//Into The Universe//

[Mighty Matt]

Saw it in IMAX 3D. Was mindblowing.

I sure hope you guys have been watching Wonders of the Universe on Science Channel. If not, check it out ASAP.

Unaware of the show or science channel.

[Chuck Norris]

Apparently Seth MacFarlane is creating a sequel to Cosmos and Neil DeGrasse Tyson is hosting. *It's going to be on FOX of all channels.

[Mighty Matt]

Apparently Seth MacFarlane is creating a sequel to Cosmos and Neil DeGrasse Tyson is hosting. *It's going to be on FOX of all channels. Seth? Intredasting.

[Mighty Matt]

http://vimeo.com/24253126

[mikestarr]

blew my mind man

[Mighty Matt]

http://vimeo.com/2822787

[pussywillow12]

Unaware of the show or science channel.

http://www.letmewatchthis.ch/tv-2668893-Wonders-of-the-Solar-System

http://www.letmewatchthis.ch/watch-2717823-Wonders-of-the-Universe

The guy is cool works at the hadron collider and can explain it to normal people some what.

[HeliumTwoPlus]

so here's a few things.

One:

I'm having a hard time not believing we live in an entirely deterministic universe, even with the apparent randomness of QM. Like I try to explain, even if the uncertainty is uncertain to us this does not directly imply uncertainty as a fundamental fact of the universe. Like the interpretation of, say, the color red, each person's interpretation is quite his own.

The whole observer bias on uncertainty and certainty in position or velocity/momemtum is in its very beginning stages as being a viable fact of nature at present.

So, unless given reason to believe otherwise, I still think we live in an entirely deterministic universe, right down to every atom in your body. Since I also believe that there are no non-physical properties in the universe (dark matter/energy and antimatter aside; even these can be considered physical), then I believe that every action we could ever be doing at any point is pre-determinded.

Not that this is cause for despair, or a destruction of all moral systems or responsibility, it just requires careful thought, and responsible thinking about the way the universe really is, and how to operate in it.

We're just kidding ourself if we still believe in a free will, even if the idea sounds nice, because there's no reason outside subjective experience to appeal to.

Not sure I agree. You can't seriously believe in determinism and quantum mechanics. The two are incompatible.

[Fire8085]

Man, it's rare in undergraduate physics that you get into really cool philosophical topics.*

Then again, with a bachelors degree, most people don't know much...

It is cool to hear my professors talk about their research though.

[Misclet]

Anybody read 'Fabric of the Cosmos' by Brian Greene? I bought it as a read for uni at the start of next year, but only had a skim through so far. If so, what are your thoughts on the book?

[Chuck Norris]

Anybody read 'Fabric of the Cosmos' by Brian Greene? I bought it as a read for uni at the start of next year, but only had a skim through so far. If so, what are your thoughts on the book?

It's excellent. One of my favorite books ever. You won't regret reading it.

[Pakoe]

FFffuuuuuu this thread is awesome!

[HJC]

video gives me goosebumps
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[4evaBulkan]

Dunno if this has been posted already, but here is an awesome freeware space simulator. It's still in development though and can be unstable at times.
http://en.spaceengine.org/

and here are a few screenshots i captured
http://www.shrani.si/f/L/4c/1VVxUBGw/scr00002.jpg
http://www.shrani.si/f/f/Ok/1xMwHik8/scr00001.jpg
http://www.shrani.si/f/2o/pF/1PxMw7P4/scr00003.jpg

[Chuck Norris]

http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/sls1.html

[Bababooey100]

http://vimeo.com/25785757

Just watch it.

http://gifninja.com/animatedgifs/4566/mind-blown.gif

[Alexio1992]

In on most important and epic thread ever.

Don't know if this has already been posted here so I apologise if it has.

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Makes you feel so insignificant man.

[moneymango]

Just went to an IQC presentation on quantum computing. Mind blowing **** happening there man, one day I hope I can do research there

[Chuck Norris]

Set your DVRs.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/fabric-of-the-cosmos.html

[RESILIENCY]

http://www.gifsforum.com/images/gif/cool%20gifs/grand/hubble.gif

[Brer Ben]

Just watch it.

http://gifninja.com/animatedgifs/4566/mind-blown.gif

his mind=blown

[BakedFresh]

Fact: Cannabis deaths in the past 10 million years = None.

[2357]

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Already posted a thead about it in the misc, but I figured I'd add it to the archive.

[darkeminence]

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awesome music to listen to while reading about space and the universe

[Simo2007]

Mirin' thread. 4th year Masters Degree Physics student checking in.

[Fire8085]

Mirin' thread. 4th year Masters Degree Physics student checking in.

watchu studying?

[helenkyle]

it remind me of a novel named little universe . i love it much .

[East1600plus]

just got a nice celestron computerized telescope for xmas, cant wait to start using it

[brink1]

coooooooool

[lunotic]

yes ia gree

[nakres1984]

Amazing thread

[Kenetics]

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[SheHadMANHands]

Very good stuff, love the universe from nothing stuff.

[amanda625]

Does anybody seen Ancient Aliens? There are 3 seasons and all episodes are mind blowing. with details of Aliens community living on our planet.

[ausurfer]

Does anybody seen Ancient Aliens? There are 3 seasons and all episodes are mind blowing. with details of Aliens community living on our planet.

watched every ep a few times ..

you have to take it with a grain of salt though .. they omit verified details thst immediately disprove their theories ..

[lucious]

Does anybody seen Ancient Aliens? There are 3 seasons and all episodes are mind blowing. with details of Aliens community living on our planet.

I enjoyed the first episode after that the pseudo science and pseudo history became unbearable

[snizzle77]

Does anybody seen Ancient Aliens? There are 3 seasons and all episodes are mind blowing. with details of Aliens community living on our planet.

never heard of it, sounds intredast






http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/155/594/yesitis2.gif

[Fadil]

If you imagine the size of the observable universe of 13.7 billion light years to be that of one nucleus of an atom and compare that with the size of the observable universe, then the total universe is 10 billion times larger than the size of the observable universe compared to a nucleus of an atom

[GM54]

If you imagine the size of the observable universe of 13.7 billion light years to be that of one nucleus of an atom and compare that with the size of the observable universe, then the total universe is 10 billion times larger than the size of the observable universe compared to a nucleus of an atom

that is one of the most retarded sentences i have ever read. i understand the concept but it sounds like it was written by someone who doesnt speak english

[Fadil]

that is one of the most retarded sentences i have ever read. i understand the concept but it sounds like it was written by someone who doesnt speak english

sorry should have provided the link
http://members.shaw.ca/tfrisen/Lee%20Strobel/how%20big%20is%20our_universe.htm

actually i was watching a documentary with pretty much the same quote then i googled it.

Edit: the sentences make perfect sense to me, not sure if serial.

