The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.

[Azyiu]

By comparison, it cost $100M to make the movie Gravity 

So true, but that means they have no budget to hire George Clooney 

[Chino]

I'm in awe at we can see these.

Rogue planets.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66974738



I've watched shows about these on The Science Channel, and I've seen simulations that suggest our solar system had an extra gas giant at one point before it was ejected, but this is the first I've heard of the pairs thing.

[Lonk]

That is very impressive

[Azyiu]

This interactive page about James Webb Space Telescope and its discoveries is really cool.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/05/magazine/james-webb-space-telescope.html

[hunnus2000]

This came up on my news feed and I would like to get people smarter than my to comment.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/earth-has-received-a-message-laser-beamed-from-10-million-miles-away/ar-AA1kk1Ct?ocid=msedgntp&pc=SCOOBE&cvid=b62125210dab4266912b108d7802bac2&ei=31

[MirrorMask]

So the Neptune we all thought we knew it's not an intense, azure blue, but looks just like Uranus (no, not that).

Neptune and Uranus seen in true colours for first time

This hurts almost as when Pluto was no longer considered a planet.

And apparently, NASA never lied and stated all along in the fine print that the image was color enhanced, it's just that nobody realized it or cared.

[Lonk]

I mean most images of or from space have altered colors to enhance details, so not surprising for me.

[MirrorMask]

Uh well, I imagined / assumed that too, but when we're talking color enhancing, I thought stuff like "that glowing red is not that intense in reality", not "these two planets which we presented as very different look basically the same and you would mistake one for the other if you'd see them in space".

[Lonk]

Yeah, I mean, I get it. I wish we would just get raw images, but in order to see some details, some enhancement is needed. Here is a 1998 2005 picture of Neptune from the HST (1998 image was not loading for some reason, so here is the link: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA01287_modest.jpg )



Also, while not as exciting, the US launched a lunar lander today.

[Lonk]

Double post. I guess the system was slow when I was trying to post this.

Yeah, I mean, I get it. I wish we would just get raw images, but in order to see some details, some enhancement is needed. Here is a 1998 picture of Neptune from the HST



Also, while not as exciting, the US launched a lunar lander today.

[axeman90210]

This was a fun little thread, and I learned something.

https://x.com/latifnasser/status/1750952860131729544?s=20

[Azyiu]

Zoozve the quasi-moon... fascinating read, thanks for sharing.