Universe at large and how intelligent species "hide" from each other, instead of broadcasting their whereabouts (as we silly humans do) resulting in invasion, or annihilation. In the case of this group of novels, it results in invasion and most of Earth's surviving population end up being confined to Australia.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 14 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: As you say some of the die-hards will be aware, but this is basically the theme behind the trilogy Remembrance of Earth's Past (AKA the Three Body Problem) by Chinese SF writer Cixin Liu. The second book in the trilogy is called "The Dark Forest", which basically refers to the Universe at large and how intelligent species "hide" from each other, instead of broadcasting their whereabouts (as we silly humans do) resulting in invasion, or annihilation. In the case of this group of novels, it results in invasion and most of Earth's surviving population end up being confined to Australia.... Bloody Chinese ! More picking on us. Thanks for the tip about the sci-fi novels. Always looking for good sci-fi. Recently finished The Saga of the Seven Suns by Kevin J Anderson. Solid space opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 https://7news.com.au/technology/space/nasa-spacecraft-finds-hazardous-asteroid-bennu-could-be-on-course-for-impact-with-earth-c-3664766 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Ilunga said: Bloody Chinese ! More picking on us. Thanks for the tip about the sci-fi novels. Always looking for good sci-fi. Recently finished The Saga of the Seven Suns by Kevin J Anderson. Solid space opera. Yep. I quite enjoyed it as well. Not sure if you're aware, but Anderson put out a sequel trilogy to follow up Seven Suns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saga_of_Shadows Quote It has been twenty years since the events of The Saga of the Seven Suns, in which an ancient war among four elemental races is reignited and nearly destroys both the human race and the alien Ildirans. The new Confederation has governed human civilization across its many colonized planets since the end of the Elemental War, and relations between the humans and Ildirans are harmonious. Peace and commerce have been restored, with the Roamers back in the business of mining and selling the valuable stardrive fuel ekti (required for faster-than-light travel) and the green priests of Theroc providing instantaneous trans-galactic communication via their sentient worldtrees. But the malevolent Klikiss robots are plotting their revenge from exile, and soon find an ally in the ancient Shana Rei, the destructive personification of darkness and chaos which has awakened from millennia of slumber to destroy all sentient life in the universe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: Yep. I quite enjoyed it as well. Not sure if you're aware, but Anderson put out a sequel trilogy to follow up Seven Suns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saga_of_Shadows I have logged in on my son's tablet and this is the first time I have seen the quote on your posts. Love it. Also just noticed your "job description". Love me some trailer park boys. Thanks for the tip. Got a bunch of Iain M Banks books from my second hand bookstore before the lockdown. Looking forward to reading them. Edited August 14, 2021 by Ilunga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Great pic of a helix nebula at end of article https://www.techradar.com/news/supernova-shoots-a-dying-star-made-of-metal-out-of-milky-way-at-2-million-mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 I know it's not exactly a sighting but it's so cool. Guy was close to breaking the sound barrier https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060816/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 https://7news.com.au/technology/space/new-x-ray-images-show-ghostly-rings-around-a-black-hole-c-3667318 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 I've gotten several Wallpapers from this site: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html If you click on the "Archive" link at the bottom of the page, it will take you to past APODs, going back more than 5 years.... There are even some cool terrestrial images, like this odd cloud formation over Saskatchewan: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/black-holes-surrounded-massive-energy-harvesting-structures-could-power-alien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 https://www.livescience.com/milky-way-sagittarius-arm-break 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Ilunga said: https://www.livescience.com/milky-way-sagittarius-arm-break Hmmmm....so....21 millennia DL....or LTIR? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 7 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: Hmmmm....so....21 millennia DL....or LTIR? Think the universe only got 2mins for slashing on that play too. Broke Sags arm! ridiculous. The league is a joke. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gurn Posted August 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: Think the universe only got 2mins for slashing on that play too. Broke Sags arm! ridiculous. The league is a joke. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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