[GM54]

sorry should have provided the link
http://members.shaw.ca/tfrisen/Lee%20Strobel/how%20big%20is%20our_universe.htm

actually i was watching a documentary with pretty much the same quote then i googled it.

lol i saw that site. i figured you didnt write it yourself

[Fadil]

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my favorite documentary on universe.

[philsoto2000]

Awesome Thread. I'm like half way through it. Just read a couple stephen hawking books they were pretty good. Makes me wish I woulda gone into physics rather than microbiology. Oh well...

Haven't see this here but I always thought it was pretty cool since you can play around with the scale yourself

scaleofuniverse. com/ (can't post links)

[jordanair45]

Does anyone have any good books for Kindle on the subject that they could lend me? Particularly the Brain Greene book. PM please :D

[DubstepDealer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0

[J-Beck]

I enjoy watching this show.

[miz0u]

not sure if repost
if jupiter has 80x the mass of it's current state, it would have the potential to become a star. In this situation if it did, we would have a double star system (if that could even work) and things would be a LOT different.
rep for fact pls

[BlackHeart.au]

not sure if repost
if jupiter has 80x the mass of it's current state, it would have the potential to become a star. In this situation if it did, we would have a double star system (if that could even work) and things would be a LOT different.
rep for fact pls

Jupiter is actually getting smaller by 2cm per year.

[Chuck Norris]

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[Maiar]

that is one of the most retarded sentences i have ever read. i understand the concept but it sounds like it was written by someone who doesnt speak english

this.

[Chuck Norris]

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[samos]

If it hasn't been mentioned, there's a series by this very title! Also through the wormhole is another great watch. Recommended!

[rockkilic]

Amazing 2 part documentary, I felt like changing majors to astrophysics after watching it. Might have to **cough**tor*cough**rent** it.

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[obmas]

u mirin?

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq198/bo-sam/IMAG0070.jpg

[rockkilic]

brahs, recommend me a telescope.

[ausurfer]

u mirin?

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq198/bo-sam/IMAG0070.jpg

Nice brah.

If you want to see other seasons they are all on youtube.

[obmas]

Nice brah.

If you want to see other seasons they are all on youtube.

I have unlimited bandwidth and a year of usenet subscription, but I'd rather just buy something like this. I also like watching in full HD =)

[Gunn21]

brahs, recommend me a telescope.

I've been thinking of getting this one myself.

http://www.telescope.com/Telescopes/Dobsonian-Telescopes/Dobsonian-Telescopes-with-Free-Shipping/Orion-SkyQuest-XT8-Classic-Dobsonian-Telescope/pc/1/c/12/sc/398/p/8943.uts?refineByCategoryId=398

$349, but it seems to be one of the more recommended telescopes for a beginner. They have some cheaper ones of their site too if you don't want to spend that much.

[rockkilic]

I've been thinking of getting this one myself.

http://www.telescope.com/Telescopes/Dobsonian-Telescopes/Dobsonian-Telescopes-with-Free-Shipping/Orion-SkyQuest-XT8-Classic-Dobsonian-Telescope/pc/1/c/12/sc/398/p/8943.uts?refineByCategoryId=398

$349, but it seems to be one of the more recommended telescopes for a beginner. They have some cheaper ones of their site too if you don't want to spend that much.

That thing is huge lol, I was thinking something more compact so I can bring it while I travel.

[m_levin]

Wasn't sure where else to post this. I have a story for everyone (if you've never read it before) and its always been very inspirational to me. Enjoy




The Egg

You were on your way home when you died.
It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death.
The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me.
And that’s when you met me.
“What… what happened?” You asked. “Where am I?”
“You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. No point in mincing words.
“There was a… a truck and it was skidding…”
“Yup,” I said.
“I… I died?”
“Yup. But don’t feel bad about it. Everyone dies,” I said.
You looked around. There was nothingness. Just you and me. “What is this place?” You asked. “Is this the afterlife?”
“More or less,” I said.
“Are you god?” You asked.
“Yup,” I replied. “I’m God.”
“My kids… my wife,” you said.
“What about them?”
“Will they be all right?”
“That’s what I like to see,” I said. “You just died and your main concern is for your family. That’s good stuff right there.”
You looked at me with fascination. To you, I didn’t look like God. I just looked like some man. Or possibly a woman.
Some vague authority figure, maybe. More of a grammar school teacher than the almighty.
“Don’t worry,” I said. “They’ll be fine. Your kids will remember you as perfect in every way. They didn’t have time to grow contempt for you.
Your wife will cry on the outside, but will be secretly relieved. To be fair, your marriage was falling apart. If it’s any consolation, she’ll feel very guilty for feeling relieved.”
“Oh,” you said. “So what happens now? Do I go to heaven or hell or something?”
“Neither,” I said. “You’ll be reincarnated.”
“Ah,” you said. “So the Hindus were right,”
“All religions are right in their own way,” I said. “Walk with me.”
You followed along as we strode through the void. “Where are we going?”
“Nowhere in particular,” I said. “It’s just nice to walk while we talk.”
“So what’s the point, then?” You asked. “When I get reborn, I’ll just be a blank slate, right? A baby. So all my experiences and everything I did in this life won’t matter.”
“Not so!” I said. “You have within you all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives. You just don’t remember them right now.”
I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. “Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful, and gigantic than you can possibly imagine.
A human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you are. It’s like sticking your finger in a glass of water to see if it’s hot or cold.
You put a tiny part of yourself into the vessel, and when you bring it back out, you’ve gained all the experiences it had.
“You’ve been in a human for the last 48 years, so you haven’t stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness.
If we hung out here for long enough, you’d start remembering everything. But there’s no point to doing that between each life.”
“How many times have I been reincarnated, then?”
“Oh lots. Lots and lots. An in to lots of different lives.” I said. “This time around, you’ll be a Chinese peasant girl in 540 AD.”
“Wait, what?” You stammered. “You’re sending me back in time?”
“Well, I guess technically. Time, as you know it, only exists in your universe. Things are different where I come from.”
“Where you come from?” You said.
“Oh sure,” I explained “I come from somewhere. Somewhere else. And there are others like me. I know you’ll want to know what it’s like there, but honestly you wouldn’t understand.”
“Oh,” you said, a little let down. “But wait. If I get reincarnated to other places in time, I could have interacted with myself at some point.”
“Sure. Happens all the time. And with both lives only aware of their own lifespan you don’t even know it’s happening.”
“So what’s the point of it all?”
“Seriously?” I asked. “Seriously? You’re asking me for the meaning of life? Isn’t that a little stereotypical?”
“Well it’s a reasonable question,” you persisted.
I looked you in the eye. “The meaning of life, the reason I made this whole universe, is for you to mature.”
“You mean mankind? You want us to mature?”
“No, just you. I made this whole universe for you. With each new life you grow and mature and become a larger and greater intellect.”
“Just me? What about everyone else?”
“There is no one else,” I said. “In this universe, there’s just you and me.”
You stared blankly at me. “But all the people on earth…”
“All you. Different incarnations of you.”
“Wait. I’m everyone!?”
“Now you’re getting it,” I said, with a congratulatory slap on the back.
“I’m every human being who ever lived?”
“Or who will ever live, yes.”
“I’m Abraham Lincoln?”
“And you’re John Wilkes Booth, too,” I added.
“I’m Hitler?” You said, appalled.
“And you’re the millions he killed.”
“I’m Jesus?”
“And you’re everyone who followed him.”
You fell silent.
“Every time you victimized someone,” I said, “you were victimizing yourself. Every act of kindness you’ve done, you’ve done to yourself.
Every happy and sad moment ever experienced by any human was, or will be, experienced by you.”
You thought for a long time.
“Why?” You asked me. “Why do all this?”
“Because someday, you will become like me. Because that’s what you are. You’re one of my kind. You’re my child.”
“Whoa,” you said, incredulous. “You mean I’m a god?”
“No. Not yet. You’re a fetus. You’re still growing. Once you’ve lived every human life throughout all time, you will have grown enough to be born.”
“So the whole universe,” you said, “it’s just…”
“An egg.” I answered. “Now it’s time for you to move on to your next life.”
And I sent you on your way.

