Starship Asterisk*

hi Wolf, What you say makes sense to me also but how much do we really know about the BH beast???

I wonder if there are any indications anywhere in the universe of matter being ejected from a black hole as opposed to "eaten"???

neufer wrote:Ceci n'est pas une pipe aussi.

This is not a painting...

Ceci n'est pas une couch gag

If there's so much hydrogen and oxygen in this "puff" or whatever it is, does that mean it may someday make a planet or planets with water??? There is a well written article on "Planetary Nebula" in wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_nebula According to the arti...

Now food for thought. Todays nebula looks like a gas giant. However the ring nebula in Lyra hardly resembles a planet. If the same puff of gas is responsible for its origin, why do we see todays nebula as a disk, while the ring nebula is definitively ring shaped? Maybe Qev's observation is a clue. ...

If you believe there is a God and you believe what the Bible teaches… then not only did the event make a sound but it was also heard. What in the world? Don't want to get too far off the APOD subject... but since you asked... According to the Bible, God is omnipresent and omniscient. Which although...

Our experiences are not compartmentalized. We get everything from sacred to profane, ridiculous to sublime, all mixed together in the same life. My escape into the reality of science through my love of things astronomical helps get me through the pits in the bowl of cherries... On the subject of ri...

Planetary Nebula is kind of a misnomer and has nothing to do with planets. Hi bystander, Just to be clear... I was musing about how the exploding "sun-like" star would have engulfed any orbiting planets, possibly rearranging their molecules in the process... but thanks for the lesson :) ,...

Hi Ed! Do you wonder if there was sound if there were no ears to hear it? :? Orin Hi Orin, If you believe there is a God and you believe what the Bible teaches… then not only did the event make a sound but it was also heard. For what Charles Messier had to work with; he was quite an achiever in cat...

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080626.html Although not a comet, the image tells on itself... How about calling it a super sized galactic star puff??? Or simply astro puff??? "Planetary Nebula" seems a little off-base to me... I expect orbiting planets would have become more of a "puff ...

snodome wrote:reminds me of a bruce lee quote:

"...And yet it all seems limitless..."

I for one cannot comprehend "limitless" but deceleration... I understand.

I am grateful to have accelerated and look forward to completing the deceleration.

Q - How many astronomers does it take to change a lightbulb? A - 10^8 (because astronomers like really big numbers) Brings up an interesting question... How soon will the astronomers accomplish changing the light bulb with such a large number of participants??? They may run out of time before accom...

seeing the moon on the horizon and it almost filled my field of view. I couldn't look away. Seeing the moon as "larger than life" on the horizon is a common illusion... which if you think about it makes it "real"... at least in a sense :wink: You could say we are all "moons...

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080620.html

Very nice image for commemorating solstice with the 2400 year old remains in the foreground... wish it were a larger format though to better fit a large monitor.

Today is also the longest day... since earth rotation is slowing down.

That's no locust! That's a mantis. Here he is, again, "Dextre the Magnificent" . I think Zorak the mantis is referring to his devouring evil nature when he refers to himself as the "Lone Locust"... While a "real" mantis is our friend... an evil and twisted mantis mind ...

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080611.html

"I am the Lone Locust of the apocalypse. Think of me when you look to the night sky."

There are those pesky clouds again

Quite a picture considering the faint timing and fearless clouds.

Fleeting glimpses out of the corner of my eye...
Exciting imagination by a piece of the sky...
Where inspiration for a grinning cat...
Disappears in a wisp of Clear Air Turbulence...

Not really, although I do enjoy his obscurity... The subject nebula has the head-on appearance of a hippo... with mouth wide open... (of course my head is usually wide open... as in spaces :lol: ) As a non-scientist... this was the closest I could come to constructive commentary regarding our neighb...

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080326.html

Boy : Look Ma! What's that cow up in the sky?

Mother: No son. That's a hippopotamus - 'Horse of the River'

Boy: River??? What's it doin' up in the sky?

Mother: That one made it to heaven dear.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080323.html

Man: Hi God, what is that cloud off in the distance?

God: Pull my finger!

Margaret Wise Brown was Awakened by the Moon

I'm being followed by a Moon Shadow...

Moody Blues wrote: Breathe deep the gathering gloom Watchlights fade from every room Bedsitter people look back and lament Another days useless energies spent Empassioned lovers wrestle as one Lonely man cries for love and has none New mother picks up and settles her son Senior citizens wish they we...

I can't help but think, as I admire the Endeavour to Orbit image ... it looks a lot like how I envision synapse activity in our brains. We get a charge from something like this image and a brain cell [or cells] goes to work... sending stimulated energy "up" to other brain cells that begin ...

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080316.html As I look back to our ancestors, I am grateful for their spirited dream. Who guessed that their violent and explosive venture would take such a turn? As I look back on my home, my star bound adventure begins… I am so very thankful to live in this time so far ...

"For in the end what are we, who are convinced that suicide is obligatory and yet cannot resolve to commit it, other than the weakest, the most inconsistent and, speaking frankly, the most stupid of people, making such a song and dance with our banalities?" Allliteration is intrinsic amus...

If I had to pick an all time favorite band the Moody Blues would be at the forefront. I have all the vinyl from Days * to Blue Jays. I picked up a couple of greatest hits CDs... real fine artists!

They took a liking to the space program, lucky for us.