RUPERTKBD Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Just now, nuckin_futz said: Caught me before I could edit. No idea how that popped in there. I'm pretty quick for an old guy.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 https://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/news/lake-found-on-mars/ss-AA12znb4?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c46b508c6b074d9c9fe7b9ee46170602#image=5 Brief notes- and five pics about water on Mars. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 An excerpt from an article wherein William Shatner talks about his experience on his voyage into space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space shuttle: https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/william-shatner-space-boldly-go-excerpt-1235395113/?ftag=CAD-03-10abj4f I continued my self-guided tour and turned my head to face the other direction, to stare into space. I love the mystery of the universe. I love all the questions that have come to us over thousands of years of exploration and hypotheses. Stars exploding years ago, their light traveling to us years later; black holes absorbing energy; satellites showing us entire galaxies in areas thought to be devoid of matter entirely… all of that has thrilled me for years… but when I looked in the opposite direction, into space, there was no mystery, no majestic awe to behold . . . all I saw was death. I saw a cold, dark, black emptiness. It was unlike any blackness you can see or feel on Earth. It was deep, enveloping, all-encompassing. I turned back toward the light of home. I could see the curvature of Earth, the beige of the desert, the white of the clouds and the blue of the sky. It was life. Nurturing, sustaining, life. Mother Earth. Gaia. And I was leaving her. Everything I had thought was wrong. Everything I had expected to see was wrong. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) I have it on good authority that this photo was taken immediately after the Bills victory over the Packers Of course, this was right around the time the Leafs were losing to the Ducks, so there could be multiple explanations..... Edited October 31, 2022 by RUPERTKBD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 2 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: I have it on good authority that this photo was taken immediately after the Bills victory over the Packers Of course, this was right around the time the Leafs were losing to the Ducks, so there could be multiple explanations..... Please. The sun is a star. The picture was taken after the Cowboys/Bears game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 https://www.cnet.com/science/space/what-is-artemis-i-breaking-down-the-major-moon-mission-nasa-just-launched/?ftag=CAD-04-10aac3a What Is Artemis I? Breaking Down the Major Moon Mission NASA Just Launched All things considered, Artemis I is such a big deal because the success of this mission will dictate the timeline for NASA's sci-fi moon objectives. You can think of Artemis I as an extremely high-stakes precursor to everything that comes next for American lunar exploration, founded on everything that came before. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedestroyerofworlds Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Won't be back to Earth until Dec. 11. Next mission will be crewed and do what Apollo 8 and 10 did. The 3rd mission will be the one that lands. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63697714 Nasa's Artemis spacecraft arrives at the Moon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 On 10/26/2022 at 6:35 AM, UnkNuk said: Was watching this with my son a couple of weeks ago. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 5 hours ago, Muttley said: Poseidon? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 More James Webb goodness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Pretty remarkable the amount of damage an asteroid could do. Launch one and see: https://neal.fun/asteroid-launcher/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 We might have the JWT however the Hubble is still taking some fantastic images. https://www.space.com/hubble-space-telescope-soul-nebula-photo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 (edited) Mysterious object shines 570 billion times more powerful than the Sun 16.08.2022 Billions of light-years away, a huge ball of incandescent gas has been discovered, which is brighter than hundreds of billions of Suns. It’s hard to imagine anything like that. This object is so bright that it is very difficult for astronomers to find a way to describe it. The most interesting thing is that scientists are not completely sure of the true nature of this object. But they have several theories. llustration of the Markarian 335 object At first, it was assumed that the bright object ASASSN-15lh could be a very rare type of supernova remnant known as a magnetar. But its dimensions contradict the very laws of physics. As explained by Krzysztof Stanek, a professor of astronomy at Ohio State University, if there was a brightness power scale from 1 to 10, then this object would shine with a power of 11, which is simply impossible and goes beyond any existing limiting units of measurement. The object was first detected by the Worldwide Automatic Supernova Survey (ASAS-SN), which is a small network of telescopes used to detect bright objects in the universe. Despite the fact that this object is extremely bright, it is impossible to see it with the naked eye, since it is located at a distance of 3.8 billion light years. Attempt to explain the nature of ASASSN-15lh Since 2014, ASAS-SN has detected almost 250 supernovae. However, the discovery of ASASSN-15lh stands out for its absolute power. A supernova is 200 times more powerful than a normal one, 570 billion times brighter than the Sun and 20 times brighter than all the stars together in the Milky Way. Todd Thompson, a professor of astronomy at Ohio State, has one hypothesis. A supernova could create an extremely rare type of star called a millisecond magnetar. It rotates so fast that it generates an incredibly powerful magnetic field. But to have such brightness, this rare magnetar must rotate at least 1000 times per second and turn all this rotational energy into light with almost 100 percent efficiency. But Krzysztof Stanek believes that this is still the center of an active galaxy with a supermassive black hole. In the future, the Hubble Space Telescope will try to solve this mystery, allowing astronomers to examine this object in detail. ******** 570 billion times brighter than our Sun. Yet is so far away it cannot be seen with the naked eye. Edited February 9, 2023 by nuckin_futz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 There are some good pics of the " green" comet that is visible in our night sky right now. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-11/pictures-of-the-green-comet-from-around-the-world/101961458 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Some of the most amazing footage of northern lights I have ever seen. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/jaw-dropping-footage-of-northern-lights/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph. Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Went out for a walk the other night and was amazed to see this in person: 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 In case anyone is interested, the ESA is currently beaming back live images from their Mars Orbiter.....(okay, "live" plus the almost 17 minutes it takes to get here) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 You can FF to get the actual footage of Mars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 3 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: In case anyone is interested, the ESA is currently beaming back live images from their Mars Orbiter.....(okay, "live" plus the almost 17 minutes it takes to get here) ESA are a bunch of scrubs, can't even make probes that send signals faster than light speed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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