[rockkilic]

What happens when 2 black holes collide?

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[ZillionGeniuses]

brb starting up a ufo ship.

[RetBodyBuilder]

This is a nice thread I haven't been able to read all the posts.

Incidentally a friend of mine posts videos and information on science etc in his website www.allgoodread.com

I should ask him to see this thread too.

-------------------------------------------------------
A friend's website:
www.allgoodread.com

[MissouriBrah]

phuck so glad to find a thread with astronomy info.

sub'd

[MiKey4]

thread is going a bit slow, if some people want to get into the details a little bit more than you can get from youtube / popsci videos there are huge vaults of videos of lecture presentations of astronomical observations and instrumentation on a few institution websites, and you can learn from the people who are working on astronomy every day.

eg. this is a video on the James Webb space telescope, the successor to the Hubble telescope, planned to be launched in 2018:

http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/Lectures/Colloquium/111005Sonneborn_flash/main.htm

takes some concentration and focus but you know what you're getting is the real thing, and not something embellished and exaggerated by journalists and producers, like you see on television.

[MissouriBrah]

Just read all 11 pages of this thread..


mind= blown.

[DeetsandWatsons]

Just read all 11 pages of this thread..


mind= blown.

^^^ THIS holy sheet, I need to attend a Neil Degrasse Tyson lecture he is aboslutely amazing, yet can talk to the "average" person. This thread reminds about when I first read this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future ( I know its wiki but it completely shattered my mind). Trying to wrap my head around the concept of far distance and time.

[StupidWheels]

in for mind blowing thread. two years late is better than never at all right?

[Pajiko]

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[MissouriBrah]

q1LCVknKUJ4

Wow. A simulated universe. I dont even know what to say.

[PinaKoala]

1st

Edit: A few facts from an article by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

-There are 100,000 times as many stars in the universe as sounds and words ever uttered by all humans who have ever lived.

-Dark matter and dark energy make up 94 percent of the universe. We can measure their existence, yet we have no idea what they are.


-With chemical elements forged over 14 billion years in the fires of high-mass stars that exploded into space, and with these elements enriching subsequent generations of stars with carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and other basic ingredients of life itself, we are not just figuratively but literally made of stardust.

-Since light takes time to travel from one place to another, the farther out in space you look, the farther back in time you see. With our most powerful telescopes, we can observe the universe all the way back to its earliest moments -- all the way back to the Big Bang itself.


Other facts:

-It's a small world. More than 1,000 Earths would fit into Jupiter's vast sphere.

-The brightest astronomical event in historic times was the supernova of 1054, which produced the Crab Nebula. The supernova was far brighter than Venus. It was bright enough to be visible in daylight and to cast a shadow at night. We know of it through the astronomical records of China, Japan, and the Middle East

-Since the invention of the telescope, no supernovae have been observed within our galaxy. Supernovae were recorded in 1572 and 1604, while Hans Lippershey invented the telescope in 1608 and Galileo was the first to turn his telescope skyward in 1609

-The matter in the universe is so thinly dispersed that the universe can be compared with a building twenty miles long, twenty miles wide, and twenty miles high, containing only a single grain of sand.

Wow these are some mind-blowing facts. I have always been extremely interested in the universe... whether it be the stars, planets, or the reasons for its existence. I wouldn't mind becoming an astronaut one day haha.

thisthreadisrelevanttomyinterests.jpg :-)

[BradArone]

Through the wormhole is very interesting indeed, hits on some very interesting points about not only outer space but particle physics itself would definitely recommend the watch

[Tzaddiq]

More tidbits on the universe.

-There are more stars than all of the grains of sand on earth.

I once did some calculations on how many grains of sand there are -- on the order of 10^21. Actually the question I was trying to answer was whether there were more grains of sand than atoms in a mol (6 * 10^23).

It's actually pretty close. Number of stars is estimated at between 10^22 and 10^24. That means that there's roughly a star for every atom in 200g of gold, and for each gram there are as many atoms as grains of sand on the earth.

[obmas]

Last episode of The Universe was pretty awesome

[Mighty Matt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2gbGXzFbs

[Bababooey100]

There was stuff before the big bang. Reposted from Rogan's board. This comes from Roger Pemrose, not some crazy psudoscientist.


Professor Roger Penrose says that cosmic radiation discovered by one of NASA's telescopes is older than the Big Bang.
The researcher shows that the cosmic radiation background (CMB) formed in concentric circles that had cooled to a temperature of -270C over the 14 million years since the universe came into being.
Prof Penrose and his colleague Professor Vahe Gurzadyan of the Yerevan State University in Armenia claim to have 12 examples of the circles, some of which have five rings - meaning that the objects had five massive events in their history.


http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/big-bang-theory-a-bust-scientist-claims-theres-something-out-there/story-fn5fsgyc-1226393063285

http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2012/06/12/1226393/068451-cosmic-radiation.gif


Some more intradasting stuff I came across:
http://cosmometry.net/

I'm going to have to consume massive amounts of tobacco to even contemplate that site.

[MissouriBrah]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2gbGXzFbs

thats a great vid.

[Coonsmell]

Wasn't sure where else to post this. I have a story for everyone (if you've never read it before) and its always been very inspirational to me. Enjoy



mind = blown

Who wrote this? First time I've ever seen it.

[obmas]

There was stuff before the big bang. Reposted from Rogan's board. This comes from Roger Pemrose, not some crazy psudoscientist.




http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/big-bang-theory-a-bust-scientist-claims-theres-something-out-there/story-fn5fsgyc-1226393063285

http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2012/06/12/1226393/068451-cosmic-radiation.gif


Some more intradasting stuff I came across:
http://cosmometry.net/

I'm going to have to consume massive amounts of tobacco to even contemplate that site.

interdasting.

