welshbairn Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 This is probably so bad it's beyond being good, but anyway... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086kfbj 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Quote The wavemaker moon, Daphnis, is featured in this view, taken as NASA's Cassini spacecraft made one of its ring-grazing passes over the outer edges of Saturn's rings on Jan. 16, 2017. This is the closest view of the small moon obtained yet. Daphnis (5 miles or 8 kilometers across) orbits within the 42-kilometer (26-mile) wide Keeler Gap. Cassini's viewing angle causes the gap to appear narrower than it actually is, due to foreshorteneing. The little moon's gravity raises waves in the edges of the gap in both the horizontal and vertical directions. Cassini was able to observe the vertical structures in 2009, around the time of Saturn's equinox (see Rippling Shadows). https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/resources/7589/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Also a picture taken from Mars of the Earth and moon Quote The image combines two separate exposures taken on Nov. 20, 2016, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The images were taken to calibrate HiRISE data, since the reflectance of the moon's Earth-facing side is well known. For presentation, the exposures were processed separately to optimize detail visible on both Earth and the moon. The moon is much darker than Earth and would barely be visible if shown at the same brightness scale as Earth. The combined view retains the correct positions and sizes of the two bodies relative to each other. The distance between Earth and the moon is about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Earth and the moon appear closer than they actually are in this image because the observation was planned for a time at which the moon was almost directly behind Earth, from Mars' point of view, to see the Earth-facing side of the moon. In the image, the reddish feature near the middle of the face of Earth is Australia. When the component images were taken, Mars was about 127 million miles (205 million kilometers) from Earth. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2017/01/06/your-home-planet-as-seen-from-mars 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 On 18/01/2017 at 22:33, NorthernLights said: https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/resources/7589/ I'd just like to give a big Scottish welcome to Daphnis and if you need anything at all we can sort it half price. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) The 3 second video shows 4 planets orbiting another star. While the video may only be a few seconds long it is actually condensing 7 years worth of movement. Four Planet System Directly Imaged In Motion Edited January 30, 2017 by NorthernLights 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 12 hours ago, NorthernLights said: The 3 second video shows 4 planets orbiting another star. While the video may only be a few seconds long it is actually condensing 7 years worth of movement. Four Planet System Directly Imaged In Motion This is fucking huge. The first ever directly imaged footage of another solar system in motion. Incredible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 12 hours ago, NorthernLights said: The 3 second video shows 4 planets orbiting another star. While the video may only be a few seconds long it is actually condensing 7 years worth of movement. Four Planet System Directly Imaged In Motion 'Keck Observatory in Hawaii'. *snigger* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Seven Earth sized planets have been discovered around a star 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 4 hours ago, NorthernLights said: Seven Earth sized planets have been discovered around a star I was just reading that (whilst listening to a programme about the big bang) and it creeped me out. Now I have the music from War of the Worlds stuck in my head. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 12 hours ago, NorthernLights said: Seven Earth sized planets have been discovered around a star I was listening to a report on it last night. If we travelled there using the most advanced of the rockets we have available to us at the moment, it would take us 700,000 years to get there. I'm sorry, but you can show me all the graphics and videos you like about the vastness of the universe and how insignificant Earth is but I will never be able to wrap my head around that shit. Maybe the aliens on that planet have got some better modes of transport and we could meet them at Pluto or something. Maybe get a few pints in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I was reading something about Holographic theory the other day. Maybe got it wrong but it seemed to say that the universe is 2D except at the macro level, where it becomes 3D. In Universal scales, the Solar System is the macro level. Stopped thinking about it there cos my head was hurting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 27 minutes ago, Dee Man said: I was listening to a report on it last night. If we travelled there using the most advanced of the rockets we have available to us at the moment, it would take us 700,000 years to get there. I'm sorry, but you can show me all the graphics and videos you like about the vastness of the universe and how insignificant Earth is but I will never be able to wrap my head around that shit. Maybe the aliens on that planet have got some better modes of transport and we could meet them at Pluto or something. Maybe get a few pints in. Bad idea. The aliens would probably say "Hey the beer here is crap. Let's go to Neptune." They would probably get there in about three seconds while you would take 6 years to get across. Could be embarassing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 1 minute ago, Fullerene said: Bad idea. The aliens would probably say "Hey the beer here is crap. Let's go to Neptune." They would probably get there in about three seconds while you would take 6 years to get across. Could be embarassing. At least the little green c***s would get the first round in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 On 23/02/2017 at 07:26, Dee Man said: At least the little green c***s would get the first round in. There's no evidence to show they've even heard of football let alone who they support. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 They call it roasted cheese. Nuke the Fuckers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerTon Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 NASA Cassini probe 'Grand Finale Dive #1' starting at 10am today: https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39701671 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 51 minutes ago, FlyerTon said: NASA Cassini probe 'Grand Finale Dive #1' starting at 10am today: https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39701671 If there's a "Grand Finale Dive #2" or more, then surely the previous can't be a Grand Finale? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamdunk Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 It's the encore 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I hope it's keeping a close eye on Janus. *see the book in my sig [emoji6] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 So Enceladus is habitable.Probably f**k all there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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