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post #1 of 27
2/5/10 at 10:44am
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Wow.




The rest:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/p...O.html?image=5
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post #2 of 27
2/5/10 at 10:57am
No Sha Ka Ree. How disappointing.

Those pictures are incredible. Thanks for posting.
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post #3 of 27
2/5/10 at 11:05am
Funny, I always thought Earth was the center of the galaxy (not really). Awesome photos.
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post #4 of 27
2/5/10 at 11:15am
Every time I see pictures like these I end up half elated and half depressed. They're so beautiful, yet I can't help but wonder if human eyes will ever see these objects first hand.
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post #5 of 27
2/5/10 at 11:15am
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Originally Posted by HBarr View Post
Funny, I always thought Earth was the center of the galaxy
Nope. If there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from.
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post #6 of 27
2/5/10 at 11:16am
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Originally Posted by stelios View Post
Every time I see pictures like these I end up half elated and half depressed. They're so beautiful, yet I can't help but wonder if human eyes will ever see these objects first hand.
Not without some pretty serious radiation protection. It's a hot zone.
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post #7 of 27
2/5/10 at 11:17am
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
Nope. If there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from.
props to you, that's a good one.
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post #8 of 27
2/5/10 at 11:17am
What does god need with a starship?

One day maybe humans will see these sites first hand. Sadly it'll be a very long time.
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post #9 of 27
2/5/10 at 11:18am
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
Nope. If there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from.
I know. Hence my not really comment. One likes to think that they are the center of the galaxy though......
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post #10 of 27
2/5/10 at 11:22am
Quite stunning. Thanks for sharing these.
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post #11 of 27
2/5/10 at 11:23am
Where's Zaphod?
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post #12 of 27
2/5/10 at 11:23am
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Originally Posted by stelios View Post
Every time I see pictures like these I end up half elated and half depressed. They're so beautiful, yet I can't help but wonder if human eyes will ever see these objects first hand.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."
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post #13 of 27
2/5/10 at 11:24am
double post
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post #14 of 27
2/5/10 at 11:28am
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Surely all these stars are already dead, or dying, as it takes so long for the light to reach us.
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post #15 of 27
2/5/10 at 3:55pm
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Originally Posted by Bluelouboyle View Post
Surely all these stars are already dead, or dying, as it takes so long for the light to reach us.
You are correct. We are seeing fossil light. It's mind boggling to theorize what these places look like now.
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post #16 of 27
2/5/10 at 4:20pm
I thought it was just some guy trying to sell me a timeshare.
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post #17 of 27
2/5/10 at 5:38pm
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Where's Zaphod?
You're looking at him...that's a small part of his ego.
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post #18 of 27
2/5/10 at 5:54pm


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...A close-up of the X-pattern near the point-like nucleus. The object, known as P/2010 A2, was circling about 90 million miles from Earth in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter when it was spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope
Back up one image to see the whole thing



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This image provided by NASA shows a mystery object that was discovered on Jan 6 by the LINEAR sky survey. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was used to take a closer look. It shows a bizarre X-pattern of filamentary structures near the point-like nucleus...

I'm thinking of that movie, Lifeforce.
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post #19 of 27
2/5/10 at 5:59pm
It looks like Galactus trying to eat a planet.
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post #20 of 27
2/5/10 at 6:13pm
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I'm thinking of that movie, Lifeforce.
If Mathilda May is on board (circa 1985), I for one welcome our naked, soul-sucking overlords...
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post #21 of 27
2/5/10 at 6:14pm
Looks like Porkin's ghost.
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post #22 of 27
2/5/10 at 6:15pm
It's just a little crack in the ether. Nothing to worry about I'm sure.
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post #23 of 27
2/5/10 at 6:22pm
I'm fairly certain that's a picture of an asteroid collision. I saw a story earlier this week about Hubble getting photos of one and that first picture was in the article.
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post #24 of 27
2/5/10 at 7:16pm
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If Mathilda May is on board (circa 1985), I for one welcome our naked, soul-sucking overlords...
she could suck my lifeforce. she wouldn't be the first woman.
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post #25 of 27
2/5/10 at 7:26pm
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Originally Posted by billylove View Post
You are correct. We are seeing fossil light. It's mind boggling to theorize what these places look like now.
Probably not much different. The Milky Way is about 100,000 light years across. The average star lives tens of billions of years. Add to that the fact that just as many stars are still being created as are dying and it's likely your eyes wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
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post #26 of 27
2/5/10 at 7:29pm
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Probably not much different. The Milky Way is about 100,000 light years across. The average star lives tens of billions of years. Add to that the fact that just as many stars are still being created as are dying and it's likely your eyes wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
the blackhole could be feeding
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post #27 of 27
2/5/10 at 7:29pm
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I'm fairly certain that's a picture of an asteroid collision. I saw a story earlier this week about Hubble getting photos of one and that first picture was in the article.
Don't be a buzz kill, Buzz Killington.

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