Kinda supports the multiverse theory, doesn't it?

[lucious]

anyone here work professionally in physics or astronomy?

[Bababooey100]

interdasting.

Kinda supports the multiverse theory, doesn't it?

It could also be an echo from what ever the big bang banged into. You know that what ever his theory is is going to try to be dis proven. This would mean there was something there before the big bang and there's a lot of high profile physicists that are on record saying there was nothing. Something intradasting will come of this though.

I've thought about taking some college classes again just so I can get better at math so I can understand some of the physics behind these theories. I can understand them from a logic perspective, but get lost when I look at the numbers. Damn our public education system designed to make us compliant non-thinking sheep.

[MiKey4]

interdasting.

Kinda supports the multiverse theory, doesn't it?Being from Penrose I think this is in line with his CCC universe theories. So rather than multiverses, it's along the lines of there being one universe which turns into another one, and so on.

The paper (the 2010 one to which your news article refers) has its critics...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformal_Cyclic_Cosmology#Empirical_tests

In 2010, Penrose and V. G. Gurzadyan published a preprint of a paper claiming that observations of the cosmic microwave background made by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and the BOOMERanG experiment showed concentric anomalies which were consistent with the CCC hypothesis, with a low probability of the null hypothesis that the observations in question were caused by chance.[5] However, the statistical significance of the claimed detection has since been questioned. Three groups have independently attempted to reproduce these results, but found that the detection of the concentric anomalies was not statistically significant, in the sense that such circles would appear in a proper Gaussian simulation of the anisotropy in the CMB data.[6][7][8] The reason for the disagreement was tracked down to an issue of how to construct the simulations that are used to determine the significance: The three independent attempts to repeat the analysis all used simulations based on the standard Lambda-CDM model, while Penrose and Gurzadyan used an undocumented non-standard approach.[9]

his would mean there was something there before the big bang and there's a lot of high profile physicists that are on record saying there was nothing.


Who has gone on record to say this? It's certainly not a mainstream view.

[Bababooey100]

Being from Penrose I think this is in line with his CCC universe theories. So rather than multiverses, it's along the lines of there being one universe which turns into another one, and so on.

The paper (the 2010 one to which your news article refers) has its critics...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformal_Cyclic_Cosmology#Empirical_tests




Who has gone on record to say this? It's certainly not a mainstream view.

500 years ago the sun being at the center of the solar system wasn't a mainstream view.

[ReviveTheWorld]

Only 12 pages? Misc, I am disappoint should have been in the 100's

[WinterFresh]

Anyone know of a good forum for topics like this? Maybe a little bit more physics and theory? Fringe science would be cool too.

[Mighty Matt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0fTKAqZ5g

[Mighty Matt]

http://vimeo.com/45858333

[Chuck Norris]

http://vimeo.com/45858333

Excellent timelapse.

[whiteboyy09]

Apparently Seth MacFarlane is creating a sequel to Cosmos and Neil DeGrasse Tyson is hosting. *It's going to be on FOX of all channels.theyre having seth macfarlane remake something of carl sagans???? wtf just leave it be

[ProXimi7yyy]

It's going to be fine. Don't expect it to be NDGT chugging weens as Cleveland or some ****.

[DubstepDealer]

Excellent timelapse.

those "falling stars" are actually airplanes for those that didn't know. Kinda fools you.

[michael3634]

Nothing travels through space faster than the speed of light brah. Not even real information.

In b4 hypotheticals.

Here is a hypothetical for you

Lets say you have a very stiff/rigid metal pole that is 5 light years in length. 2 people at either end. One person pushes the pole towards the 2nd person, would it not be fair to say
that this reaction would be travelling faster than light. i.e. sending a morse code message by pushing and pulling the metal rod would mean that information could be sent faster than the speed of light

[jjcoola]

Currently reading this:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N2Q16A48L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

Mind is getting blown each chapter, I want to finish the book before I watch the nova version.


And to answer the question above, I think that would still be slower than light. Nothing is faster that we know of, and I'd imagine these astrophysicists have thought of that.

So far in this book one of the most interesting things I've read is this. Say you have two "cars" (for the metaphor) that were going to race each other, one going the speed of light, and the other going 90% percent of that speed. If you were in the slower car in this race, the light speed one would still appear to be going full light speed due to lights relationship with spacetime.

http://gifsforum.com/images/gif/mind%20blown/grand/mind_blown_gif.gif

Brahs we are going to learn so much in our lifetime, this is truly the biggest renaissance period in humanity.

[shanks1992]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0fTKAqZ5g

Absolutely mindblowing.

Wow.

[Zoroy]

Something I stumpled upon - really interesting theory of everything copy pastad some pieces


This one consciousness is like a infinite space and it’s eternally present. This consciousness takes various physical and non-physical forms in order to “know” itself, through these forms. Everything is this consciousness, so everything is “one”, so we are all the same thing – this is “oneness”. This body, other bodies, animate and inanimate things, are all different forms that this “one” consciousness has taken.

The physical existence is a “playground” for consciousness to enjoy itself. Consciousness takes a physical form to experience the joy of physicality, to appreciate itself in this reflection of “physical” reality and to express itself (the way an artist would). Consciousness is just a term I use to point to the “one being” that manifests as countless forms. Inherently it’s all one, it’s just this one “vibrational” being taking on so many different vibrations – because it has the capacity to do so...

So why does consciousness play the game of existence? Simply to enjoy itself, to know itself and to appreciate itself in every way possible. Every form is unique, no two blades of grass are alike, and each form is an expression of consciousness in its desire to experience physicality in a unique way. This body that you think you are is an expression of consciousness, and it’s unique in its expression – there is no-one like you (as the body) anywhere in this universe. You took this form so you can enjoy the expression of this form. Stop resisting your expression, stop being rooted in fear, and allow the dance of your life to unfold – well-being and abundance is your birth right.

The meaning is always apparent, life wants to experience/express as this body, that’s the meaning. If you simply align with following your inspiration, staying true to your natural makeup, connecting with your heart and listening to your inner guidance, you will always feel effortless in your movements, this is because you are now moving in sync with the pull of life and hence there is no resistance that feels like a strain.....

Consciousness as a pure energy is non-physical and the only way it can ever see itself is indirectly, through a physical manifestation. The physical manifestation is the mirror through which the non-physical consciousness can get to know itself. The physical manifestation is not a purposeless play of life, it has a unique purpose in that it allow the non-physical to experience itself, know itself and appreciate itself. You are the non-physical consciousness experiencing life through the vehicle of this body, and unless you know this true “identity” of yours, you will not be able to fully appreciate the gift of physicality.....

