The Astronomy Thread
- Thread starter Araxen
- Start date
- 1,464
- 1,947
Great pics! What filter / camera were you using? I had to dig my old canon 7d out for this one. The filter I used was a sheet of filter cut to fit a clear lens and it was 'leaking' bad as it would not lay flat and I didn't have enough to fuck up and try again. I was actually really happy with the results....until I saw yours.
meStevo
I think your wife's a bigfoot gus.
- 6,395
- 4,663
New images of IO via Juno.
www.abc.net.au
NASA shares never-before-seen images of Jupiter's lava-covered moon, Io
NASA's Juno spacecraft captured data on a flyby of Jupiter's moon Io, one of 92 moons that orbit the gas giant.
www.abc.net.au
- 11
Burns
Avatar of War Slayer
- 6,314
- 12,714
I dont read French (link below) but this is supposed to be an artist rendering (false color) images of Venus using Infrared pictures from the JAXA (Japan) orbiter AKATSUKI. Pictures taken around 2015-16:
Bunch more here:
www.db-prods.net
Bunch more here:
Un nouveau regard sur Vénus avec AKATSUKI – Chez Damia Bouic
www.db-prods.net
- 4
Burns
Avatar of War Slayer
- 6,314
- 12,714
Interactive bubble map from Harvard:
Last edited:
- 1
meStevo
I think your wife's a bigfoot gus.
- 6,395
- 4,663
Jupiter is unhappy.
gizmodo.com
Jupiter’s Giant Face Looks Super Unhappy About Something
NASA’s Juno mission captured this enormous 'frown' on the gas giant.
gizmodo.com
- 2
- 1
- 1,464
- 1,947
FAA needs to get out of the fucking way and let that rocket fly.
- 3
- 1
Kiroy
Marine Biologist
- 34,682
- 100,182
Burns
Avatar of War Slayer
- 6,314
- 12,714
Did you mean to timestamp that? The whole thing is fairly interesting; from what I remember he is calling for reevaluating how physics is looked at, since a unified theory seems to be as out of reach today as it was 30 years ago. I don't know enough about it to judge how far out there he is though.
- 25,440
- 37,581
Yeah its a clip of a 3 hour podcast. And if its timestamped I apologize, I fixed it. it covers the point of this go to mars thing and elon. Like Ok so you get there and what? Its a fucking dead rock just like the moon is. So he explains pretty well how our physics have been co-opted by dumb shit like string theory and quantum gravity for the better part of 50 yrs now with little to no outcomes. While the real physics is at a stand still. And only physics will truly get us off this rock, and its not rockets.
Furry
WoW Office
- 19,779
- 25,081
Buhbuh they totally proved quantum gravity and didn’t detect just magnetic waves with their sensitive magnetism detector.
Sanrith Descartes
Von Clippowicz
- 41,569
- 107,662
It's an interesting (and pretty valid) take. I can see modern communication fucking up the advancement of science. In the olden days, guys discovered shit because they didn't have social media and the internet telling them that 5 other guys had already "disproven" what they just actually proved.
Now it's the world of scientists not bothering to "explore new ideas" because some journal posted a few articles telling them what is and isn't possible.
Now it's the world of scientists not bothering to "explore new ideas" because some journal posted a few articles telling them what is and isn't possible.
- 1
Aldarion
Egg Nazi
- 8,995
- 24,635
I have no idea what physics funding is like, but aside from human medicine, research funding with any practical applications is nearly DOA in life sciences. The fart sniffing body of researchers who review and approve grants are so far up their own assholes they will literally tell you "the only research we're interested in funding is research that changes or adds a line in a textbook."
Its hard to imagine physics is much different. Academic research - i.e. most of science - is a zombie shambling around only as long as the rotting corpse lasts.
Its hard to imagine physics is much different. Academic research - i.e. most of science - is a zombie shambling around only as long as the rotting corpse lasts.