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  • #16
    In the Smithsonian after it hit Earth?

    I like the DanQ quote in your sig.

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    • #17
      Thanks for the rich science talk, Kalius. We speak the same language

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Ecthy
        We've had several well-visible comets (Hyakutake, Hale Bopp), the first cool colour pics from Mars (Pathfinder mission), another Space Shuttle accident, the institution of the ISS, a full solar eclipse visible in large parts of western Europe... need I go on?
        And don´t forget Shoemaker-Levy 9 which spectacularly collided with Jupiter
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        Tamsin (Lost Girl): "He has fallen in battle and I must take him to the Einherjar in Valhalla"

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        • #19
          So we're in good times in terms of astronomy and spaceflight. International politics, too. Much to study.

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          • #20
            i'd rather be without it...

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            • #21
              No. This is the worst of the worst times to live. We are in a time when all the frontiers that are reachable have been, and all the ones that aren't won't be anytime soon. We are a stagnating cesspool of a species stuck in a rut without the smarts to even know this is the ****.

              Other than that, yeah, it's a pretty exciting time.
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              • #22
                There was a supernova burst in 11th century that was documented by a Chinese guy. According to his account the star shone for a whole month before dissapearing. It was visible in daytime too.
                Witnesing a supernova burst would be super cool if doesn't kill us of course.
                Quendelie axan!

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Sir Og
                  There was a supernova burst in 11th century that was documented by a Chinese guy. According to his account the star shone for a whole month before dissapearing. It was visible in daytime too.
                  You can still see the remnants with a telescope. It's called the Crab Nebula.

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                  • #24
                    Yeah that's the one.
                    Quendelie axan!

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                    • #25
                      Sir Og, any news about you and that meeting?

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                      • #26
                        I thought this was going to be about Star Jones
                        Monkey!!!

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by Kalius
                          dim white dwarves which aren't easy to see and therefore not studied.
                          I knew the management had to somehow be involved in this.

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                          • #28
                            Isn't it possible it has already happened, considering the distance the light has to travel?
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                            • #29
                              It's less than two thousand lightyears away, and this is supposed to happen... some time within the next hundred thousand years. So it probably hasn't happened yet. But it's all relative anyways.
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                              • #30
                                It could of happened already, but it may be sometime before we can observe it.
                                Monkey!!!

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