Your physical presence as a human being, inhabiting this planet, allows you to have a certain unique way of experiencing life. Your body is the vehicle through which you experience and interpret life. As the universal consciousness, you are also experiencing life through many other forms like vegetation, animals, birds, insects and other living organisms.
As a human being, you are participating in a “physical reality”, specifically on this planet we call Earth. Basically, who you really are is a stream of non-physical awareness that’s focused on this physical reality through this temporary physical form you identify as your human body. Before something becomes physical, it is non-physical – just like ice is the solid form of steam, in this analogy ice would be what I “physical” and steam would be what I call “non-physical”. So basically physical is created when non-physical “condenses” into solidity – scientifically, the vibration of non-physical energy condenses into solid matter by vibrating in a dense manner.

“Thought” is non-physical, and when thought is given awareness it starts condensing into physical – that’s how this world got created, through a thought/intention in the non-physical energy (who we essentially are) to manifest as this physical universe, including the living and non-living physical objects. Everything was a thought/intention at first, before it started condensing into solid reality, and it keeps moving forward in that intention – it’s a time line, a sequence of events, that has created our present physical reality as it is.

You are an eternal being, you have an eternal journey, this is just one expression you are having as this body, you will continue on to further expressions after this body dies, you don’t disappear – anything that gets created doesn’t ever get destroyed, it only changes forms. An eternal journey means infinite time, so take your time, you have plenty of it – it’s just that your time in this specific body is limited, and that’s the reality, but you can make the best use of it by staying true to the choices of what you really want to experience as this body.
it’s just ordinary to have an eternal movement as a stream of consciousness, also it’s not necessary to keep using a physical vehicle like a “body” when that’s not what feels like the growth path for you, you can simply stay in a non-physical state and have your experience/expression....(Dmt entities you encounter)
“flow” in your life is crippling to your being which is always, naturally, inclined towards evolution or growth – you can’t change this nature in your being, or life-force, to be constantly growth-oriented.
it’s about aligning you with your life-stream’s natural pull, towards your evolution as a “soul”, towards the growth path that you desire as a soul/being (stream of consciousness)

The energy that manifests itself as this universe, is the same energy that stands manifested as a human body. If you understand this, you can easily see how everyone and everything is just the “one” energy vibrating as different forms.
The body is made up of skin, flesh and bones just as the tree outside your house is made up of wood and foliage, just as the mountain is made up of stone. There is essentially no difference between any object that you see around you and your body – in that all are physical manifestations made out of the same core life energy operating in the same “one” space of energy, except that the “textural” make-up is different on the surface for each form.

Scientifically, we say that living objects are structurally made out of “cells” while non-living objects are made out of “atoms”. What makes a cell different from an atom is the aspect of an “operational intelligence” present in it owing to the presence of some “programmed” elements (like chromosomes, with DNA, in human cells) inside it. These programmed elements are no different from “micro chips” that are put in your computer or into a robot. It’s scientifically proven that a DNA helix contains several codes of information programmed in it. Understanding this gives you a pointer towards the inherent “mechanical intelligence” present in cells that guide its operation and make it appear as if its “alive”. However, a stone made out of atoms is just as alive except that it does not have any operational intelligence encoded in it and is basically just a structural composition of atoms kept in place through the intentionality in life energy.

[wiseass]

largest ever 3d map of the Universe
08LBltePDZw

[danielbor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NbBjNiw4tk&list=FLD6gpvArAzaoWRvCMgIYsew&feature=mh_lolz

[DanielHimself]

kind of a long but interesting gif
http://i.imgur.com/bwXbe.gif

[BigButtsLover]

is sad that none of us will be here when humans discover the truth about the universe

in fact, you will be an old man waiting to die with regrets, when humans actually set foot on mars

then you will die

lol at people who think we are going to the moon in 2030 lol more like 2060

we will die not knowing anything about the universe, that is what saddens me the most

wish i could live eternally, when will it be my turn

such is life such is life

[BigButtsLover]

Remember how people in the 50's said that in 2015, we would be in flying cars, and traveling space lol but what do we have now?

stupid things like iphone, android, airplanes, bmw, rocket spacecrafts, not much has changed lol we are pretty much the same

many people say that humans will be extinct before we travel the universe lol humans have existed on this planet for millions if not billions of years, and more than likely they will continue existing here for at least 100,000 years, if not more

These are my predictions for the human race


-Humans set foot on mars : 2060
-Humans have built a whole city in mars : 2100
-Civilians are able to go to mars : 2150
-Humans are able to leave the solar system : 5000
-Humans are able to go to Alpha Centauri : 10,000
-Humans are able to barely leave the galaxy : 100,000
-Humans able to go to Andromeda : 500,000

[Appono]

Remember how people in the 50's said that in 2015, we would be in flying cars, and traveling space lol but what do we have now?

stupid things like iphone, android, airplanes, bmw, rocket spacecrafts, not much has changed lol we are pretty much the same

many people say that humans will be extinct before be travel the universe lol humans have existed on this planet for millions if not billions of years, and more than likely they will continue existing here for at least 100,000 years, if not more

These are my predictions for the human race


-Humans set foot on mars : 2060
-Humans have built a whole city in mars : 2100
-Civilians are able to go to mars : 2150
-Humans are able to leave the solar system : 5000
-Humans are able to go to Alpha Centauri : 10,000
-Humans are able to barely leave the galaxy : 100,000
-Humans able to go to Andromeda : 500,000

Why would we want to live on Mars? Anyway, besides that, read The Singularity is Near and then redo your predictions.


is sad that none of us will be here when humans discover the truth about the universe

in fact, you will be an old man waiting to die with regrets, when humans actually set foot on mars

then you will die

lol at people who think we are going to the moon in 2030 lol more like 2060

we will die not knowing anything about the universe, that is what saddens me the most

wish i could live eternally, when will it be my turn

such is life such is life

Things like the 2045 Initiative give me hope. Not so much the initiative itself, but the fact that immortality, reverse engineering the brain, and the likes are on peoples minds to begin with. That coupled with what I read in The Singularity is Near, Michio Kaku's comment about this being the most important century for the human race, etc, give me hope.

[UkShredded]

-Humans set foot on mars : 2022
-

fixed

mission to send people there permanently in 2022

[shanks1992]

is sad that none of us will be here when humans discover the truth about the universe

in fact, you will be an old man waiting to die with regrets, when humans actually set foot on mars

then you will die

lol at people who think we are going to the moon in 2030 lol more like 2060

we will die not knowing anything about the universe, that is what saddens me the most

wish i could live eternally, when will it be my turn

such is life such is life

Have you taken into account technological advances that may help to prolong human life? Who is to say you and I won't see for example, humans setting foot on mars. That is only in 50 years time mate. I'm 20 at this moment in time and I could live to be seventy?

Hell by the time I'm seventy, providing technology permits it, i could be perfectly healthy and active.

