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by wonderboy
Sat Sep 28, 2013 3:27 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: New Tattoo
Replies: 12
Views: 1280

Re: New Tattoo

naaaaah i want a space/astronomy tattoo there id quite like a REAL galaxy tatooed there with the spiral arm finishing up on or around my collar bone.
by wonderboy
Sat Sep 28, 2013 1:04 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: New Tattoo
Replies: 12
Views: 1280

Re: New Tattoo

was hoping for a more personal approach haha. individuals. ive already googled space/astronomy tattoos.
by wonderboy
Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:03 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: New Tattoo
Replies: 12
Views: 1280

New Tattoo

Morning/Afternoon After a recent split from my girlfriend I have been left with a rather unslightly tattoo of her name on my left breast area. Since they say tattoos have to have meaning and since i love space/astronomy and all things attached. I've chosen this as my inspiration (of which I am all o...
by wonderboy
Fri Sep 27, 2013 3:55 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Voyager I and II
Replies: 214
Views: 568799

Re: Voyager I and II

what if similar signals were being beamed to us from faaaaaaaaaaar away. would the beam not be so wide as to be undetectable?
by wonderboy
Fri Sep 27, 2013 2:09 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Voyager I and II
Replies: 214
Views: 568799

Re: So long & Tonks for the fishion!

http://astrobob.areavoices.com/files/2013/09/Voyager-interstellar-radio-image.jpg Voyager 1's Glow Glimmers in Interstellar Space by Ian O'Neill, Discovery, Sep 16, 2013 <<One of the most iconic photographs in spaceflight history is that of Earth, seen from a distance of 4 billion miles by the outw...
by wonderboy
Fri Sep 27, 2013 1:55 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Astronomically Bad Jokes (Or good)
Replies: 453
Views: 123250

Re: Astronomically Bad Jokes (Or good)

How many theoretical physicists specializing in general relativity does it take to change a light bulb?

Two. One to hold the bulb and one to rotate the universe.
by wonderboy
Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:12 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: M31 versus M33 (2013 Sep 26)
Replies: 42
Views: 6442

Re: APOD: M31 versus M33 (2013 Sep 26)

this image got me thinking about dark matter. if you grab a squishy ball (dark matter in this example) and squash it between each hand (representing each galaxy) then the ball will displace accordingly on both sides. If dark matter exists then surely it should be similarly displaced by the two galax...
by wonderboy
Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:06 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Tomorrow's APOD
Replies: 74
Views: 6569

Re: Tomorrow's APOD

On a more serious note "on the rocks" implies ice and ice and space means a Comet in my opinion. Comet ISON is on its way and I think it will have something to do with that.
by wonderboy
Thu Sep 26, 2013 1:55 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Tomorrow's APOD
Replies: 74
Views: 6569

Re: Tomorrow's APOD

ha-ha, the 'lottery' deals with money, a whole different energy scenario. Tomorrow's APOD...2013 September 27... on the rocks ... would seem to be about a galactic shipwreck. Unless of course, there's something in space named after a type of whiskey. :lol2: Jim Beam?? A Beam of some description? Im...
by wonderboy
Wed Sep 25, 2013 5:09 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Astronomically Bad Jokes (Or good)
Replies: 453
Views: 123250

Re: Astronomically Bad Jokes (Or good)

I've been waiting to watch a science documentary on TV for ages regarding the ins and outs of constipation... Its not came out yet!!!!
by wonderboy
Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:13 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Stream of Stuff
Replies: 780
Views: 401483

Re: Stream of Stuff

i dont know how to upload videos or inbed them so heres a youtube clip of some strange cloud activity

explanations?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt7gE1zIt1U
by wonderboy
Mon Sep 23, 2013 12:34 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula (2013 Sep 23)
Replies: 26
Views: 6452

Re: APOD: IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula (2013 Sep 23)

ozalba wrote:Does anyone else see a hooded cobra, rising at upper left. Or Jar Jar Binks?


i kinda do. more than i can see a prawn thats for sure.
by wonderboy
Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:07 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Black Hole = Big Bang = Another Universe
Replies: 22
Views: 15744

