Ah, ok. It's a Jewish scientist leap of faith thing, about the 400 years, then.neufer wrote:It sometimes just takes a lot of chutzpah
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- Tue Oct 13, 2015 9:56 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: MPS: Blast Waves in the Sun's Atmosphere
- Replies: 6
- Views: 612
Re: MPS: Blast Waves in the Sun's Atmosphere
- Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:50 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: MPS: Blast Waves in the Sun's Atmosphere
- Replies: 6
- Views: 612
Re: MPS: Blast Waves in the Sun's Atmosphere
Now just how would anyone be able to know that??neufer wrote:In [the core of] the Sun, the helium-3 produced in these reactions exists for only about 400 years before it is converted into helium-4.>>
- Sun Oct 11, 2015 3:45 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Stream of Stuff
- Replies: 780
- Views: 401621
Re: Stream of Stuff
Here's a minute and a half of....... well, whatever it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK18bdU ... video_user
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- Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:30 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Music Thread.
- Replies: 334
- Views: 358205
Re: Music Thread.
Good to hear from you again, Orin, long time no see! Hi; Ann, I just got lazy with the writing! 8-) You, at least , owe us a full paragraph on the New Horizons flyby. Did it meet your expectations? What was the biggest surprise. Are you in postpartum depression? (You were deeply in love with the di...
- Thu Oct 08, 2015 4:26 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy (2015 Oct 08)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3141
Re: APOD: M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy (2015 Oct 08)
It's amazing what one can find out at this site. I never knew Hercules had a twin brother.
- Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:47 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: La Palma Eclipse Sequence (2015 Oct 07)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2902
Re: APOD: La Palma Eclipse Sequence (2015 Oct 07)
I didn't know they had 'LSD' back then.
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:52 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Flying Past Pluto (2015 Oct 06)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3939
Re: APOD: Flying Past Pluto (2015 Oct 06)
And even then... only if the Force is with you.
- Fri Oct 02, 2015 11:23 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Life on Mars
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9849
Re: Life on Mars
There is the possibility of to find salt liquid water on Mars. It can to have elemental life on Mars. But, you need to find another important point for the life: the carbon element Carbon element------------ life Not element carbon ------ not life Silicon Life, and other life forms. http://www.airs...
- Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:45 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Life on Mars
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9849
Re: Life on Mars
Hmm... does that make the Tralfamadorians really smart.... or really stupid, or really (??)
- Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:01 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Life on Mars
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9849
Re: Life on Mars
NASA's Mars Announcement: Present-day transient flows of briny water on steep slopes Posted by Emily Lakdawalla, The Planetary Society, 2015/09/28 19:26 UTC <<... our filthy meatbag bodies...>> That's why not many aliens come to our planet to visit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tScAyNaRdQ
- Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:06 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Life on Mars
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9849
Re: Life on Mars
Hmm... somehow "the ribosomes made me do it", just doesn't sound the same as "the devil made me do it". But then, perhaps the devil is in the details of the ribosomes?
- Sat Sep 26, 2015 2:00 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Pluto's Snakeskin Terrain (2015 Sep 25)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5923
Re: APOD: Pluto's Snakeskin Terrain (2015 Sep 25)
The "part" link goes to an MP3 about football players. I was just about to post about that! I was totally baffled about what it had to do with the image when I have just clicked on that link and an "The Impenetrable Fortress" fantasy league website came up :? Thanks David. I did...
- Fri Sep 25, 2015 4:19 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Pluto's Snakeskin Terrain (2015 Sep 25)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5923
Re: APOD: Pluto's Snakeskin Terrain (2015 Sep 25)
The "part" link goes to an MP3 about football players.
- Wed Sep 23, 2015 6:14 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Milky Way over Bosque Alegre Station... (2015 Sep 22)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3293
Re: APOD: Milky Way over Bosque Alegre Station... (2015 Sep
Arvid and Eloi. Sounds like the makings of a futuristic story, in time.
- Mon Sep 21, 2015 4:25 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Spiral Galaxy M96 from Hubble (2015 Sep 21)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7009
Re: APOD: Spiral Galaxy M96 from Hubble (2015 Sep 21)
Hmm... one should really use both eyes whilst "examining the edges" of the picture.
- Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:28 am
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: From the -Can you believe that!- Files
- Replies: 96
- Views: 48872
Re: NY: Beach Creatures
You can see it walk a little in this 1-minute 44-second video.bystander wrote:http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk ... -creatures
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
- Thu Sep 17, 2015 12:26 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Seagull Nebula (2015 Aug 29)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2124
Re: APOD: The Seagull Nebula (2015 Aug 29)
Check out old black & white photo's from a smaller telescope, such as these. https://www.google.com/search?q=old+black+%26+white+pictures+of+the+seagull+nebula&biw=1600&bih=775&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CBwQsARqFQoTCNKOnbbl_McCFYRdHgodVwMEsQ&dpr=1 Espec...
- Fri Sep 04, 2015 4:19 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Milky Way with Airglow Australis (2015 Sep 04)
- Replies: 14
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Re: APOD: Milky Way with Airglow Australis (2015 Sep 04)
Wow! Reminds me of the center of a peach, when you cut it in half and remove the pit. Except that peaches don't normally have a dusty bright streak down the middle.
- Wed Sep 02, 2015 4:23 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Flare and the Galaxy (2015 Sep 02)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6572
Re: APOD: The Flare and the Galaxy (2015 Sep 02)
I like well-planned images. Some of them are almost purrfect.
- Sat Aug 29, 2015 3:47 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Puppis A Supernova Remnant (2015 Aug 28)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3682
Re: APOD: Puppis A Supernova Remnant (2015 Aug 28)
My first thought: this looks like the last frame of a lingering shot of a sci-fi film explosion effect. My second thought: this after-explosion has lingered for more or less the length of our entire civilization My third thought: that's what the protozoa in the puddle near my front porch might have...
- Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:20 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Dawn: Journey to the Asteroid Belt
- Replies: 181
- Views: 308373
Re: Dawn: Journey to the Asteroid Belt
<<Returning to Ceres, Lucky Starr learns that Captain Anton's ship is taking Hansen to a secret Sirian base on Ganymede, whence the Sirians plan to attack Earth while Earth's fleet is occupied fighting the pirates in the Asteroid Belt. Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids introduces the Sir...
- Wed Aug 26, 2015 3:19 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Collinder 399: The Coat Hanger (2015 Aug 26)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6791
Re: APOD: Collinder 399: The Coat Hanger (2015 Aug 26)
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
- Sun Aug 23, 2015 4:39 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Stream of Stuff
- Replies: 780
- Views: 401621
Re: Stream of Stuff
How about an easy to make marshmallow gun that is part of a science program about air pressure.
http://www.wfsb.com/clip/11787438/mark- ... -launchers
http://www.wfsb.com/clip/11787438/mark- ... -launchers
- Sat Aug 22, 2015 1:26 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Little Planet Curiosity (2015 Aug 22)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3136
Re: APOD: Little Planet Curiosity (2015 Aug 22)
So just tallying up here, the benefits to society of the lunar missions were Teflon, CAT scans, ICs, LEDs, and solar energy. And the Mars missions have given us the selfie stick. <<Tang is a fruit-flavored drink. Originally formulated by General Foods Corporation food scientist William A. Mitchell ...
- Fri Aug 21, 2015 11:26 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: What did you see on the web today?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 121021