We should leave Mars red and only set up scientific research stations there, like Antarctica, while we set up living spaces in large spinning space stations. That is the technology we need to develop.
What you described sounded a bit like Babylon 5, so I felt the need to reply with a quote from one of its more famous denizens, Vorlon Ambassador Kosh.
That’s a neat correlation between a galaxy’s smbh mass and total gc mass - about the same. Also interesting to see that the stars in a cluster don’t have to be related in age or composition at all.
If you don’t know, GCs can be faintly visible with “normal” binoculars. 7x35, 8x42, and 10x50s are popular handheld choices. 20x50s aren’t good at night. The Hercules Cluster is a good one right now so check it out this month when you have clear skies. The Wild Duck cluster is more open but looking towards the core is always a treat. The Lagoon nebula is close to there. Definitely look for the Orion Nebula in his sword sometime this winter. Check star maps/apps if you’re in the southern hemisphere since I’m in the northern and not sure what carries over. Light pollution sucks but at least by me, suburbs more than 10 miles out of an interstate/highway corridor tend to be dark enough. There’s light pollution maps for that too
No, this not a repost. It is a brand new version (as of yesterday) of the older article by the same author posted a week ago. Spoiler alert: no new constants have been found.
This tells us something remarkable and unexpected to many: Earth, the largest rocky planet in our entire Solar System, is almost as “super” as a rocky planet can get. If you managed to form an Earth-sized planet early on in your Solar System’s history, it would only need to get a little bit larger and more massive before it became capable of hanging onto volatile molecules like ammonia, methane, and even hydrogen and helium. And once you become rich in volatiles, you’re guaranteed to no longer be rocky, but rather more like Neptune, with a large gas envelope around you.
This I find very interesting. How many definetly rocky Exoplanets have we discovered so far? Or at the Exoplanets we have found so far alla gas giants?
“Fit for life”? Bubba, let’s get this crystal clear - you were born here and you will die here. Maybe stop murdering your current planet first before you get all het up about murdering another one.
Fit for life, FFS. Yeah, yeah I’m sure it’s all theoretical and academic but let’s just put that to rest now. Elmo’s spacewagon ain’t for you.
The described impact of one of those particles got me thinking… I wonder how many “ghostly” encounters have been recorded in history that could be attributed to one of these particles actually hitting someone? I’ve seen several things on TV where the recorded sensation was like being punched in the gut, or ‘god’ tapping someone on the shoulder and driving them forward. However I’m a bit confused from the article – I’m not sure if this particle would travel right through you since it’s subatomic, or if it would actually feel like something hit you. Still, it’s fun to ponder.
These particles split into a crap ton of lower energy ones when they hit the edge of the atmosphere, nothing that makes it to humans has enough energy to be felt, even if they interact with you. (they probably won’t)
I’ve seen a Veritasium video about this where he said you can see flashes of light if these particles hit your retinas while your eyes are closed.
Apparently astronauts experience this a lot
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