Author Topic: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird. (Read 193485 times)

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #1120 on:** June 30, 2016, 11:53:06 AM »

JOI

Du du duuun!

adace · « **Reply #1121 on:** July 03, 2016, 03:20:47 AM »

Can't wait for some gorgeous new pics of Jupiter!

Azyiu · « **Reply #1122 on:** July 04, 2016, 08:03:34 AM »

As I am typing this, the Juno spacecraft should be plunging into Jupiter's orbit... we should know if it survive within the next 12 - 14 hours.

adace · « **Reply #1123 on:** July 04, 2016, 11:04:17 PM »

Juno's officially in orbit! Another incredible achievement for NASA/JPL!

Azyiu · « **Reply #1124 on:** July 04, 2016, 11:08:20 PM »

Awesome news! Would love to learn more about the polar aurora and the Great Red Spot.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #1125 on:** July 05, 2016, 03:43:49 AM »

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"If Jupiter's magnetosphere glowed in visible light, it would be twice the size of the full moon as seen from Earth," Kurth said. And that's the shorter dimension of the teardrop-shaped structure; the dimension extending outward behind Jupiter has a length about five times the distance between Earth and the sun.

So what they mean is that Jupiter and it's magnetosphere if visible would be twice the seize of the moon if seen from earth?

jasc15 · « **Reply #1126 on:** July 05, 2016, 06:37:43 AM »

Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on July 05, 2016, 03:43:49 AM

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"If Jupiter's magnetosphere glowed in visible light, it would be twice the size of the full moon as seen from Earth," Kurth said. And that's the shorter dimension of the teardrop-shaped structure; the dimension extending outward behind Jupiter has a length about five times the distance between Earth and the sun.
So what they mean is that Jupiter and it's magnetosphere if visible would be twice the seize of the moon if seen from earth?

Yes. And twice the size of the sun, since the moon and sun are the same apparent size viewed from earth.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #1127 on:** July 05, 2016, 07:47:39 AM »

Quote from: jasc15 on July 05, 2016, 06:37:43 AM

Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on July 05, 2016, 03:43:49 AM
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"If Jupiter's magnetosphere glowed in visible light, it would be twice the size of the full moon as seen from Earth," Kurth said. And that's the shorter dimension of the teardrop-shaped structure; the dimension extending outward behind Jupiter has a length about five times the distance between Earth and the sun.
So what they mean is that Jupiter and it's magnetosphere if visible would be twice the seize of the moon if seen from earth?
Yes. And twice the size of the sun, since the moon and sun are the same apparent size viewed from earth.

That's really cool!

Dublagent66 · « **Reply #1128 on:** July 05, 2016, 04:16:06 PM »

Anybody paying attention to the positions of Mars and Saturn in relation to the constellation Scorpius? From our perspective, it looks like they are moving from left to right when they are actually moving from right to left in their solar orbits. This will continue for a limited time and it will appear that Mars does a complete 180 moving to the left again. I'm curious if anybody ever notice that before and how many actually know the reason why.

jasc15 · « **Reply #1129 on:** July 05, 2016, 08:40:17 PM »

It's called Mars retrograde. Here is a good animation:

https://mars.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/nightsky/retrograde/

MirrorMask · « **Reply #1130 on:** July 06, 2016, 02:59:27 AM »

Didn't see it mentioned... Nasa called the Spacecraft Juno, to explore Jupiter and discover all of its secret.

Who was Juno in ancient mythology? Jupiter's wife.

And what do Jupiter's satellites get their names from? Jupiter's many lovers.

So what Nasa did? SHE SENT JUPITER'S WIFE TO SPY ON HIM AND HER LOVERS

And people think science is boring!

Cyclopssss · « **Reply #1131 on:** July 06, 2016, 03:44:12 AM »

Orbert · « **Reply #1132 on:** July 06, 2016, 07:05:03 AM »

That's pretty cool. No, I hadn't seen that pointed out before.

Dublagent66 · « **Reply #1133 on:** July 06, 2016, 02:46:14 PM »

Quote from: MirrorMask on July 06, 2016, 02:59:27 AM

Didn't see it mentioned... Nasa called the Spacecraft Juno, to explore Jupiter and discover all of its secret.

Who was Juno in ancient mythology? Jupiter's wife.

And what do Jupiter's satellites get their names from? Jupiter's many lovers.

So what Nasa did? SHE SENT JUPITER'S WIFE TO SPY ON HIM AND HER LOVERS

And people think science is boring!

