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Hobbies & Interests => Science, Ideas & Research => Topic started by: zena on January 15, 2016, 01:39:37 AM

Title: Did you hear about the super nova?
Post by: zena on January 15, 2016, 01:39:37 AM

So cool.  ASASSN-15lh.

Ok.  Also kind of sad.

Title: Re: Did you hear about the super nova?
Post by: FetishDream on January 15, 2016, 07:43:08 AM

Here, you like to draw pictures so I give you one


(http://www.sciencemag.org/sites/default/files/styles/article_main_large/public/images/sn-supernova_3.jpg?itok=1NhIAcil)

Title: Re: Did you hear about the super nova?
Post by: zena on January 15, 2016, 10:31:04 AM

I saw that.  It's sooooo (o's to the nth) cool.  Breathtaking.  Amazing.

Title: Re: Did you hear about the super nova?
Post by: zena on January 18, 2016, 01:28:47 PM

Btw, the super nova was 3.2 billion light years away.  Know what that means?  It occurred 3.2 billion years ago.  So, we weren't even in existence when the super nova occurred.  We are just seeing it now.  Now that's serious time travel.

And, to top that off, I bet their were "humans" in that solar system.  I don't believe that we earthlings are the only humans. 

Title: Re: Did you hear about the super nova?
Post by: tRouBLe on January 19, 2016, 02:26:57 PM

I did hear about this and it reminds me of how small we are/can be.  There is still so much out there that we don't know about......whe ther in space or even here on earth.

Title: Re: Did you hear about the super nova?
Post by: lexicon on January 19, 2016, 02:35:48 PM

Existential.

I wonder how our future selves will react to seeing the seemingly infinite skies. Better yet I wonder how individuals now can handle it. It's made me feel both insignificant and wistfully yearning to be part of that great expanse.

Title: Re: Did you hear about the super nova?
Post by: zena on January 19, 2016, 08:11:22 PM

Quote from: tRouBLe on January 19, 2016, 02:26:57 PM

I did hear about this and it reminds me of how small we are/can be.  There is still so much out there that we don't know about......whe ther in space or even here on earth.

And our problems even smaller.

Quote from: lexicon on January 19, 2016, 02:35:48 PM

Existential.

I wonder how our future selves will react to seeing the seemingly infinite skies. Better yet I wonder how individuals now can handle it. It's made me feel both insignificant and wistfully yearning to be part of that great expanse.

It will always be a wonder.

I wonder so much at times, I wonder about my wonders.

Title: Re: Did you hear about the super nova?
Post by: tRouBLe on January 22, 2016, 08:44:43 AM

Have you or anyone seen the alignment of the five planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)?  I heard it is the first time in more than a decade.

Title: Re: Did you hear about the super nova?
Post by: zena on February 01, 2016, 11:32:50 AM

Quote from: tRouBLe on January 22, 2016, 08:44:43 AM

Have you or anyone seen the alignment of the five planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)?  I heard it is the first time in more than a decade.

I heard about that too.  It was on the local news.  Then, there was another story about a planet scientist discovered.  It was farther out past Pluto or something.