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http://www.ilovehalloween.net/everyd...n-intelligence any explanations?
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http://www.ilovehalloween.net/everyd...n-intelligence any explanations?
General consensus is that it's only a remote chance of being advanced civilisation. Fair enough, but why might it not be? Even when astronomers finally come into some genuinely irrefutable evidence of something clearly artificial out there, I believe there will continue to be a collective denial simply down to the staggering implications and profundity of it. My own view is that of course there are huge numbers of civilisations out there and lesser life. We just all exist in splendid isolation from each other and in different epochs that fail to overlap in the massive size and time of the cosmos. I was listening to a podcast - Skeptics Guide To The Universe only a week ago and the consensus around the table was that we would likely discover life beyond earth within 25 years from now. They meant microbial life though. But we can hope for bigger and better can't we. |
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It's aliens.
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We were here first! Earth was one of the first habitable planets in the universe.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...-a6701311.html |
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We were here first! Earth was one of the first habitable planets in the universe.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...-a6701311.html ![]() An interesting article on supermassive stars. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151...ke-a-dust-mote |
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Pictures of Hurricane Patricia from the Space Station.
https://www.facebook.com/sungazing1/...34728723348626 |
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Astronomers discover sunless planet with with clouds of molten iron
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-fife-34712877 |
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If that is true then we really are all alone in the universe - and what a mess we have made of our unique and beautiful planet.
![]() An interesting article on supermassive stars. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151...ke-a-dust-mote Arthur C. Clarke |
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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
Arthur C. Clarke http://disparamag.com/images/2001-a-space-odyssey.jpg |
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Astronomers discover sunless planet with with clouds of molten iron
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-fife-34712877 Wow!
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If you want to see Uranus it is just above the moon tonight.
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If you want to see Uranus it is just above the moon tonight.
![]() I suppose it might be harder since the moon might drown it out somewhat. |
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Ah thanks for the heads up. I first saw it five years ago after years of trying when it was just above Jupiter
![]() I suppose it might be harder since the moon might drown it out somewhat. |
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Just been to take a look. It's tricky to see and I know what I'm looking for. Binoculars are essential to see it. It's also very close to the moon so the only way I could see it against the moon's glare was to move the moon just out of the field of view through the bins.
Unfortunately against the moon's glare it just looks like a very faint star at the moment. Whereas in the absence of the moon, Uranus has a distinct blue colour through binoculars or even better viewed through a small telescope. I always find it very satisfying when I manage to track it down. |
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The Story of Bernard Lovell and Jodrell Bank
A great episode of Timewatch this week focusing on Jodrell Bank and Bernard Lovell.
http://bbc.in/1WWwQ4P Also good to see James Burke make a rare TV Appearance in the programme. |
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Thanks for that, tiger2000. I'll take a look at that. Jodrell Bank is well worth visiting too.
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As the earliest sunset of the year approaches (around 12 December in the UK) the question will no doubt be asked as to why the earliest sunset is not the same as the winter solstice?
As part of the explanation I inevitably mention the analemma of the sun. Now the analemma of the sun is a fascinating subject. It was first photographed by Dennis de Ciccio in 1978/9 Ever since other photographers have repeated the picture but almost always from the northern hemisphere. There was always the question as to what an analemma would look like from the southern hemisphere or Antarctica? Well I have just noticed that an analemma from Antarctica has indeed been pictured. See Antarctic Analemma |
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Pluto is a Slush Puppie - Pluto's surface may be alive thanks to planetary antifreeze.
To use an analogy, it's like using salt on icy roads to effectively lower the freezing point of the water. In other news, the Planetary Society is pressing for a fly-by round trip of Mars as opposed to a more technically complex landing mission: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey....google.co.uk/ |
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New clues about Ceres' bright spots
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Finally, the Japanese Akatsuki probe has been put into orbit around Venus and has returned its first pictures:
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...bit-first.html |
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The BBC are covering Tim Peake's Launch live on Tuesday Morning, BBC1@10:30am.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06sgb95 |
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has there been any news on what they thought was an alien mega-structure that was causing a star to dim
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