The Space Thread

  On 12/3/2020 at 10:49 AM, t yst r said:

Only read it just now, but the platform over the dish collapsed two days ago...

https://www.ucf.edu/news/arecibo-observatorys-telescope-collapses/

RIP Arecibo...

  On 12/3/2020 at 2:46 PM, Rubin Farr said:

 

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I'm going to nominate this for Most IDM 2021

#mostidm2021

  On 12/19/2020 at 1:20 PM, Rubin Farr said:

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Did anyone else see this and automatically think...

???

was unaware the UAE had a probe sent to mars

also, the chinese sent back this pic of mars from a distance of 2.2 million kilometers

persevere will be touching down on mars 11:15 a.m. PST / 2:15 p.m. EST / 19:15 UTC

T Minus 2 hours

Absolutely love the logo for it.

edit: damn, all I see now is oompa loompa hair.

kinda envy that rover right about now

  On 2/18/2021 at 9:11 PM, jules said:

Absolutely love the logo for it.

 

 

 

 

edit: damn, all I see now is oompa loompa hair.

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black and white one immediately made me think of Squarepusher...Big Loada innit

  On 2/21/2021 at 2:38 AM, Rubin Farr said:

 

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Isn’t that footage panning in a still from Curiosity (with added made-up sound), not Perseverance (which hasn’t broadcasted video/sound, or driven around, yet)?

  On 2/21/2021 at 3:32 AM, aencre said:

 footage panning in a still

  On 2/21/2021 at 3:32 AM, aencre said:

(with added made-up sound)

Info on the instruments on board of Perseverance (the SUV-sized Mars rover exploring Jezero Crater on Mars)

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Astronomers Locate the Oldest and Most Distant Galaxy in the Universe

A team of astronomers used the Keck I telescope to measure the distance to an ancient galaxy. They deduced the target galaxy GN-z11 is not only the oldest galaxy but also the most distant.

“From previous studies, the galaxy GN-z11 seems to be the farthest detectable galaxy from us, at 13.4 billion light years, or 134 nonillion kilometers (that’s 134 followed by 30 zeros),” said Kashikawa. “But measuring and verifying such a distance is not an easy task.”

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https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-locate-the-oldest-and-most-distant-galaxy-in-the-universe-defines-the-very-boundary-of-the-observable-universe/amp/

  On 2/22/2021 at 10:53 PM, Nebraska said:

https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-locate-the-oldest-and-most-distant-galaxy-in-the-universe-defines-the-very-boundary-of-the-observable-universe/amp/

 

she gets into a bit more of the details here, for those interested. 7:57 should be queued up where she starts explaining the process.

  On 2/21/2021 at 3:32 AM, aencre said:

Isn’t that footage panning in a still from Curiosity (with added made-up sound), not Perseverance (which hasn’t broadcasted video/sound, or driven around, yet)?

  On 2/23/2021 at 12:34 AM, auxien said:

she gets into a bit more of the details here, for those interested. 7:57 should be queued up where she starts explaining the process.

thanks for sharing that video. subscribed to her channel too 

  On 2/24/2021 at 4:20 AM, very honest said:

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This has a Chris Cunningham aesthetic to it. Nice!

space is potent

that landing footage is lush af. i can't believe they have a helicopter. and perseverance is huge, 7ft x 10ft x 9ft.