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Nice, thanks!

Man, I really hope that meteor in November doesn't disappoint.

Small correction: what's coming up in November is a comet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_ISON

 

[FelixOrion]

If you don't mind me asking, what do you do there?

No problem. It's nothing big, I'm just an intern honestly. I work in a biology area, basically.

He browses GAF

yeah basically

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Space.com's image of the day. I need to experience this view before I die!

 

[xXBetter Off DadXx]

No problem. It's nothing big, I'm just an intern honestly. I work in a biology area, basically.

Any kind of job, even an internship, at NASA could be kinda awesome I'd imagine.

He browses GAF

Ha, I should have been more specific, like, what does he do at NASA that he DOESN'T do outside of work, haha.

 

[FelixOrion]

Any kind of job, even an internship, at NASA could be kinda awesome I'd imagine.



Ha, I should have been more specific, like, what does he do at NASA that he DOESN'T do outside of work, haha.

I won't argue with that.

A little more specifically, I'm helping out with origin of life research.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

I won't argue with that.

A little more specifically, I'm helping out with origin of life research.

 

[GaimeGuy]

I'm helping out with origin of life research.

HERETIC

 

[xXBetter Off DadXx]

I won't argue with that.

A little more specifically, I'm helping out with origin of life research.

Higgs-Boson related in any way?

 

[Woorloog]

I won't argue with that.

A little more specifically, I'm helping out with origin of life research.

You're not making X-wings? Bah, your avatar would've fit that well.

Origin of life research?
Astrobiology or something like that?

 

[FelixOrion]

:lol I'm not that special yet, no bowing required.

HERETIC

but I am loyal to the Golden Throne!

Higgs-Boson related in any way?

No? That's a physics thing, iirc. Like CERN and Hadron Collider, yeah? There were no particle accelerators in my lab the last time I checked.

You're not making X-wings? Bah, your avatar would've fit that well.

Origin of life research?
Astrobiology or something like that?

lol yeah, that would be fitting.

Yeah, astrobiology and exobiology.

 

[xXBetter Off DadXx]

No? That's a physics thing, iirc. Like CERN and Hadron Collider, yeah? There were no particle accelerators in my lab the last time I checked.

Ah gotcha. I hear origin of life and I start thinking origin of all life.

 

[FelixOrion]

Ah gotcha. I hear origin of life and I start thinking origin of all life.

Well, origin of life does mean that: the origin and evolution of all living organisms. I think you're thinking about the origin of universe & matter kind of stuff, not "life," right?

 

[xXBetter Off DadXx]

Well, origin of life does mean that: the origin and evolution of all living organisms. I think you're thinking about the origin of universe & matter kind of stuff, not "life," right?

Yup! I was definitely using it in a much more abstract sense.

 

[Melchiah]

Halley's Comet Legacy: Photos of Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower

Astrophotographer Justin Ng of Singapore sent in a photo of an Eta Aquarid meteor taken at Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia, May 5, 2013.

Seven pics more here:
http://www.space.com/21004-halleys-comet-meteor-shower-2013-photos.html?cmpid=514630

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Earth rotates under Galileo.

As Galileo receded from its first flyby of Earth on December 11 and 12, 1990, it took images of Earth in six different filters almost every minute over a 25-hour period. The animation here includes images taken once an hour, representing about a tenth of the full number of frames.

 

[Naked Snake]

Earth rotates under Galileo.

As Galileo receded from its first flyby of Earth on December 11 and 12, 1990, it took images of Earth in six different filters almost every minute over a 25-hour period. The animation here includes images taken once an hour, representing about a tenth of the full number of frames.

There are few sights, if any, that are more beautiful to my eyes than our planet in its entirety ("the blue marble") from space.

Is there a link where I can see more of these images taken by Galileo?

 

[Insane Metal]

Earth rotates under Galileo.

As Galileo receded from its first flyby of Earth on December 11 and 12, 1990, it took images of Earth in six different filters almost every minute over a 25-hour period. The animation here includes images taken once an hour, representing about a tenth of the full number of frames.

Wow, incredible.

Galileo <3

 

[Gr1mLock]

I give up. You win infinity.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

There are few sights, if any, that are more beautiful to my eyes than our planet in its entirety ("the blue marble") from space.

Is there a link where I can see more of these images taken by Galileo?

Grabbed it from here: http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/earth/pics-of-earth-by-planetary-spacecraft.html

They have some nice shots; another that I like:

 

[derFeef]

Leaving is bittersweet. It's been an unbelievable ride. Can't wait to see what's next!

https://twitter.com/AstroMarshburn/status/333996728044900353/photo/1

 

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Soyuz landing should be up soon
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/webcast.asp

if you have a roku, there's a nasa tv channel. Gonna be streaming it while I work on school work.

 

[abstract alien]

These 2 videos from youtube. All recorded in 4k,simply amazing looking.

Hypnotic Solar Explosions in 4k

The Curvature, Earth from Space in 4k (UHD)

What the hell at the solar explosion gravitating back to the original spot when it "falls back"

 

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Touchdown! Welcome back, fellas.

 

[Chris R]

Poor Kepler

http://www.space.com/21167-alien-planets-kepler-spacecraft-crippled.html

 

[verbum]

Poor Kepler

http://www.space.com/21167-alien-planets-kepler-spacecraft-crippled.html

I know, but even if it is done it has served a good purpose.