Wow, I didn't realized NASA was a she.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #1134 on:** July 15, 2016, 06:21:33 PM »

I don't know if this was posted already. It's pretty mind-blowing.

https://www.engadget.com/2016/07/15/astronomers-map-1-2-million-galaxies-in-colossal-3d-image/

adace · « **Reply #1135 on:** July 17, 2016, 11:18:34 PM »

Been waiting for NASA to do this for a long time. Super-excited!
https://www.universetoday.com/129899/finally-sending-ears-mars/

adace · « **Reply #1136 on:** August 14, 2016, 01:24:55 PM »

https://www.universetoday.com/130276/earth-like-planet-around-proxima-centauri-discovered/

If confirmed, this would be absolutely incredible news!

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #1137 on:** August 23, 2016, 04:11:23 AM »

Huh even I didn't know that. Poor Uranus though, not much love was direct towards Uranus. Seems to be cold at Uranus. Look at that kid pointing at Ur... I should stop now.

Sweden has the largest scale model of the solar system in the world stretching 950km across the country

Orbert · « **Reply #1138 on:** August 23, 2016, 07:33:44 AM »

Very cool! I was thinking that even though we have more room, we could never do something like that in the U.S., as it wouldn't last a week before being vandalized. Then I saw the Uranus had been vandalized and Eros was stolen. Human nature.

cramx3 · « **Reply #1139 on:** August 23, 2016, 07:52:35 AM »

That's really cool, sounds like it could be a fun (and long) road trip across Sweden to find all the planets.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #1140 on:** August 24, 2016, 11:41:59 AM »

Quote from: adace on August 14, 2016, 01:24:55 PM

https://www.universetoday.com/130276/earth-like-planet-around-proxima-centauri-discovered/

If confirmed, this would be absolutely incredible news!

This will probably be invisible in media but it's really interesting news. Here's an update:

https://www.universetoday.com/130427/habitable-terrestrial-exoplanet-confirmed-around-nearest-star/

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #1141 on:** August 27, 2016, 04:43:11 PM »

Cool photo of Europa infront of Jupiter:

Dublagent66 · « **Reply #1142 on:** August 27, 2016, 07:31:33 PM »

Jupiter and Venus very close to each other tonight low in western sky after sunset. Check it out.

adace · « **Reply #1143 on:** August 27, 2016, 11:32:25 PM »

Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on August 24, 2016, 11:41:59 AM

Quote from: adace on August 14, 2016, 01:24:55 PM
https://www.universetoday.com/130276/earth-like-planet-around-proxima-centauri-discovered/

If confirmed, this would be absolutely incredible news!
This will probably be invisible in media but it's really interesting news. Here's an update:

https://www.universetoday.com/130427/habitable-terrestrial-exoplanet-confirmed-around-nearest-star/

So cool!! This and the confirmation of gravitational waves make 2016 one of the best years ever for science imo.

cramx3 · « **Reply #1144 on:** August 28, 2016, 09:24:56 AM »

Went to the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC yesterday, really cool and intense show Dark Universe was what we saw.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1145 on:** August 30, 2016, 08:52:53 PM »

https://observer.com/2016/08/not-a-drill-seti-is-investigating-a-possible-extraterrestrial-signal-from-deep-space/

Cyclopssss · « **Reply #1146 on:** August 31, 2016, 01:45:38 AM »

That happened a year ago. Strange we're only hearing about it now. (cue X-Files music)

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #1147 on:** August 31, 2016, 03:22:57 AM »

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“The signal conceivably fits the profile for an intentional transmission from an extraterrestrial source,"

Would like to hear more about what makes the signal fit that type of profile.

Until then:

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #1148 on:** September 01, 2016, 04:31:53 PM »

Pretty epic footage of the SpaceX failure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BgJEXQkjNQ

Beware, it's pretty loud!

jasc15 · « **Reply #1149 on:** September 02, 2016, 08:48:39 AM »

Supposedly second stage LOx filling umbilical.

faizoff · « **Reply #1150 on:** September 02, 2016, 11:02:42 PM »

First ever view of Jupiter's north pole, amazing stuff.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/jupiter-s-north-pole-unlike-anything-encountered-in-solar-system

jasc15 · « **Reply #1151 on:** September 05, 2016, 11:45:10 AM »

Philae located!

https://m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Philae_found

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #1152 on:** September 05, 2016, 03:08:23 PM »

That's epic!

Cyclopssss · « **Reply #1153 on:** September 06, 2016, 02:16:38 AM »

I say: Rescue Mission! Sends some old farts up there to fetch the bloody thing! Hell, I'm up for it!

Chino · « **Reply #1154 on:** September 06, 2016, 06:19:40 AM »

That's amazing.

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Author Topic: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird. (Read 193485 times)