MLB 51 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I'd love to see a time lapse image of one of these nebulae. Something fluid so you get a sense of their speed and motion. Not possible. You can't see things moving that fast. Quote Link to comment
ZRod Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I'd love to see a time lapse image of one of these nebulae. Something fluid so you get a sense of their speed and motion. Not possible. You can't see things moving that fast. I don't know. You're talking crazy speeds, but over distances of light years. It's like watching a jet from the ground, it's traveling 500mph but it doesn't look terribly fast from 6 miles away. Relativity! I found one of the crab nebula but it's not great quality so it's really not that cool to see... Instead here's a time lapse of the Earth from the ISS, I find it hard to believe it's not cgi, it's so beautiful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPj8D5KaPVU Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 A nice pic of my best friend floating out in space. 1 Quote Link to comment
HSKR Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I had no idea Uranus was that big Walksalone. Quote Link to comment
Junior Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Only one human being alive on July 21, 1969 is not in this picture. http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/07/20/time_lapse_video_a_quarter_million_miles_and_apollo_11_s_michael_collins.html 1 Quote Link to comment
ZRod Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Only one human being alive on July 21, 1969 is not in this picture. http://www.slate.com...el_collins.html Now that's a trip right there! Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Only one human being alive on July 21, 1969 is not in this picture. http://www.slate.com...el_collins.html Should have done a selfie 2 Quote Link to comment
ZRod Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Earth from Saturn, hot off the press. http://www.nbcnews.com/science/did-you-smile-camera-earth-glitters-new-view-saturn-6C10700482 Earth and the moon 1 Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 I guess North America is facing the camera in that picture. I forgot to stay up and say "cheese". Quote Link to comment
CornHOLIO Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 The final frontier. The second Side ear. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 In a world where science is based on facts and that is where truth comes from, how do we wrap our minds around the fact that space never ends? Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 In a world where science is based on facts and that is where truth comes from, how do we wrap our minds around the fact that space never ends? i do not know if we will ever be able to do that. but we have come a long way from a geocentric view of the universe. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 In a world where science is based on facts and that is where truth comes from, how do we wrap our minds around the fact that space never ends? That's an oversimplification of "science." Science doesn't claim to answer all things, or have the answer to all things that falls within its purview. It's a means to an end, and sometimes the end isn't known yet. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 In a world where science is based on facts and that is where truth comes from, how do we wrap our minds around the fact that space never ends? How does science go about providing us the facts-based truthful answer to "why did life begin?" as one example. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 In a world where science is based on facts and that is where truth comes from, how do we wrap our minds around the fact that space never ends? How does science go about providing us the facts-based truthful answer to "why did life begin?" as one example. WHY?!! Science is still working on how. Quote Link to comment
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