It may have been in this thread but I remember a quote by another misc'er saying some along the lines of "We are truly in the greatest renaissance in mankind's history" - i believe this. Technological and medical advances over the 15-25 years could, and very well maybe staggering.

Don't count yourself out just yet bro, we could yet live to see some of the greatest achievements/discoveries humanity has ever made.

[Chuck Norris]

08LBltePDZw

[ScoobyDrewbie]

Mirin thread, I would recommend picking up a copy of Hyperspace by Michio Kaku off eBay. Michio is always one step ahead of the times with his theories.

[NintendoGeek]

fixed

mission to send people there permanently in 2022

lol just because they said they will send people to mars in 2022, doesn't mean is actually gonna happen

[NintendoGeek]

at least not fully biological like we are. We have this idea that aliens are small gray creatures who are very intelligent, and somehow have the technology to travel the universe, despite having fragile biological bodies like we do.

They have probably evolved so much, that they are capable of living forever with advanced nanotechnology. Nanobots replaces blood cells and do their work thousands of times more effectively. A more advanced extraterrestrial civilization could have gone even further in their attempts to create an immortal race.
If intelligence is highly valued for its evolutionary advantage, extraterrestrials would long ago have sought the best way to improve their intelligence, and it is likely to have involved artificial intelligence, yielding the post-biological universe.

If you travel at the speed of light, it would take 5 years to reach the nearest solar system, Alpha Centauri, and even if you managed to travel at that speed, your biological human body would disintegrate in the process. How are extraterrestrials capable of traveling large distances across the universe, without being destroyed in the process? The explanation, is that they are no longer biological, they have become mechanical, thus immune to the dangers of interstellar travel. They have become immortal, which means they can travel eternally.

What are the main things that prevents us from exploring the universe? It is not technology, it is

-mortality
-aging
-fragile biological body


Even if we had the same technology as they have, and were taught how to use it, even if they just took us in their spaceship, we would not be able to travel the universe, because our fragile mortal biological bodies would not be able stand such journeys..

[UkShredded]

Picture still blows my mind

http://i.imgur.com/jLhbE.jpg


Do these galaxies contain planets?

May have to get a telescope, ever since i seen that big picture of the hubble telescope pointing in a tiny place in space and seeing all of those galaxies ive been fascinated and addicted to looking at pictures/videos about space

http://www.telescope.com/Telescopes/Dobsonian-Telescopes/Dobsonian-Telescopes-with-Free-Shipping/Orion-SkyQuest-XT8-Classic-Dobsonian-Telescope/pc/1/c/12/sc/398/p/102005.uts?refineByCategoryId=398#tab-6

seen this one linked itt, what can i expect to see?

[ausurfer]

Do these galaxies contain planets?


I can assure you they do.

[UkShredded]

I can assure you they do.

Not sure if being sarcastic

but i hope they do contain loads planets, my mind can't even comprehend how big our galaxy is and then there's a little dot in the sky with 100's of galaxy's, there must be life some where out there on some planet.. just to think that we had dinosaurs and now us and 1000's of different animals/insects ect it would be ignorant to say that there isn't. It may not even be intelligent life but as long as we find something out there thats big enough you can see with the eye(rover picture) then id be happy

would love for them to land a submarine type rover into a watery/icey planet and then when it goes under the sea there is loads of massive freaky looking fish

[ausurfer]

Not sure if being sarcastic

but i hope they do contain loads planets, my mind can't even comprehend how big our galaxy is and then there's a little dot in the sky with 100's of galaxy's, there must be life some where out there on some planet.. just to think that we had dinosaurs and now us and 1000's of different animals/insects ect it would be ignorant to say that there isn't. It may not even be intelligent life but as long as we find something out there thats big enough you can see with the eye(rover picture) then id be happy

would love for them to land a submarine type rover into a watery/icey planet and then when it goes under the sea there is loads of massive freaky looking fish

A planet:

planet/ˈplanit/
A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.

There would be billions of planets in some of those galaxies .. Whether or not they contain life is another story. Though, with the sheer abundance of galaxies and star systems within those galaxies, it would be rather egotistic and ignorant to believe that our little blue dot is somehow special ..


The same elements would be available in any galaxy, with higher abundances of heavier endothermic elements being more prevalent in galaxies with an increased rate of supernovae and/or older galaxies.

[TheStender]

Article about the Voyager spacecraft. They think Voyager 1 might be on the verge of leaving the solar system.

http://news.yahoo.com/35-years-later-voyager-1-heading-stars-085821926.html

[dreamee]

nice share.. cute post

[xevets]

wow, nice thread, some interesting stuff right there

[Lowlander]

Should move this thread to the regular misc. Seems to have been moving slow as f*ck for a while and threads like this always seem to be a success over there. Interesting read and some great vids posted anyway.

[TheStender]

Should move this thread to the regular misc. Seems to have been moving slow as f*ck for a while and threads like this always seem to be a success over there. Interesting read and some great vids posted anyway.

Oh, the irony.

[Schutzstaffel88]

Don't know if anyone has already posted this, but here is a link to the 2012 Isaac Asimov Memorial Conference hosted by Neil Tyson. Good stuff!

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[Tony1986]

seen into the universe with big ste hawkings, any other discovery programs about the universe? love this stuff.

[UkShredded]

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/690958main_p1237a1.jpg


new deep space photo

[jordanair45]

[img]http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/690958main_p1237a1.jpg[img]


new deep space photo

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/37/image/a/

[chrisITALIA]

YUe0_4rdj0U

[lucious]

Should move this thread to the regular misc. Seems to have been moving slow as f*ck for a while and threads like this always seem to be a success over there. Interesting read and some great vids posted anyway.

misc is too stupid for this thread. itd get buried under the 6'2 master race threads and the 'how do i talk to another human being' threads

[lucious]

seen into the universe with big ste hawkings, any other discovery programs about the universe? love this stuff.

through the wormhole is the best ive ever seen.

[lucious]

Anyone know of a good forum for topics like this? Maybe a little bit more physics and theory? Fringe science would be cool too.

physicsforums.com, mostly graduate students and professionals posting in there. Has a philosophy section too for talking about things like consciousness, why something and not nothing etc

[Mighty Matt]

Youtube just streamed Live, Felix making the highest freefall ever from the edge of space.

It was Amazing.


Here is the Promo:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXSzWewDoTY&feature=related&noredirect=1



Here is the test jump:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=r-TCO2IdoTA&NR=1&noredirect=1



2nd test jump:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=s_SzUnkYcR4&NR=1&noredirect=1



Highlights from world record jump:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHtvDA0W34I

[fat2fit21]

Farkin in on this

[vcamb27]

consciousness is vital to the existence of the univer
7nVnWppcimY

we are all tuned into a global consciousness fuarrk
cnvJfkI5NVc

eastern mysticism (buddhism, taoism, etc) being parallel and consistent with modern quantum physics
zMBc97xrlyc

mind=incinerated. educate yourself. meditate. old wisdom is being "rediscovered" by science. scientific knowledge is just a byproduct of the search for ultimate truth. something we as humans will never understand. we're trying to grasp the infinite with and by finite and sensory processes.

