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Tue 28 Jan, 2020 12:45 pm - As far as I know, gravity waves travel at the same speed as light, so I don't think there is any way for us to know if Betelgeuse goes supernova before we actually see the light from it.... (view)
Tue 28 Jan, 2020 12:42 pm - Our Sun is a second generation star (at least). We can tell this from its composition.
Stars in general can be categorized by the "metallicity" which give us an indication of what... (view)
Tue 28 Jan, 2020 12:33 pm - It sounds like you are speculating about a combat scenario between the mammals of N. America and the "Dinosaurs" of S. America, suddenly clashing with each other in Panama and wondering... (view)
Wed 22 Jan, 2020 06:27 am - Individual perceptions of reality are not necessarily representative of the collective perception of reality from millions/billions of people interacting with the same physical environment. The... (view)
Wed 22 Jan, 2020 06:02 am - I remember one from the 1960's in which Planarian worms (flatworms) that had been trained to navigate a maze were subsequently "chopped up" and fed to other planarian worms, which... (view)
Mon 16 Dec, 2019 02:10 pm - [quote="edgarblythe"]
NASA finds Mars water ice deposits astronauts could reach with a shovel[/quote]I [i]wish[/i] we had an astronaut on Mars... with a shovel...
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Thu 31 Oct, 2019 06:28 am - The distance is increasing due to expansion, not velocity. There’s a big difference and it is well understood and not mysterious in any way. (view)
Thu 31 Oct, 2019 03:35 am - I’ve never even seen one of these things. But now you’ve got me curious, damn. I always thought they were just insipid, but you’re saying they’re worse? (view)