Re: Black Hole = Big Bang = Another Universe

ive read things on here some places and also viewed it in documentaries a bit more noteworthy than through the wormhole. if expansion happened as quickly as they say then the rate at which the universe expanded had to be faster than the speed of light. since light is the universal speed limit it is ...
by wonderboy
Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:30 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Black Hole = Big Bang = Another Universe
Replies: 22
Views: 15744

Re: Black Hole = Big Bang = Another Universe

I love the idea of white holes spawning new universes however, if the matter being ejected into the new universe (if it were the case the white hole theory was correct) is governed by the same rules of physics as our own, as it would undoubtedly be as it is the same matter in an empty vaccuum. then ...
by wonderboy
Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:01 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Apollo's Analemma (2013 Sep 22)
Replies: 54
Views: 18033

Re: APOD: Apollo's Analemma (2013 Sep 22)

I've been checking accu weather's sunrise/sunset section. yesterday the 21st it showed the daylight as 12 hours and 11 minutes. today it's two minutes shorter, but still not exactly 12 hours. at this rate it will be exactly 12 hours in about 3 or 4 more days. How come it's not exactly 12 hours on t...
by wonderboy
Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:20 pm
Forum: The Science Labs: Participate in Citizen Science or Smartphone Science
Topic: Whimsical Internet search
Replies: 3
Views: 57193

Re: Whimsical Internet search

... if i was to get a twitter post or an email saying "#ICanChangeThePast2" or "#ICannotChangeThePast2" i wouldnt think anything of it as the email i had written to solicit the response hadnt been written yet. If he thought of doing this last July, but waited until now to start ...
by wonderboy
Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:09 pm
Forum: The Science Labs: Participate in Citizen Science or Smartphone Science
Topic: Whimsical Internet search
Replies: 3
Views: 57193

Re: Whimsical Internet search

what this would involve is a person from the future reading this post, then going back in time to twitter or yahoo.com and sending you an email or a twitter post about an email you havent even written yet. if i was to get a twitter post or an email saying "#ICanChangeThePast2" or "#IC...
by wonderboy
Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:07 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Decisions, decisions
Replies: 30
Views: 2198

Re: Decisions, decisions

Killing Hitler when he was a nobody and had no lifeguards or anything sounds interesting. What I'd really like to know is if that would have stopped World War II. Perhaps Nazism, or something similar, would have come about anyway. Or maybe not. But could I blend in in early twentieth century German...
by wonderboy
Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:38 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Just a(nother) thought!
Replies: 15
Views: 954

Re: Just a(nother) thought!

thanks for the avatar idea nuefer.
by wonderboy
Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:30 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: NASA: Long-stressed Europa Likely Off-kilter at One Time
Replies: 11
Views: 737

Re: NASA: Long-stressed Europa Likely Off-kilter at One Time

what do you think the chances are of there being an ocean in there, as well as life but not as we know it?
by wonderboy
Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:48 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: NASA: Long-stressed Europa Likely Off-kilter at One Time
Replies: 11
Views: 737

Re: NASA: Long-stressed Europa Likely Off-kilter at One Time

when are they just going to send a robot to this moon!! im excited by the prospect of finding an ocean teeming with life below the ice. because with such gravitational interactions youd expect there to be a warm core leaving a watery space between ice and whatever else! you could even try and send a...
by wonderboy
Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:08 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Just a(nother) thought!
Replies: 15
Views: 954

Re: Just a(nother) thought!

what the heck is happening!? sorry guys, im literally confused to death because my post count did get reset and im almost 100% sure it was around 10 the other day.
by wonderboy
Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:45 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Just a(nother) thought!
Replies: 15
Views: 954

Re: Just a(nother) thought!

looks like I got my posts back? woo hoo and thanks (if it was indeed you) geckzilla still a science officer though haha.
by wonderboy
Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:39 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Favorite APOD
Replies: 208
Views: 3082611

Re: Favorite APOD

owlice wrote:That's a great image, wonderboy!

(Welcome back!!!!)

Thankashu!