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| Mar 23rd, 2008 08:50 AM | ||
| MetalMilitia |
On a similar note check out: http://digg.com/podcasts/Astronomy_Cast They do a really good job of describing a lot of bizarre space phenomena. |
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| Mar 22nd, 2008 05:38 PM | ||
| ChicagoDrew |
Anyone watching the awesome 'The Universe' series on History Channel? They've got like 20+ shows, each devoted to a very small portion of space-related topics. For example, they'll cover quasars, not just 'all the damn things in space,' lol. Two episodes air every Tuesday with limited repeats. It's GREAT in HD too. |
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| Mar 14th, 2008 03:57 PM | ||
| Tadao |
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| Mar 14th, 2008 03:43 PM | ||
| Dixie |
Found something for ya Tad: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2_vpEyE6r...B4B61B&index=0 Parallel universes. This guy has some great programs. The Super Massive Black Holes program is very good. http://youtube.com/user/NGC6822 |
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| Mar 9th, 2008 01:53 AM | ||
| kahljorn | BITCH CANT EVEN EXIST | |
| Mar 9th, 2008 12:32 AM | ||
| Dixie |
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Bitch is gonna dissolve. |
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| Mar 8th, 2008 10:14 PM | ||
| kahljorn |
http://books.google.com/books?id=08X...DZZK-o#PPA3,M1 I like that explanation of the fourth dimension BUT CAN AN INSTANTANEOUS CUBE EXIST? |
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| Mar 7th, 2008 07:42 PM | ||
| executioneer | and what if there was a universe shaped liek a police officer | |
| Mar 7th, 2008 07:39 PM | ||
| Colonel Flagg |
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| Mar 7th, 2008 07:38 PM | ||
| Colonel Flagg |
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Relativity is one of my favorite subjects. 
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| Mar 7th, 2008 07:34 PM | ||
| executioneer | man what if there was another universe shaped like a cup of coffee and our universe collided with it | |
| Mar 7th, 2008 07:32 PM | ||
| Colonel Flagg |
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(Sorry CIG, just read your post for comprehension.) Don't get me started on wormholes, that would be too freaky! Science fiction meets science fact? Maybe ..... |
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| Mar 7th, 2008 07:03 PM | ||
| sloth | i kind of like to imagine how these cutting edge ideas might sound like to people in five hundred years time. i mean they sound so revolutionary now, but then some copernican revolution comes along and suddenly theyre antiquated and laughable. | |
| Mar 7th, 2008 02:58 PM | ||
| Tadao |
I've never been able to wrap my mind around the whole "Universe is shaped like a Doughnut" thing 
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| Mar 7th, 2008 02:24 PM | ||
| Dixie |
White holes huh? Frosted doughnut middles don't count when it comes to science, mister. Seriously though, I'd have to agree with Hawking that a white hole and a black hole would probably be connected in the possibility that a black hole is an entrance to a worm hole and a white hole would be an exit. The documentary I saw was pretty neat. It talked about if you saw someone walking into a black hole their image would look "smeared" because of time slowing or stopping in the event horizon. Badastronomy.com is a GREAT science forum/site/blog that discusses alot of these things. I'm really not very good at physics but I've taken a sharp interest in Astrobiology lately. |
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| Mar 7th, 2008 02:13 PM | ||
| Tadao | I haven't seen that, I'm going to have to look for that. I just heard about white holes for the first time yesterday. | |
| Mar 7th, 2008 10:50 AM | ||
| Dixie | I saw an awesome Stephen Hawking Black Hole Theory documentary discussing the event horizon and the possibilities of traversing a black hole the other day at work. I love the Science Channel. | |
| Mar 2nd, 2008 10:22 PM | ||
| Colonel Flagg |
Ain't science wunnerful!
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| Mar 2nd, 2008 10:15 PM | ||
| Tadao |
That is awesome Colonel Flagg I got this off of Wiki when I googled Gravitational lensing. This is a simulation of gravitational lensing caused by a Schwartzschild black hole passing in front of a background galaxy. A secondary image of the galaxy can be seen within the black hole's Einstein radius on the side opposite the galaxy. The secondary image grows (remaining within the Einstein ring) as the primary image approaches the black hole. The surface brightness of the two images remains constant, but their angular sizes vary, hence producing an amplification of the galaxy luminosity as seen by a distant observer. Maximum amplification occurs when the galaxy (or in this case a bright part of it) is exactly behind the black hole. |
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| Mar 2nd, 2008 10:02 PM | ||
| Colonel Flagg |
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As far as the rubber sheet goes, black holes can be inferred by how far light is bent by intervening galaxies, a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. It's how we can estimate the masses of galaxies, and hence infer the presence of black holes, and other forms of dark matter. I hope this is helpful. |
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| Mar 2nd, 2008 01:39 PM | ||
| Girl Drink Drunk | That guy totally stole from Mr Garrison (and by extention, Trey Parker). JOKE THIEF. | |
| Mar 2nd, 2008 08:24 AM | ||
| Fat_Hippo | Ooh, good retort. Don't have an answer to THAT, do you Mcfaggy font formatter. | |
| Mar 1st, 2008 08:00 PM | ||
| executioneer | :applause | |
| Mar 1st, 2008 07:42 PM | ||
| Tadao |
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| Mar 1st, 2008 07:28 PM | ||
| MacLeon |
Kind of makes you wonder about that whole "there are no stupid questions" theory. Perhaps no stupid questions, just people in general. However I digress. |
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