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Radio waves from space arrive every 16.5 days. could it be aliens communicating?

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020 ... omy-aliens

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Shoresy, "It's called a sweater"

I find the idea of a new mini moon quite cool

https://www.cnet.com/news/astronomers-s ... ource=digg

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Shoresy, "It's called a sweater"

Well hopefully "temporarily captured" means just that and it keeps going on its merry way....otherwise something of that size is lights out for the humans.

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It's been there 3 years, and if does leave orbit it will be away from earth as the rotational energy would sling shot it out.

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Shoresy, "It's called a sweater"

I don't think that's a dangerous size...and if it's already orbiting, it won't be a direct, high-speed hit from a solar orbit, I would think.

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Thanks Chuck, E.L. and Harmy!

Ha! METERS! The asteroid is likely between 6.2 feet and 11.4 feet in diameter

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C'mon asteroid!

https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/webtv/?ftag=MSF0951a18

3pm EST....don't look up!

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Well, the humans live on for now. Watching a black and white screen with white smudges while a really smart guy with an accent narrates isn't exactly made for TV.

Maybe next time!

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The James Webb Telescope is peering into the very depths of the universe!

https://www.google.com/search?q=James+W ... 3ZA6EQPQgB

It's unreal.

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Thanks Chuck, E.L. and Harmy!

A new picture from the Webb Telescope

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Bíonn macalla ag an bheatha sa tsíoraíocht. Liverpool FC: 2019 and 6-time Champions of Europe. 2020 and 19 time English Premier League Champions YNWA. JFT 97

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What would Mad Max be like with EVs?

A composite photo of Jupiter from the Webb Telescope.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/23/jupiter-photo-nasa-webb-telescope/?itid=hp-top-table-main-t-6

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Bíonn macalla ag an bheatha sa tsíoraíocht. Liverpool FC: 2019 and 6-time Champions of Europe. 2020 and 19 time English Premier League Champions YNWA. JFT 97

A multinational partnership is coming together to build the world's largest telescope, the Giant Magellan, which, like the Webb, will attempt to peer into the depths of the universe.

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/ ... e-project/

Merged the telescope stuff with an older thread.

Hubble is still going, and captured this wonderful image of two galaxies getting quite close.

https://www.popsci.com/science/two-spir ... ble-image/

https://www.space.com/hybrid-solar-ecli ... livestream

Hybrid solar eclipse tomorrow at 0936 EDT.

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5 mins to the Starship flight test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1wcilQ58hI

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And it blowed up.

Oh sorry, it suffered a "rapid unscheduled disassembly."

Weird scene having all the engineers cheer as it exploded. I get that there was no one on board (thank God) but I'd still be pretty bummed if I were them. Oh well, I suppose if you have the richest man on the planet funding you, you can afford to explode a few rockets.

yeah that was weird...I missed the damn eclipse....apparently it was at the same time. I was like...this thing is doing loopty loops.....not good. They were happy as hell....definitely not the disgruntled Tesla employees I talk to about my solar panels.

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