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Mendalla said:
Lol. A bowling pin was another suggestion I saw.
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Far out stones ... being exposed to the dark ... as stones are hard in the pageantry of vast things ... and pedantics! Such may be obscure myth of learning ... kind've out there for those suffering narcissism ... can't escape themselves?

Then there are those with a leg up ... Pi Sandros? Tis a leak from a heavenly situation ... a peak or Lear?
 
Waterfall said:
Where is the light coming from...our sun?
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It's the best light source we have. :)

The camera is probably designed to shoot in low light, since not much sunlight gets out that far (the probe uses nuclear rather than solar power for that reason).
 
Mendalla said:
It's the best light source we have. :)

The camera is probably designed to shoot in low light, since not much sunlight gets out that far (the probe uses nuclear rather than solar power for that reason).
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Alas some deny dark zones exist .. and black is only an essence ... of the devoid!

Mental congruence or bifurcation ... addition devinations?
 
And while the Americans go waaaayyyyyy out, China breaks new ground closer to home. Chang'e4, the latest in that country's series of missions to the Moon, landed successfully. It is the first probe to land on the so-called "dark side" of the Moon (far side is the preferred term now) and has a rover on board as well as some science experiments of its own. Chang'e5 is expected to follow later this year.

Good article on the mission and the Chinese space program in general:

China lands spacecraft on far side of the moon
 
Mendalla said:
And while the Americans go waaaayyyyyy out, China breaks new ground closer to home. Chang'e4, the latest in that country's series of missions to the Moon, landed successfully. It is the first probe to land on the so-called "dark side" of the Moon (far side is the preferred term now) and has a rover on board as well as some science experiments of its own. Chang'e5 is expected to follow later this year.

Good article on the mission and the Chinese space program in general:

China lands spacecraft on far side of the moon
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Does that mean we cant see them ?
 
Mendalla said:
Yep. And radio signals have to be relayed by a Chinese lunar orbiter since the lander doesn't have line of sight on Earth.
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Sight lines are sometimes warped in space due to gravid lens of heavy mediums ... er minds? Thus rifts and wends ...
 
Waterfall said:
I wonder if the Americans or Russians are already there? Lol
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Supposedly not. All their probes, and the Apollo crewed landings, were on the near side. Now, that doesn't let out the possibility of secret missions but those couldn't stay secret for long. Lunar orbiters do see both sides as they go around the moon so if the US had a secret landing on the far side, the Russian and Chinese would know and so on. I think ESA and India have lunar orbiters, too. Not us, alas. We seem to prefer to hitch our cart to NASA and ESA's horses.
 
Is area 51 or whatever part of dissembled moonscape? May account for sightings in the part of flat Pi sections ... alien landings ... strange domains! Possibly in abstract ...
 
And Chang'e4 has now deployed Jade Rabbit 2, its rover. Some more interesting details on the mission as a whole, too.

https://gizmodo.com/china-successfully-deploys-jade-rabbit-2-rover-on-moons-1831486960

Whether Trump likes it or not, China is now the Americans' main rival in almost all fields of science and technology, including space travel and exploration. Which makes me a bit sad, because imagine what might be possible if NASA and its Chinese rival cooperated.
 
Mendalla said:
And Chang'e4 has now deployed Jade Rabbit 2, its rover. Some more interesting details on the mission as a whole, too.

https://gizmodo.com/china-successfully-deploys-jade-rabbit-2-rover-on-moons-1831486960

Whether Trump likes it or not, China is now the Americans' main rival in almost all fields of science and technology, including space travel and exploration. Which makes me a bit sad, because imagine what might be possible if NASA and its Chinese rival cooperated.
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Yet divide and conquer is the best way for divination ... schism ... whatever! Like splitted a' dam thing into darkness following un-re quieted woman ...

Some science, observation and skill may be necessary to cause settlements when requisitioned ... unrequited?

Tis a continuous concern, worry, ANis, never over ... some reciprocal thoughts may be expected ... without proper bonding!
 
Is Earth the best of all possible worlds? Maybe not according to a hypothesis about habitable planets. As the host of the video below points out, Earth will likely become uninhabitable in 1.5 to 2 billion years. Apparently, a larger planet orbiting a smaller, cooler star might be better for life and remain so for longer.


Footnote: That 1.5 to 2 billion years assumes we don't f*** things up sooner, of course.
 
"Footnote: That 1.5 to 2 billion years assumes we don't f*** things up sooner, of course."

Is that quanta (bit, chits) practical in a populace that supports free reins and no responsibility for the wagon ... thus the drag ... you can'y push a loaded one ... thus druids ... MU'L's ... somewhat wonky ... the agenda for a time ... then we passover ...

As reward for winning do we share the Runes or just plunder, etc. leave the cultivating to the alternate chitz ... strip it down without cover ... something will ignite ... a mental item?
There are metaphors for the essence of thought!
 
I have been kind of neglecting this thread recently, though there's been a raft of science news and videos from SciShow, Eons, etc. that I could post about. However, I'll start with Friday's xkcd. Plutonium is rather magical in a way. And, like powerful magic, it's a double-edged sword. The same "power orb" that keeps New Horizon's lights on can also be used to annihilate whole cities. Oh, and it's considered on of the most toxic substances on Earth due to that very same energy.

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So, the standard model for black holes is that they are formed when stars much larger than our sun collapse in on themselves. Except that there are some extremely massive black holes that date to very early in the history of the universe, too early to be stellar black holes that grew. Two scientists from Western have put forward a new explanation for these black holes. And it's pretty simple: black holes can form in ways other than collapsing stars.

mediarelations.uwo.ca

Researchers decipher the history of supermassive black holes in the early universe - Media Relations

Astrophysicists at Western University have found evidence for the direct formation of black holes that do not need to emerge from a star remnant.
mediarelations.uwo.ca mediarelations.uwo.ca

What's cool is that I actually know one of the researchers personally. Our sons were friends back in elementary school so we got to know the family.
 
Mendalla said:
So, the standard model for black holes is that they are formed when stars much larger than our sun collapse in on themselves. Except that there are some extremely massive black holes that date to very early in the history of the universe, too early to be stellar black holes that grew. Two scientists from Western have put forward a new explanation for these black holes. And it's pretty simple: black holes can form in ways other than collapsing stars.

mediarelations.uwo.ca

Researchers decipher the history of supermassive black holes in the early universe - Media Relations

Astrophysicists at Western University have found evidence for the direct formation of black holes that do not need to emerge from a star remnant.
mediarelations.uwo.ca mediarelations.uwo.ca

What's cool is that I actually know one of the researchers personally. Our sons were friends back in elementary school so we got to know the family.
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There are stranger things under the midnight sun ... as a dark formless void that we know little about no matter what our hubris about what be believe we know but don't ... thus extensive uncertainty that one can never get across to the determined! They have the BS that they know ...

The blob creeps on indelibly!
 
Some new research on the asteroid impact that likely helped end the dinosaurs' era. They've now taken and analyzed core samples of the impact site, giving more insight into exactly what happened on that terrible day 66 million years ago. One of the many authors is Gordon R. Osinski of Western University and I learned about the paper through the Institute for Earth and Space Exploration, which he is involved with (I follow them on Twitter).

www.smithsonianmag.com

What Happened the Day a Giant, Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit the Earth

Using rock cores from Chicxulub crater, geologists piece together a new timeline of the destruction that followed impact
www.smithsonianmag.com www.smithsonianmag.com
 
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