“We have two years of data that has yet to be searched through,” said Borucki, “I’m optimistic that the data we have we’ll be able to accomplish Kepler’s mission of finding another Earth. We believe that in the next couple of years we will have many more exciting discoveries with respect to finding planets.”
Boricki added that while he’s delighted that they have found so many planetary candidates, on the other hand “I would have been even happier if it had continued another four years. That would have been frosting on the cake,” he said, “but we have an excellent cake right now.”
Kepler has found over 2,700 planetary candidates, with 130 confirmed planets, from the size of Earth’s moon to larger than Jupiter.

http://www.universetoday.com/102168/kepler-planet-hunting-mission-in-jepardy/#more-102168

 

[Melchiah]

http://phys.org/news/2013-05-x-class-flares-hours.html

Three X-class flares in 24 hours.

The sun emitted a third significant solar flare in under 24 hours, peaking at 9:11 p.m. EDT on May 13, 2013. This flare is classified as an X3.2 flare. This is the strongest X-class flare of 2013 so far, surpassing in strength the two X-class flares that occurred earlier in the 24-hour period.

The flare was also associated with a coronal mass ejection, or CME. The CME began at 9:30 p.m. EDT and was not Earth-directed. Experimental NASA research models show that the CME left the sun at approximately 1,400 miles per second, which is particularly fast for a CME. The models suggest that it will catch up to the two CMEs associated with the earlier flares.

The merged cloud of solar material will pass by the Spitzer spacecraft and may give a glancing blow to the STEREO-B and Epoxi spacecraft. Their mission operators have been notified. If warranted, operators can put spacecraft into safe mode to protect the instruments from solar material.

EDIT: Here's a video: http://phys.org/news/2013-05-x-class-solar-flare.html

 

[Insane Metal]

Those X-flares. Goddamn!

 

[Goodacre0081]

Droplets orbiting a needle in space

 

[GaimeGuy]

Dem einstein field equations.

 

[Naked Snake]

Droplets orbiting a needle in space

No way... I didn't think you could so easily see the effects of gravity on such a small scale. I need to see the source of that.

 

[Naked Snake]

I watched this video: The Beauty of Space Photography | Off Book | PBS

And saw a few images that I don't think I've seen before, I took screen captures:

On a second thought, only the first and second one might be new to me. Anyone recognize them?

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

I watched this video: The Beauty of Space Photography | Off Book | PBS

And saw a few images that I don't think I've seen before, I took screen captures:



On a second thought, only the first and second one might be new to me. Anyone recognize them?

These look great; wonder how they would look in natural color to the human eye.

 

[lilbaby Jesus]

These look great; wonder how they would look in natural color to the human eye.

Maybe even more breath taking.

 

[Woorloog]

Maybe even more breath taking.

Eh? Probably like black gas cloud. Or not visible at all.
Don't think they reflect visible light much.

No way... I didn't think you could so easily see the effects of gravity on such a small scale. I need to see the source of that.

Want to know this as well!

 

[lilbaby Jesus]

Eh? Probably like black gas cloud. Or not visible at all.
Don't think they reflect visible light.

Damn that's fucked up man. Fuck u space.

 

[Woorloog]

Damn that's fucked up man. Fuck u space.

Nah, humans are the problem, they insist on coloring these pics (after taking them with X-ray, radio, etc. cameras, colored for clarity i think?)

 

[lilbaby Jesus]

I understand our color spectrum as humans is very limited, but do you think most things out there in space would be basically black to our eyes.

 

[Woorloog]

I understand our color spectrum as humans is very limited, but do you think most things out there in space would be basically black to our eyes.

Think? Nah, i know it.

These nebulas are really big. The closest stars can be quite far away. The gas is spread thin... it ain't going to reflect light much.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

No way... I didn't think you could so easily see the effects of gravity on such a small scale. I need to see the source of that.

.

 

[lilbaby Jesus]

Think? Nah, i know it.

These nebulas are really big. The closest stars can be quite far away. The gas is spread thin... it ain't going to reflect light much.

Ok whelp thanks for the pics NASA, i mean cock tease lol.

 

[Woorloog]

Ok whelp thanks for the pics NASA, i mean cock tease lol.

I recall someone saying something like that before here on NeoGAF about some space pics.
Most people really don't know that nebulas are not brightly colored, because "natural" pics are never shown AFAIK. How the humanity will be disappointed when we venture to stars.

 

[lilbaby Jesus]

I recall someone saying something like that before here on NeoGAF about some space pics.
Most people really don't know that nebulas are not brightly colored, because "natural" pics are never shown AFAIK. How the humanity will be disappointed when we venture to stars.

Hopefully we'll run into some intelligent life to balance that disappointment.

 

[Woorloog]

Hopefully we'll run into some intelligent life to balance that disappointment.

I don't know. Might be dangerous. Competition.
There is no reason to assume other life is friendly, nor is there any reason to assume we can understand them or work with them.
Regardles, we should be prepared based on their capabilities, not based on their intent.
So, if there is other life, we are going to need a space defence force. Or perhaps space army, more like.

 

[Melchiah]

 

[lilbaby Jesus]

^Now think about this. It's stars out there that make our sun look the size of the earth.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

^Now think about this. It's stars out there that make our sun look the size of the earth.

 

[Goodacre0081]

,

 

[fierrotlepou]

^Now think about this. It's stars out there that make our solar system look the size of the earth.

Fixed.

 

[lilbaby Jesus]

Fixed.

It's soo fucking unbelievable man! Are there giant humanoids out there? Shit!

 

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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1458134548/arkyd-a-space-telescope-for-everyone-0