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There's a theory out there that says Universe is living and expanding just like we. I believe it.
After putting everything in perspective we really have no idea wtf we are doing here
It's NASA's picture of the day list. They post a new picture everyday and they started in 1995, which means there's roughly 7000 pictures. Pretty crazy to see the change in quality from when they first started 20 years ago to the absolutely stunning pictures they can post now. Explanations are also included for each picture.
WampireI just got a 6'' dobsonian deep space explorer telescope and holy shit is it awesome. Space is really incredible when you can look deeper into it
How much is something like that? Also look into this coming Monday an asteroid is passing by Earth. They say you can see it with a telescope.
theBearJewHow much is something like that? Also look into this coming Monday an asteroid is passing by Earth. They say you can see it with a telescope.
well I got mine for 200 used at a nearby telescope shop, and it is a little outdated but still super good. A 6'' dobsonian usually goes for around 300-400. I recommend the Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian Telescope, that's basically the newer version of mine and those are only like 300.
theBearJewSo an asteroid is flying by earth tonight. Closest an asteroid has flown to earth, anyone know what direction of the sky to look into?
east between Jupiter and sirius is what NASA said, but I was looking for a little while and I couldn't see it. Not sure if it is just not bright enough?
Well theres a galaxy called the milky way which consists of a solar system that contains Earth and lots of majestic creatures like sharkeisha and the ns community inhabit Earth. Earth is quite a majestic place
My favorite, because people that try to appear brilliant by remembering some arbitrary number of values of pie are annoying as hell.
Not directly a "space fact", but:
Calculating pi past ~60 decimal places has no application in the real world, because that is all that would be needed to calculate the angle of a planck length (the smallest unit of distance) at the edge of the observable universe.
The average density of the universe is 1 Hydrogen atom per cubic meter. This one's pretty mind-blowing, because when you think about all the "empty space" in between the electrons and the nucleus of an atom, it's statistically/mathematically reasonable to disregard the atom.
Also, if like-metals touch in space, the instantly weld together. This is because the atoms of one piece of metal cannot differentiate where the atoms of their piece of metal end, and the atoms of the other piece begin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_welding
Final thing, Interstellar was mostly pretty good, but the scene where he docks with the out of control station bugs the crap out of me. It's shown as spinning around it's center, much like it would have when in orbit, yet we had just seen a huge chunk of it get blown off, so the axis of rotation couldn't POSSIBLY be about the same point.
"The most astounding fact, the most astounding fact is the knowledge, that the atoms comprise life on earth; the atoms that pick up the human body, are traceable to the crucibles, that cooked light elements into heavy elements in their core, under extreme temperatures and pressures. These stars, the high mass ones among them, went unstable in their later years. They collapsed and then exploded, scattering their enriched guts, across the galaxy. Guts made of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and all the fundamental ingredients of life itself. These ingredients become part of gas clouds, that condense, collapse, form the next generation of solar systems stars with orbiting planets and those planets now have ingredients for life itself. So that when I look up at the night sky, and I know that yes, we are part of this universe, we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up. Many people feel small, because they’re small and the universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms, came from those stars. There is a level of connectivity. That’s really what you want in life, you want to feel connected, you want to feel relevant. You want to feel like your a participant in the goings on of activities and events around you. That’s precisely what we are, just by being alive. "
selfiejesus"The most astounding fact, the most astounding fact is the knowledge, that the atoms comprise life on earth; the atoms that pick up the human body, are traceable to the crucibles, that cooked light elements into heavy elements in their core, under extreme temperatures and pressures. These stars, the high mass ones among them, went unstable in their later years. They collapsed and then exploded, scattering their enriched guts, across the galaxy. Guts made of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and all the fundamental ingredients of life itself. These ingredients become part of gas clouds, that condense, collapse, form the next generation of solar systems stars with orbiting planets and those planets now have ingredients for life itself. So that when I look up at the night sky, and I know that yes, we are part of this universe, we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up. Many people feel small, because they’re small and the universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms, came from those stars. There is a level of connectivity. That’s really what you want in life, you want to feel connected, you want to feel relevant. You want to feel like your a participant in the goings on of activities and events around you. That’s precisely what we are, just by being alive. "
There you go. From what I have read it is either an euphoric feeling or the scariest fucking thing in the world. The video talks alot about the euphoric feeling, trying to find some stuff about the scary feeling that astronauts go through.
Venus rotates in reverse, and it's year is shorter than it's day.
Type Ib supernovas explode at about the same magnitude, so we can use them as "standard candles" in order to determine distances to whatever galaxy they blew up in.
Uranus's atmosphere/mantle is made up of a bunch of carbon, that, with pressure creates diamonds that fall out of the clouds into what's possibly a giant ocean of liquid diamond that has fucking 'diamondbergs' floating in it.
Uranus was also originally named "George"
Neptune is the only planet ever discovered using math. Some french guy calculated where a planet might be based on deviations in Uranus' orbit, and sent the math to a German dude who then pointed his telescope where Neptune was and sure enough, it was right where the math said it would be.
at earth-scale, Saturn's rings are narrower than a piece of paper, and saturn's moons actually cause waves within the rings as they rotate around the planet.