"You create your own universe as you go along" Winston Churchill

"All that we are is a result of what we have thought" - Buddha

"What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists" Alexander Graham Bell

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions" Albert Einstein

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive, it can achieve" W. Clement St


BRB 2012 is a consciousness shift

Everything we don't know everything about is so much hnnnnnnggggg

[fat2fit21]

consciousness is vital to the existence of the univer
[youtube]7nVnWppcimY[youtube]

we are all tuned into a global consciousness fuarrk
[youtube]cnvJfkI5NVc[youtube]

eastern mysticism (buddhism, taoism, etc) being parallel and consistent with modern quantum physics
[youtube]zMBc97xrlyc[youtube]

mind=incinerated. educate yourself. meditate. old wisdom is being "rediscovered" by science. scientific knowledge is just a byproduct of the search for ultimate truth. something we as humans will never understand. we're trying to grasp the infinite with and by finite and sensory processes.

"You create your own universe as you go along" Winston Churchill

"All that we are is a result of what we have thought" - Buddha

"What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists" Alexander Graham Bell

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions" Albert Einstein

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive, it can achieve" W. Clement St


BRB 2012 is a consciousness shift

Everything we don't know everything about is so much hnnnnnnggggg


Dam, is this what this thread is? A bunch of hippy new age BS?

I joined this thread thinking it would be about science....

[Mighty Matt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGcFZvoubXU&feature=plcp

[danielbor]

http://i.space.com/images/i/13684/i02/exoplanets-alien-worlds-111205d-02.jpg?1323122895

[jordanair45]

Crazy zoomable gigapixel milky way photo:

http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1242a/zoomable/

[danielbor]

http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/314178_490875364266813_1773228725_n.jpg

[Waaapscht]

Yup. Everything inside the universe is limited to general realitivity (cosmic speed limit is the speed of light) but the universe itself is indeed expanding faster.

So awesome finding a thread like this on this forum. This part has always gotten under my skin. The expansion of the universe occurs faster than the speed of light but since the light is needed to oberve the object, wouldnt't this eventually, if not already, create a point of expansion that is no longer observable on an infinite timeframe? The light sent back to earth at the speed of light would not travel fast enough with lightspeed expansion point away from earth (or something like that). Since hubble's law says the expansion speed can only go faster than light speed with distant objects but not with objects close by. Point A, expands to point B, expands to point C (the expansion speed between B/C must be slower than A/C because of the increase expansion speed) It bugs the crap out of me that this create a section of the universe that we will NEVER be able to observe regardless of technology.

[strunz]

We live in a time where most is visible, if in future universe will be so big Jus appears black n any observers will view nothin
So awesome finding a thread like this on this forum. This part has always gotten under my skin. The expansion of the universe occurs faster than the speed of light but since the light is needed to oberve the object, wouldnt't this eventually, if not already, create a point of expansion that is no longer observable on an infinite timeframe? The light sent back to earth at the speed of light would not travel fast enough with lightspeed expansion point away from earth (or something like that). Since hubble's law says the expansion speed can only go faster than light speed with distant objects but not with objects close by. Point A, expands to point B, expands to point C (the expansion speed between B/C must be slower than A/C because of the increase expansion speed) It bugs the crap out of me that this create a section of the universe that we will NEVER be able to observe regardless of technology.

[mrod135]

From a TTC (The Teaching Company) course called Big History:

We can grasp it more easily if we shrink it one billion times, so that the whole history of the Universe can fit into just 13 years.
1. On this scale, our Earth would have been formed about 5 years ago.
2. The first multi-celled organisms would have evolved about 7 months ago.
3. After flourishing for several weeks, the dinosaurs would have been wiped out by an asteroid impact
about three weeks ago.
4. The first hominines would have appeared about three days ago, and our own species just 53 minutes ago.
5. The first agriculturalists would have flourished about 5 minutes ago, and the first agrarian civilizations
would have appeared just 3 minutes ago.
6. Modern industrial societies would have existed for just six seconds.

[pm22]

Love space! If you add up how fast the Earth rotates and orbites around the sun and how fast our galaxy is moving, our total speed is 19,800 mph.

[TheStender]

Just a FYI coursera.org current has an "Introduction to Astronomy" class going, and "Galaxies and Cosmology" starts on January 7th.

[Mighty Matt]

Cool link:


http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1k0CXS/htwins.net/scale2/?fb_action_ids=183094751831167&fb_action_types=stumbleupon%3Adiscover&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%22183094751831167%22%3A10150 670900075129%7D&action_type_map=%7B%22183094751831167%22%3A%22stum bleupon%3Adiscover%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

[DanielHimself]

http://i.imgur.com/Z7FpC.gif

[Mighty Matt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fX9foNtaq4

[boutthreefiddy]

Great thread

[MDizzle11]

http://i.imgur.com/Z7FpC.gif


my god

[gdp1989]

In.

Does anyone subscribe to I Phucking Love Science on facebook?



Cant post images yet. Can someone please post it for me?

[whenuseeit]

Anything with tyson = instant reps

[chillenword]

Quasar Cluster: Largest Object In The Universe May Disprove Einstein's Cosmological Principle

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/14/quasar-cluster-largest-object-einstein_n_2470562.html

****ing huge quasars making me feel really small trying to picture.

[Mighty Matt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgBWDPXF2gU

[Hardcore_D00d]

Oh lawwwd what i would give to take her out for wine and talk about the universe all night and then make sweet love and end the night with a creampie with the wrath of a supernova

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6HnUpqqP5ls/UKfQpw4ufkI/AAAAAAAAUUE/pNWOp2UM1-M/s1600/86735_amy_mainzer_002_122_379lo1.jpg

DWT66OtVKuk

hnnnggggghhhh

[zyzzbird]

Just shows how significant we are, the vast size of the universe and as far as we know we are the only reason the universe is aware of itself. (probs not only life)

[mykenyc]

Just shows how significant we are, the vast size of the universe and as far as we know we are the only reason the universe is aware of itself. (probs not only life)

What i find interesting, which i was told belongs in philosophy is the nature of consciousness. Everything in the Universe inflated from the Big bang and every single step of the way let up to me. My only thing is, i always pondered, what makes me "me". The person that knows i'm typing, that exist in the present time. The atoms that make up my body have always existed and i didn't just pop into existence. So, lets say the universe is one big clay and you mold it to make different people. When i die, i go back into that mold and a configuration of that mold can be someone else later down the line. So, i guess the philosophical part is, the configuration that makes up me and activated "me", what in that configuration made me "me"? Hard to form a question about it or think about it, just makes my head hurt. Sort of like the paradox of transportation, if you make a copy of me and transported me to another planet, would the person come out be me (the person that got copied) or just a copy that thinks it is me and i died before the transportation.

