The Space Thread

[easytoslip]

On 28/10/2021 at 11:00, Stickman said:

The famous Pale Blue Dot (Earth) picture taken by Voyager 1 in 1990 when NASA instructed it to look behind one final time at home before it left the solar system forever 

After which it became the first man-made object to reach interstellar space 

 

Great picture, it looks quite lonely. 

[johnsusername]

On 29/10/2021 at 23:00, dockers_strike said:

Tabby's star again. Some weird shit going on there. This is an interesting vid on the star.

 

 

Not ashamed to say I went straight to the alien megastructure segment. 

[dockers_strike]

On 29/10/2021 at 23:00, dockers_strike said:

Tabby's star again. Some weird shit going on there. This is an interesting vid on the star.

 

 

 

16 hours ago, johnsusername said:

Not ashamed to say I went straight to the alien megastructure segment. 

Yeah, Ive watched this about 3 times now and Im still struggling with some of the info presented.

 

The suggestion seems to be every 4.3 years when there's been observations or extrapolated as far back as 1978 and 1930's, there's a massive release of 'fine dust' that dissapates then re appears. There doesnt seem to be any extra infra red light at these time points which, it's suggested should be visible if natural objects are regularly colliding.

 

Also, natural objects wouldnt collide at regular time periods, unless it's just a massive co incidence. Im not sure about the author's interpretation that you'd run out of natural objects that regularly collide though?

 

Whatever is causing the clouds of dust is orbiting near the outer edge of 'Taby's star's' habitable zone. The astronomer was understandably reluctant to be drawn on stellar engineering but did posit it could be an explanation for the regular appearance of the dust, it's disappearance at regular periods.

 

I think the suggestion was the dust cloud which causes the light dip ofsome 8%, would need a planetary body 16 times the size of Jupiter to have the same effect. That wouldnt explain the periodicity of 4.3 years at the suggested habitable zone distance from the star though.

 

Hmmm. Thought provoking and mind blowing all at the same time.

[Gnasher]

"It's lonely out in space"

 

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Fuck that.

 

There's a lot to be said for working from home.

[Harry's Lad]

9 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

"It's lonely out in space"

 

 

That's an amazing photo. 

[DalyanPete]

Fuck that, never know when Spectre are around.

[dockers_strike]

New video from David Hipping about the Solar System and its possible specialness.

 

 

[Rico1304]

 

[Bjornebye]

7 hours ago, Rico1304 said:

 

Cool that. Very phallic aren't they 

[Rico1304]

Apparently the Russians tested an anti satellite weapon at the weekend, creating a debris cloud that is now threatening ISS. 
 

They really do seem to want to start a war.  

[Bjornebye]

6 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

Apparently the Russians tested an anti satellite weapon at the weekend, creating a debris cloud that is now threatening ISS. 
 

They really do seem to want to start a war.  

Tits

 

 

 

 

[dockers_strike]

Always blows my mind, this.

 

 

[Guest]

https://www.cnet.com/features/black-holes-slamming-into-the-moon-could-end-the-dark-matter-debate/?ftag=CAD-03-10aaj8j

[AngryOfTuebrook]

[Anubis]

 

 

[dockers_strike]

James Webb Space Telescope launch delayed for another 2 days, now pushed back to 24 December from the 22nd after a 'communications problem' was discovered between the launch vehicle and the telescope.

 

Good they spotted this but makes you wonder just what else could slip through the net.

[General Dryness]

On 16/11/2021 at 05:05, Bjornebye said:

Cool that. Very phallic aren't they 

To be fair, fannies aren't renowned for being streamlined.

[dockers_strike]

JWST launch pushed back to early Christmas Day morning due to weather conditions in Guiana.

[dockers_strike]

JWST tracking for anyone interested.

 

 

[dockers_strike]

This is a good vid to watch in 4K about the Galaxy. It's a bit heavy on numbers and equations at the beginning but if you stick with it, is quite awesome.

 

 

[dockers_strike]

JWST now fully deployed and upto 3 separate Lagrange 2 point 'insertion' burns will happen in the next couple of days.

 

Once that's happened and everything is good, I believe they have to do some fine tuning of the individual mirrors so they act as one big one. First real images expected in May although as other events have happened earlier, we may get lucky!

[Bjornebye]

8 minutes ago, dockers_strike said:

JWST now fully deployed and upto 3 separate Lagrange 2 point 'insertion' burns will happen in the next couple of days.

 

Once that's happened and everything is good, I believe they have to do some fine tuning of the individual mirrors so they act as one big one. First real images expected in May although as other events have happened earlier, we may get lucky!

Have they found any green men yet? 

[dockers_strike]

5 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Have they found any green men yet? 

Ha! Not yet!

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Have they found any green men yet? 

Quite possibly the most stereotyped and spacist post ever.