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Post by Ulythium on Mar 20, 2024 19:18:47 GMT
A 'new star' might just become visible in the night sky sometime between now and September:
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Post by damagedinc on Mar 21, 2024 19:22:01 GMT
Oh my.....
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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 22, 2024 1:30:09 GMT
That may be the coolest thing I've ever seen. I want one.
*updates xmas list*
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Post by damagedinc on Mar 22, 2024 9:15:29 GMT
Why not just drink from the tube? Does it reduce in temp once in the cup in the same sort of way? So many questions
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Post by X201 on Mar 22, 2024 18:33:13 GMT
Spin the cup with the pivot point nearer the base rather than the top.
Would be impressed if it didn’t spill then.
Edit: And get rid of that bloody piano. What is it with Yanks sticking inappropriate music over things that don’t need it?
Bet it was one of the Youtube twats that thought Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot speech needed a shitty tune behind it.
Rant over.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 23, 2024 14:59:02 GMT
Spin the cup with the pivot point nearer the base rather than the top. The nerdier version of Spin the bottle? |
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Post by Fake_Blood on Mar 23, 2024 15:15:30 GMT
Spin the cup with the pivot point nearer the base rather than the top. The nerdier version of Spin the bottle? It takes a really long time in space. |
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Post by Ulythium on Mar 30, 2024 21:04:49 GMT
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 23, 2024 8:56:21 GMT
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Post by dangerousdave on Apr 23, 2024 11:07:31 GMT
It’s crazy to think we are communicating with something 15 billion miles away. It’s our own creation, but still that is mental. The fact that it hasn’t been destroyed by any kind of space debris that far out just speaks to the absolute emptiness of space.
Do we know how much life these machines have left in them?
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Post by X201 on Apr 23, 2024 15:29:37 GMT
The lifespan is just as amazing. Every time they think that there’s only a few years left, the engineers have come up with ways to make the power last for a few more years.
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 23, 2024 16:53:16 GMT
I'm in awe of how bright these people are, to be able to troubleshoot an issue with a computer chip from 15 billion miles away.
Kind of puts my computer woes - "Why does the printer think it's out of ink? I only changed the cartridge last week!" - into perspective.
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Post by X201 on Apr 23, 2024 17:05:31 GMT
Also, remember that the computer on board will be early 1970s tech, because they only send established hardware into space, not the latest tech.
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Post by Blue_Mike on May 4, 2024 12:42:45 GMT
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Post by askew on May 5, 2024 7:53:26 GMT
Still the OG 9th planet
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Post by cubby on May 5, 2024 8:19:26 GMT
Still can't believe they did pluto dirty like that.
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Post by dangerousdave on May 5, 2024 11:45:07 GMT
Didn’t this all kick off with the discovery of Eris? Suddenly there was a planet bigger than Pluto that wasn’t a planet.
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Post by nexus6 on May 5, 2024 13:05:16 GMT
Still can't believe they did pluto dirty like that. Had it coming the fancy wee shit |
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Post by Fake_Blood on May 5, 2024 15:34:40 GMT
I vote we demote Venus, motherfucker even rotates the wrong way.
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Post by X201 on May 6, 2024 16:26:48 GMT
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Post by X201 on May 7, 2024 20:32:08 GMT
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Post by dangerousdave on May 7, 2024 21:27:11 GMT
I nearly made a joke about that possibility after your last post.
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Post by TheSaint on May 10, 2024 21:54:45 GMT
Northern lights currently visible with a long exposure all over the UK.
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Post by TheSaint on May 10, 2024 23:11:37 GMT
Wow this is pretty amazing. Spent a week in Iceland and never saw them once and now getting a show like this from the back garden. imgur.com/a/HDeMBuY |
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Post by Vortex on May 10, 2024 23:25:34 GMT
 This is from my doorstep in town, not even out in the sticks. Just shitey phone night mode & the processing removing my shoogly hand noise. |
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Post by Ulythium on May 10, 2024 23:28:48 GMT
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Post by Dougs on May 10, 2024 23:33:19 GMT
 Even all the way down south it was pretty amazing |
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Post by Vortex on May 10, 2024 23:50:17 GMT
 Is this like a god ray thing? Maybe the aliens are beaming someone up for an anal probing? Going back inside just in case! 😀 Nice pic too Dougs! |
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Post by rockavitch on May 10, 2024 23:57:29 GMT
Just got down from the mountain after seeing this, was well worth being mistaken for a dogger.
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Post by barchetta on May 11, 2024 0:14:55 GMT
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