Theoretically there are 'white holes' that spew out matter rather than swallowing it.
The pressure on the surface of Venus is like 92 times the pressure on the surface of earth. If you were to land and view the surface, the pressure would actually distort things enough to make them seem way further away than they are (like a fisheye lens)
Did any of you guys know about antimatter. It's the exact equal opposite of matter. There's protrons and anti electrons that are made exactly the same as their counterparts but with a different charge. Also when antimatter and matter come into contact they just explode into PURE ENERGY. NOT JUST EXPLODE BUT TURN INTO PURE ENERGY. But for real think about what we could do if we powered things with antimatter and matter. We already have antimatter on earth that scientists have collected. Or we could make a bomb out if it too. But it also costs a ton of money to get it. But also because of the Big Bang creating an even amount of matter and antimatter that means there might be an entire universe made all of antimatter. So ya antimatter is cool beans.
Pocari Sweat has paid several million dollars to have a powdered can of their energy drink landed on the moon next year. It will be the first advertisement on another celestial body. Cool.
nochillDid any of you guys know about antimatter. It's the exact equal opposite of matter. There's protrons and anti electrons that are made exactly the same as their counterparts but with a different charge. Also when antimatter and matter come into contact they just explode into PURE ENERGY. NOT JUST EXPLODE BUT TURN INTO PURE ENERGY. But for real think about what we could do if we powered things with antimatter and matter. We already have antimatter on earth that scientists have collected. Or we could make a bomb out if it too. But it also costs a ton of money to get it. But also because of the Big Bang creating an even amount of matter and antimatter that means there might be an entire universe made all of antimatter. So ya antimatter is cool beans.
yeah, if they were able to collect and store enough anti-matter to power a starship, we could get to alpha centauri in fucking 9 years!
Went to DC and saw the platinum film, Dark Universe, narrated by Neil Degrass Tyson. Shit blew my mind.
First, this is the ammount of galaxies we have mapped.
All of the black we have not yet seen. That is still a whole not we've yet to even LOOK at. And keeping in mind looking at it only means it existed billions of years ago.
Then there is this,
Showing that from our point in the universe, the blue cross-hair, everything is going away from us. The farther it is, the faster it is moving. Meaning the universe is expanding at greater rates the farther out it gets. Now looking at that image you may think that means we are the center if everything is moving away from us, right? Wrong. No matter where you are in the universe, it looks like you are the center and everything is moving away from you. So if you are at the far left of that image, it is going to look like everything near you is moving slowly away from you, and we are moving very fast away from you.
And finally,
We don't really understand what dark matter is, we are just recently figuring out there is this thing called dark space. If you do the math, we estimate that 96% of the universe is made up of dark matter or dark space. Leaving just 4% for things we understand. FOUR PERCENT.
Go see Dark Universe if you get the chance. It is mindblowing.
Anybody know what happened to dragon launch this morning? I didn't get to see the live stream, but they are now reporting an 'anomaly' at first stage separation.
byuboundAnybody know what happened to dragon launch this morning? I didn't get to see the live stream, but they are now reporting an 'anomaly' at first stage separation.
Their lingo is always odd. After it disintegrated he's like well it's clear we've had a, uh, non-nominal flight. I mean I'm sure the guy is totally at a loss for words after something like that happens. At least they don't just cut the broadcast.
Always hate to see these things blow up though. They were all probably so stoked to hit the launch button.
Their lingo is always odd. After it disintegrated he's like well it's clear we've had a, uh, non-nominal flight. I mean I'm sure the guy is totally at a loss for words after something like that happens. At least they don't just cut the broadcast.
Always hate to see these things blow up though. They were all probably so stoked to hit the launch button.
DrZoidbergTheir lingo is always odd. After it disintegrated he's like well it's clear we've had a, uh, non-nominal flight. I mean I'm sure the guy is totally at a loss for words after something like that happens. At least they don't just cut the broadcast.
Always hate to see these things blow up though. They were all probably so stoked to hit the launch button.
Yeah its such a bummer. I bet this delays the manned dragon missions a ton, along with all of the falcon heavy stuff they were planning. I don't think Musk is the type to be phased by this at all though. I bet he just pushes everyone a ton harder to keep everything on track for mars.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled in stunning detail a small section of the expanding remains of a massive star that exploded about 8,000 years ago.
Called the Veil Nebula, the debris is one of the best-known supernova remnants, deriving its name from its delicate, draped filamentary structures. The entire nebula is 110 light-years across, covering six full moons on the sky as seen from Earth, and resides about 2,100 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, the Swan.
This view is a mosaic of six Hubble pictures of a small area roughly two light-years across, covering only a tiny fraction of the nebula’s vast structure.
This close-up look unveils wisps of gas, which are all that remain of what was once a star 20 times more massive than our sun. The fast-moving blast wave from the ancient explosion is plowing into a wall of cool, denser interstellar gas, emitting light. The nebula lies along the edge of a large bubble of low-density gas that was blown into space by the dying star prior to its self-detonation.
