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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!
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It's been reported on for over a month in all the right places. I chortled at the faux rage.
Kharzette
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Hopefully it has other uses. Hard to take pictures of mathematical errors and flawed reasoning.
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On the contrary, we need to measure it exactly because our math may be off. We need data to correct the reasoning.
Dark energy might not be constant after all
First results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument offer hints of new physics.
arstechnica.com
Ukerric
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Well, considering the lunar day is 4 weeks-long, they might have problems figuring out how to stay in synch.
White House wants Moon to have its own time zone
The US government has asked Nasa to develop a way to keep track of time on the Moon.www.bbc.com
They may want to rethink that abbreviation though since it is ripe for misuse lol
Ukerric
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Well, it that means we get TWO lunar bases, I say it's worth it.
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Tholan
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Taking photo of something that emits or reflects no lights seems indeed strange.
What part of dark matter theory do you think is flawed ? (if you made a post already can you link it to me ?)
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I doubt I've made a coherent post about it all (and this won't be one, I just woke up), but I think all of modern cosmology is deeply flawed. The big bang is what 2 for 13 on predictions? Untold billions wasted over 50 years looking for particles that aren't there, and even if they were, do you then look for little creatures holding them in the perfect halo shape for the math to work?
Red shift is quantized with us at the center. High red shift galaxies are sometimes connected to low red shift galaxies that are right next to them. Do wide binaries have some kind of magical perfectly shaped halo to explain their goofy orbits?
It's all a huge waste of resources. Almost as bad as string theory. And the worst part about it is that any work looking for alternatives gets no funding because of the dogmatic garbage that is academia.
Red shift is quantized with us at the center. High red shift galaxies are sometimes connected to low red shift galaxies that are right next to them. Do wide binaries have some kind of magical perfectly shaped halo to explain their goofy orbits?
It's all a huge waste of resources. Almost as bad as string theory. And the worst part about it is that any work looking for alternatives gets no funding because of the dogmatic garbage that is academia.
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You do realize that even if it ends up being wrong or not 100% accurate, research is needed in that to conclude that and can sometimes uncover avenues of exploration or inquiry?
A lot of scientific discoveries result from trying to evidence one thing and inadvertently evidencing something else
A lot of scientific discoveries result from trying to evidence one thing and inadvertently evidencing something else
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Burns
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Two days out and still showing Texas getting cloud fucked. Wonder how many people, that were booked in hotels or live in DFW, will be trying to drive up tomorrow/Monday morning to Missouri to catch it.
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Burns
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I am not sure how to feel about starship. On one hand I'm pretty jimmied that it's (somehow) delayed Artemis's next flight. On the other , Elon is shooting for Mars. I want to see both in my lifetime. My biggest jimmy is my recent health scare made me realize how little time I have left. They all need to HURRY THE FUCK UP!
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New calculations have raised concerns popular eclipse maps might be off. Here’s what scientists say
Maps outlining the solar eclipse’s path of totality may not be exact — and no one can be certain. NASA advises moving as close to the path’s center as possible.
NASA has not changed its predictions, but the space agency advises that there is some uncertainty involved in mapping the eclipse’s path.
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