Zindan
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The Astronomy Thread
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
meStevo
I think your wife's a bigfoot gus.
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JWST launch slipped another 7 months to October 2021.
For technical/panedmic reasons.
spacenews.com
For technical/panedmic reasons.
NASA delays JWST launch by seven months
NASA announced July 16 that it is delaying the launch of its largest-ever space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), by seven months.
spacenews.com
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Mudcrush Durtfeet
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Fingers are crossed for a test of SN5 next week (150m hop), also crossed for the static fire test that has to happen first.
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Caliane
Avatar of War Slayer
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I've been trying for 3 days to see it. finally tonight, but no way im getting a photo like that. pretty rural area, but quite a bit of local light pollution. street lights or trees.
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meStevo
I think your wife's a bigfoot gus.
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Naked eye it was a smudge, my photo is with astrophotography mode on a Pixel 3 XL. Going to take the kids out to see it tomorrow night I think if the weather holds.
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meStevo
I think your wife's a bigfoot gus.
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And they will no doubt get it lower, because that is how they do it:
arstechnica.com
I still get blown away Elon actually did this.
SpaceX sets a turnaround record, flying the same rocket in 51 days [Updated]
Every booster still undergoes detailed inspections between launches.
I still get blown away Elon actually did this.
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Surprised this wasn't posted.
www.livescience.com
Astronomers discover South Pole Wall, a gigantic structure stretching 1.4 billion light-years across
Strands in the intergalactic web
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Big Phoenix
Pronouns: zie/zhem/zer
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Lumi
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iannis
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Surprised this wasn't posted.
Astronomers discover South Pole Wall, a gigantic structure stretching 1.4 billion light-years across
Strands in the intergalactic web
That's why I wonder if the universe really is isotropic at large scales.
I dunno if it is or isn't, but cosmology assumes that it is in order to make sensible statements and simplify what is (seemingly) obviously a system too complex to describe otherwise.
I think they have to keep pushing the scale out in order to maintain the notion of isotropic.
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Oldbased
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I don't know what made me think of it. Maybe it was just because I just woke up and my brain wasn't functioning yet or that I took my pain medicine, but watching SpaceX catch the shell today made me wonder.
What if there was a space bacteria which normally would burn up in reentry but with rockets and fairings doing controlled entry could survive then take over Earth before we could do anything about it? Elon could be transporting space aliens to our soil!
What if there was a space bacteria which normally would burn up in reentry but with rockets and fairings doing controlled entry could survive then take over Earth before we could do anything about it? Elon could be transporting space aliens to our soil!
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Oldbased
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That is exactly what I would suspect an alien bacteria to say. Sir, I am going to need to swab your gums.
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spronk
FPS noob
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First Ever Image of a Multi-Planet System around a Sun-like Star Captured by ESO Telescope
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has taken the first ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets. Images of systems with multiple exoplanets are extremely rare, and — until now — astronomers had never directly observed more than...
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Oldbased
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Looks like what a toilet would likely see if it was to look at Mudcrush's ass. The 2 dots being last weeks corn he couldn't wipe because his ass was so big.First Ever Image of a Multi-Planet System around a Sun-like Star Captured by ESO Telescope
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has taken the first ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets. Images of systems with multiple exoplanets are extremely rare, and — until now — astronomers had never directly observed more than...www.eso.org
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