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03-21-24, 05:00 PM | #16 | |
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What did they see on Titan? .....a sign saying 15 million miles to Walldrug, SD.
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03-21-24, 05:50 PM | #17 |
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03-21-24, 06:28 PM | #18 |
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If anyone is interested, this is real time footage of the supernova of the massive sun / star Betelgeuse.
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03-21-24, 09:12 PM | #19 | |
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↑ Meh. I'll believe it when I actually do see it.
I've been watching Betelgeuse since it was announced that its magnitude began changing drastically in late 2019. I looked at it as I was leaving work this evening, and I just stepped outside to have another look. If and when it does explode, you won't need anyone to tell you about it. The following is from an earthsky.org article on the subject: Quote:
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03-21-24, 10:37 PM | #20 |
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I'm all in favor of getting humans living on other planets and moons so that our species can't be completely wiped out by a single meteor, disease, war or other cataclysmic event. Right now all of humanities eggs are in one earth basket. Let get bases and colonies going throughout the solar system.
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03-22-24, 09:47 AM | #21 | |
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I'm sure when it explodes, we will see it, as you said. This event may well just be a precursor to the actual Supernova, which has been expected for some time. |
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03-22-24, 08:16 PM | #22 |
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03-22-24, 10:12 PM | #23 | |
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Yes, I know. I understand the concept of expressing great distances in light years. The distance is mind boggling, especially considering that light speed is 186,000 miles per second. Last edited by Commander Wallace; 03-23-24 at 01:37 AM. |
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03-23-24, 01:12 AM | #24 | |
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Do we know for sure that it didn't already explode about 639 years ago?
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03-23-24, 01:38 AM | #25 |
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04-24-24, 03:33 PM | #26 | |
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I'm not dead yet
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-...dates-to-earth
NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth Quote:
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