OT: The Because Science Thread (Now With Aliens!)

[LeafGm]

NASA's "Totally Not A Test Run For The Much Bigger One Coming The Public Doesn't Know About Yet" mission

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[UWHabs]

That's what Google glasses always should have been aimed at. Excited to see how far from reality this actually is.

 

[zeke]

 

[axlsalinger]

Super interesting. Never heard of this before.

 

[LeafGm]

Super interesting. Never heard of this before.

That is a hilariously cuckoo for cocoa puffs tinfoil hat conspiracy channel.

 

[LeafGm]

Gorgeous updated pic of the Pillars of Creation from James Webb:

 

[axlsalinger]

That is a hilariously cuckoo for cocoa puffs tinfoil hat conspiracy channel.

It is, yeah. This was a fun story though, dating back to the 50s and 60s. Surprised I never heard of it before.

 

[axlsalinger]

This seems like an incredible find.

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[LeafGm]

This seems like an incredible find.

Pretty fascinating.

The original text had been scraped off so that the parchment could be re-used for a Christian manuscript, and they’ve been able to read portions of it under the Christian text almost like reading invisible ink.

Also makes you wonder how much priceless scientific and historical texts have been lost throughout history just so religious mumbo-jumbo could be written over top of them.

 

[LeafGm]

Pretty cool. The Mars Insight lander detected a large quake on Mars—then a Mars orbiter discovered it was due to a meteoroid impact.

As an added twist, the meteor hit near the equator in one of the hottest parts of Mars and yet still excavated big boulders of water ice:

 

[zeke]

 

[LeafGm]

I’m almost hesitant to post this, with all of the other false starts and delays this launch has experienced.

But the Artemis SLS launch to the moon is currently scheduled to happen at 10:30pm tonight. If it goes ahead, it can be watched live here:

 

[LeafGm]

A correction to that last post---the launch broadcast starts at 10:30, but looks like the actual launch is scheduled to take place around 1:00 AM.

 

[mbow30]

Pretty cool. The Mars Insight lander detected a large quake on Mars—then a Mars orbiter discovered it was due to a meteoroid impact.

As an added twist, the meteor hit near the equator in one of the hottest parts of Mars and yet still excavated big boulders of water ice:

looks like a butthole

 

[axlsalinger]

I’m almost hesitant to post this, with all of the other false starts and delays this launch has experienced.

But the Artemis SLS launch to the moon is currently scheduled to happen at 10:30pm tonight. If it goes ahead, it can be watched live here:

If anyone's still up, looks like this is about to happen.

T minus 9 minutes and counting...

 

[axlsalinger]