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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!
Tholan
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if it's trained on earth pictures with the atmospheric diffusion, it should be flagged as false.
We need interplanetary IA !
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Wonder how far along they are on that. The ability to line up a shade, way out in front of telescope so perfectly, that it blocks the star light, but not the light reflected from the planets seems unreal.
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From what I last read, they planned to combine HabEx design elements with another telescope's design elements to make a new exoplanet telescope, but it pushes back the ETA for possible launch to 2040 now instead of the mid 2030s.
But it would be so amazing if that worked - I wonder if they'd test it on Alpha Centauri A/B first? It's close and they're approximate in size to the sun. Imagine finding Earth sized planets in orbit and they had evidence of possible life. We probably wouldn't still be around, but if they did discover that, I have to image a plan to send a probe there would eventually happen.
But it would be so amazing if that worked - I wonder if they'd test it on Alpha Centauri A/B first? It's close and they're approximate in size to the sun. Imagine finding Earth sized planets in orbit and they had evidence of possible life. We probably wouldn't still be around, but if they did discover that, I have to image a plan to send a probe there would eventually happen.
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Don't you AJ me motherfucker. It's super rare massive lightning discharges that they're only just starting to document with this study.
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I don't remember what they are called, but there are other light shows like that, but are white/blue, in the high atmosphere from lightning ionizing the upper atmosphere (or some such) that has been caught by storm chaser aircraft and/or the ISS before this special study.
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Oh, yar that's it. I guess they are all the same thing as that article/study is talking about: Upper-atmospheric lightning - Wikipedia
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Lies. You are just a salty bitch, admit it.No, I grenegged you for being a silly Bunt.
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Ok, enough shitting up this thread. I honestly forgot what section of the board this was. My apologies to all the space nerds for my derail and for MFF being a Salty Bitch.You're getting confused again honey. Sounds like you need more T in your life. PagingSynj
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Ok, enough shitting up this thread. I honestly forgot what section of the board this was. My apologies to all the space nerds for my derail and for MFF being a Salty Bitch.
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Cybsled
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Interesting - don't think I've heard of an asteroid eclipse before. At least it would be super easy to know where to look
apnews.com
Asteroid will pass in front of bright star Betelgeuse to produce a rare eclipse visible to millions
The star is Betelgeuse, a red supergiant in the constellation Orion. The asteroid is Leona, a space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
apnews.com
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