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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    You guys, the meteor shower is tonight through early tomorrow morning! Look up!

    http://stardate.org/mediacenter/201111- ... ovember-17
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Jeanwah wrote:
    You guys, the meteor shower is tonight through early tomorrow morning! Look up!

    http://stardate.org/mediacenter/201111- ... ovember-17

    100% cloud cover here tonight. Maybe one will land in my yard though! :|
    :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    brianlux wrote:
    Jeanwah wrote:
    You guys, the meteor shower is tonight through early tomorrow morning! Look up!

    http://stardate.org/mediacenter/201111- ... ovember-17

    100% cloud cover here tonight. Maybe one will land in my yard though! :|
    :lol:


    we had total cloud cover here too. :(
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW8qfb_Zo5I

    watched this last evening 8-) cosmic stalker
    the juggler is pretty cool too :D

    extinction makes way for new life ... wonder who's coming after us
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,297
    Backlit_Saturn_Shines_in_Stunning-956036be2054d8e19885844458a6530a

    Thank you, Cassini for reminding me of the beauty of the universe even though things feel crappy on planet earth this past weekend.
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  • mikalina
    mikalina Posts: 7,206
    Jason P wrote:
    Backlit_Saturn_Shines_in_Stunning-956036be2054d8e19885844458a6530a

    Thank you, Cassini for reminding me of the beauty of the universe even though things feel crappy on planet earth this past weekend.


    thats very beautiful....
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  • mikalina
    mikalina Posts: 7,206
    I just love this fact....

    There are more stars than all of the grains of sand on earth....
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    mikalina wrote:
    I just love this fact....

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

    It's mind boggling how big the universe is!

    I read somewhere that the universe is expanding and that there is an edge to it out there. This begs the question- what's beyond the edge of the universe?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    brianlux wrote:
    mikalina wrote:
    I just love this fact....

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

    It's mind boggling how big the universe is!

    I read somewhere that the universe is expanding and that there is an edge to it out there. This begs the question- what's beyond the edge of the universe?

    Read about string theory....

    here's a little bit

    http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/susskin ... index.html
  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    Jason P wrote:
    Backlit_Saturn_Shines_in_Stunning-956036be2054d8e19885844458a6530a

    Thank you, Cassini for reminding me of the beauty of the universe even though things feel crappy on planet earth this past weekend.

    wow. I didn't even think this was an actual photograph. What makes it look that way is that Cassini spacecraft is facing Saturn looking back at the sun. So in this picture the sun is behind Saturn and Cassini is in Saturn's shadow. How cool is that! Thanks for posting this
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    Mark your calendars, Kiddies.
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    A total Eclipse of the Sun will be seen through a large swath of the U.S. on 21August2017. From Oregon through much of the MidWest and through North Carolina. Hitting near many large populations centers, such as Salem, Or., St. Louis and Kansas City and Charleston.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,297
    The following link is to an AMAZING photo of Jupiter ....

    http://www.businessinsider.com/jupiter-io-europa-voyager-image-2013-1

    The crazy thing is that I'm just a little bit older then the photo.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Jason P wrote:
    The following link is to an AMAZING photo of Jupiter ....

    http://www.businessinsider.com/jupiter-io-europa-voyager-image-2013-1

    The crazy thing is that I'm just a little bit older then the photo.
    Very cool, Jason P!
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  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    edited May 2013
    This is such an interesting discussion about the universe I love it

    Peace
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  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    original

    Borrowed this shot (taken on the ISS of the Earth and Moon) from Phil Plait's blog. He always has great stuff. Check it out: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy.html
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  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    edited May 2013
    It's so fascinating talking about space and how there are
    millions of planets with the same chances of life as earth out there
    I love to just stand in silence and look up at the stars..
    The evolution for mans best friend unfortunately I think we humans are
    behind it to fit our purposes.

    Peace
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Annafalk wrote:
    It's so fascinating talking about space and how there are
    millions of planets with the same chances of life as earth out there
    I love to just stand in silence and look up at the stars..
    The evolution for mans best friend unfortunately I think we humans are
    behind to fit our purposes.

    Peace
    Twice you've mentioned man's best friend. Just curious who/what you think that is?

    My first reaction was the usual - dogs. Then I thought...well, what about man?

    btw...the Jupiter photo is spectacular.
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    I'm sorry I wrote my text twice please have patience
    :oops:

    Peace
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    hedonist wrote:
    Annafalk wrote:
    It's so fascinating talking about space and how there are
    millions of planets with the same chances of life as earth out there
    I love to just stand in silence and look up at the stars..
    The evolution for mans best friend unfortunately I think we humans are
    behind to fit our purposes.

    Peace
    Twice you've mentioned man's best friend. Just curious who/what you think that is?

    My first reaction was the usual - dogs. Then I thought...well, what about man?

    btw...the Jupiter photo is spectacular.

    I'm curious as well about "mans best friend". BUt even more so, Annafalk, what do you mean here? This sentences: "The evolution for mans best friend unfortunately I think we humans are
    behind to fit our purposes" makes no sense to me. And is it "mans" or "man's"?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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