The Astronomy Thread

BrutulTM · Oct 26, 2018

I have finally gotten my family trained that they better not call me for tech support on anything if they haven't already at least tried turning it off and back on again first.

meStevo · Oct 26, 2018

meStevo · Oct 30, 2018

While Hubble returns to service:

NASA announces a status conference at 12pm PST about Kepler that probably won't be as happy.

meStevo · Oct 30, 2018

Rip Kepler.

I'm a nerd, so this is hilarious to me:

Algrinon Stormbringer · Oct 30, 2018

Kepler was my favorite mission. I can still remember the original HTML website when it was finally selected. TESS will be amazing.

Any backyard astronomers or cubesat builders here?

meStevo · Nov 1, 2018

Official cause and video of the Soyuz booster failing to properly detach (a valve didn't open pushing it away from the core like the others) released.

meStevo · Nov 1, 2018

Dawn has now also run out of fuel and its mission has concluded.

News | NASA's Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt Comes to End

False color material composition rendering of Ceres:

Algrinon Stormbringer · Nov 2, 2018

Has anyone built a cubesat? I was thinking about it. Model it after the Planet Dove but sending it to the moon.

My hands do not work like they used to - it was just something I put on my bucket list.

pharmakos · Nov 6, 2018

Scientists say mysterious 'Oumuamua' object could be an alien spacecraft

MusicForFish · Nov 6, 2018

pharmakos said:
Scientists say mysterious 'Oumuamua' object could be an alien spacecraft

All the theories they came up with are pretty sound considering the data they have. But we will never know for sure.

meStevo · Nov 8, 2018

meStevo · Nov 12, 2018

Beta Pic b: An exoplanet emerges from the glare

Moogalak · Nov 12, 2018

Blows the mind. So our instruments can now block or filter the photons from a host star, to then receive photons reflected from said star off of a planet in the system?

meStevo · Nov 13, 2018

Lambourne · Nov 15, 2018

Scientists Spot What May Be a Giant Impact Crater Hidden Under Greenland Ice

MusicForFish · Nov 15, 2018

Lambourne said:
Scientists Spot What May Be a Giant Impact Crater Hidden Under Greenland Ice

Or as

Lumi would say, it's a "sink hole".

Its fuckin cool to see where the younger dryas killer hit. We will finally be able to connect the dots on a range of subjects.
The heat of that blast created the Canadian Shield, something I've always had an interest in since it's all Iron, and they keep finding sediment from north eastern Canada in the Alberta Oilsands. It really is the biggest puzzle piece. Pretty rad.

meStevo · Nov 15, 2018

That noise you hear is a bunch of scientists holding their breath as they wait to find out this is genuine.

meStevo · Nov 16, 2018

meStevo said:
That noise you hear is a bunch of scientists holding their breath as they wait to find out this is genuine.

Negative.

Bummer: Mars Opportunity rover didn't send signal back to Earth

iannis · Nov 16, 2018

Kepler died?

Well, fuck that sucks.

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