MakemineVanilla Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 hours ago, chrisp65 said: If we had a spaceship that could travel at the speed of light, it would take us 18 hours to get to Voyager 2. I remember many years ago, they did a TV programme on the wonders of the world, and Stephen J Gould, the evolutionary biologist, chose 'deep time' and the absolute inability of humans to conceive it. Cosmic distances are equally incomprehensible. As someone once said, eternity is a very long time, especially when you are waiting for a VAR decision. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted December 20, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2021 Quote Vacuum-Sealed Container From 1972 Moon Landing Will Finally Be Opened After 50 years, scientists will get a chance to study lunar gases collected during Apollo 17 mission. Apollo mission planners were really smart. Recognizing that future scientists will have better tools and richer scientific insights, they refrained from opening a portion of the lunar samples returned from the historic Apollo missions. One of these sample containers, after sitting untouched for 50 years, is now set to be opened. The sample in question was collected by Gene Cernan in 1972. The Apollo 17 astronaut was working in the Taurus-Littrow Valley when he hammered a 28-inch-long (70 cm) tube into the surface, which he did to collect samples of lunar soil and gas. The lower half of this canister was sealed while Cernan was still on the Moon. Back on Earth, the canister was placed in yet another vacuum chamber for good measure. Known as the 73001 Apollo sample container, it remains untouched to this very day. Clicky for full gizmodo article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted December 25, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 25, 2021 Good luck Mr. Telescope. Be as awesome as the plans hope Quote 30 years and $10 billion later, the James Webb Space Telescope is finally on the launch pad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted December 25, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Tegis said: Good luck Mr. Telescope. Be as awesome as the plans hope So far so good. Last look at the telescope. 29 days until arrival at Lagrange point 2. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfielder Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Hi to any Carl Sagan fans on here. Here's some classic Carl... This clip is him explaining the 4th dimension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 18, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) I'm on a roll with Facebook tonight. Some twaddle about telepathy prompted this little thread: Edited February 18, 2022 by mjmooney 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted March 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted March 23, 2022 The best laid plans of mice…AND men? Quote A non-hormonal male contraceptive pill is 99 per cent effective at preventing pregnancy in mice with no observed side effects. Human trials are being planned, but some researchers warn that safety concerns could yet prevent the drug from reaching the market. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lichfield Dean Posted May 12, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Mark Albrighton said: This is seriously amazing stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 12, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 12, 2022 What a shit photo. Can't even get it into focus. What did they take it on, a Nokia 7650? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted July 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2022 Joe Biden releasing the first proper photo from the JWST tonight at (if I've got my timezones correct) 10pm. This is ahead of the main release of initial images tomorrow. Should be pretty spectacular. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted July 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) Pretty incredible image. Loads of gravitationally lensed galaxies. All sorts of incredibly distant galaxies with some amazing looking spirals in there. Probably loads of other things I don't understand. Will definitely need experts to analyse and explain the finer details of it! Edited July 11, 2022 by Lichfield Dean 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted July 12, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Marka Ragnos said: I remember that from having Gas and Air at the dentist as a kid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted July 12, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 12, 2022 The amount of distances between the objects in that picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 8 minutes ago, Tegis said: The amount of distances between the objects in that picture Bearing in mind it is focused on a patch of sky no bigger than a grain of sand held at arms length . It really is incredible. The Drake equation just got a little Drakier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Lots of those galaxies are long dead and long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 21 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Lots of those galaxies are long dead and long gone. Then the contents may get swallowed up by collapsed stars and farted out elsewhere, to start all over again? Could it be possible to see the same matter twice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 12 minutes ago, Xann said: Then the contents may get swallowed up by collapsed stars and farted out elsewhere, to start all over again? Could it be possible to see the same matter twice? I guess, if the picture is from different times, depending how far back in the picture you look, then I’m saying yes, you could potentially be seeing the same matter twice? But that might require that matter to have moved at faster than the speed of light? Maybe? Good point though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Just now, Xann said: Then the contents may get swallowed up by collapsed stars and farted out elsewhere, to start all over again? Could it be possible to see the same matter twice? For sure . The universe is a recycling toroidal field and nothing ever "dies" it just transforms. The hydrogen in our atoms was created at the big bang and could have passed through millions of humans before it became part of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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