[lucious]

http://i.imgur.com/Z7FpC.gif

you know what i thought of when i saw that? a musical toy i had when i was young, a cylinder with strategically placed bumps which plucked strings as it rotated. Whenyou look at the orbits and the trails they trace out as the sun moves it almost looks like a fourier transformation of a wavefunction, like some sort of wave or melody broken down into its constituent frequencies

[bobofango]

hey bros, I just recently acquired this:

http://www.celestron.com/media/catalog/product/cache/2/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/1/11026-xlt_c8sgtxlt_large_2.jpg

Gonna get into doing some deep sky astrophotography..... only thing im missing atm is a good autoguider.

[ausurfer]

hey bros, I just recently acquired this:

http://www.celestron.com/media/catalog/product/cache/2/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/1/11026-xlt_c8sgtxlt_large_2.jpg

Gonna get into doing some deep sky astrophotography..... only thing im missing atm is a good autoguider.

Good effort, brah.


What's the sky like in Zimbabwe? Much light pollution?

[bobofango]

Good effort, brah.


What's the sky like in Zimbabwe? Much light pollution?

lol I'm actually from Alberta, Canada. Forgot why i put in zimbabwe when I signed up.

I was out last night looking for Pan-starrs, but the got too cloudy on the western horizon and wind chill felt like -30 deg celsius. There are a couple dark sky preserve sites around here, but light pollution from the city can still be seen as an orange glow.

[ThundaHorz]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgczz5ZRa1ql2v1uo1_500.gif
(in.)

[bobofango]

here's the first moon picture i took yesterday with my 8" telescope attached with a canon DSLR

http://pcdn.500px.net/29151527/643c78f239861c2731bdc1e6e5f7a44cf53c9e14/4.jpg

[Appono]

here's the first moon picture i took yesterday with my 8" telescope attached with a canon DSLR

http://pcdn.500px.net/29151527/643c78f239861c2731bdc1e6e5f7a44cf53c9e14/4.jpg

Good lord, is this real life? Damn, I must be way behind in my expectations of common technology...

[ThundaHorz]

Michael Collins is the only human, living or dead, not contained in the frame of this picture
http://i.imgur.com/ylbWx7I.jpg
Mars' Olympus Mons, The Tallest Mountain in our Solars System, as Seen From Orbit
http://i.imgur.com/eZ2J4D5.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsGR6QDX7xY

[gouscfootball]

Mars' Olympus Mons, The Tallest Mountain in our Solars System, as Seen From Orbit
http://i.imgur.com/eZ2J4D5.jpg


Wow!!I wonder what the limit of mountain size is before it collapses into itself. Seems like close to 100K feet tall would be pushing it. I wonder what the view from the top would be like. I also wish we could get HD pictures of Saturn or Jupiter or some of the other planets like this.

[Maxjabbour]

all the way back to the Big Bang itself.
Simply not true. We can't see passed 13.7billion light years because for the first 300 million years of the universe's life, light couldn't move around because it was too "foggy". And so, we can't see 'all the way back to the big bang itself'.
The other facts are cool though.

[Maxjabbour]

Good lord, is this real life? Damn, I must be way behind in my expectations of common technology...
Here: http://www.celestronimages.com/categories.php?cat_id=11
With my phone camera placed onto my crappy $50 telescope:
http://www.celestronimages.com/data/media/11/02012008069.jpg

[Maxjabbour]

hey bros, I just recently acquired this
hnnnnnnnnnng dat sexy thing!

[JoshLV]

hey bros, I just recently acquired this:

http://www.celestron.com/media/catalog/product/cache/2/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/1/11026-xlt_c8sgtxlt_large_2.jpg

Gonna get into doing some deep sky astrophotography..... only thing im missing atm is a good autoguider.
How much? What's the learning curve on one of these things?

[obmas]

How much? What's the learning curve on one of these things?

an 8" SCT on that mount is $1600. I got it for $1400. Learning curve is actually kinda of ridiculous.... it's all the alignments that you have to do. I still dont really understand polar alignment very well. The learning curve is even more steep when you start photographing deep sky objects because you have to worry about correct and stable autotracking as well as multiple exposure shots in light frames and dark frames and what not.

[ThundaHorz]

http://i.imgur.com/myizeus.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8TssbmY-GM

[iWORKout772]

I watched a video on Tardigrades and it just blows my mind on what they can withstand.

[ThundaHorz]

Beautiful Photograph of a Hurricane… On the North Pole of Saturn

http://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2013/04/rosesaturn.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=75RnmfKNiP8
http://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2013/04/wideangle.jpg

http://petapixel.com/2013/04/30/beautiful-photograph-of-a-hurricane-on-the-north-pole-of-saturn/

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia14946.html

[scoops555]

Been wanting to get into astrophotograhpy for years. Finally saved enough money to buy a nice dslr and equipment.
He is my first try at it, 60x1sec exposures at f2.0 iso 1600. Not bad for only 60 seconds, I think.

Andromeda galaxy in the bottom right corner.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk262/scoops666/nikon%20d7100%20photos/galx2_zpsfc84c569.jpg

[LfcLee]

Want mooooarr!

Any good series about space

[ThundaHorz]

The crew of Apollo 1 rehearsing their water landing in 1966
http://i.imgur.com/2QIaSon.jpg
Col. Hadfield's "Star Wars Day" picture from the international space station.
http://i.imgur.com/gZrGUSe.jpg
A solar eclipse of immense magnitude -- The wispy lines visible around the moon are actually the sun’s corona
http://i.imgur.com/Pvarkmb.jpg
Hubble sees the remains of a star gone supernova 600 years ago
http://i.imgur.com/7yhAO28.jpg

[Simo2007]

Still fukkin love this thread. All these images nuke my mind.

If any brah's are interested in the small scale universe (atoms, molecules etc) please check out my thread with what I do day to day. I'm a nanoscience PhD student and I fukkin love physics, also feel free to ask me any questions!

Link: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=153909141

[wonderbrah]

http://www.bolid.es/?embed

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3pAnRKD4raY

http://htwins.net/scale2/


Good stuff ^^

[ericey]

this thread is awesome

[ThundaHorz]

I watched a video on Tardigrades and it just blows my mind on what they can withstand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY_aO3WRLl8

http://vimeo.com/1317360

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GFq12w5WU


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade

[FletchQQ]

lets say you have a huge pole which stretched from earth to mars but it wasn't touching either planet and was about 1/2 meter off the ground. If you then pushed one end you'd expect it to move half a meter until the other end hit mars. But in actual fact, you'd be able to push it much further. Say, If you were pushing it at the speed of light the pole would compress until you reached the other end then it would shoot out the other end at the speed of light (srs).