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As wolf has said, Betelgeuse is significantly far from Earth that if it suffered a core collapse (Type II) supernova and the... -
billslugg replied to the thread Will the International Space Station's 2031 death dive cause pollution problems?.ISS must have people inside it, operating it, or it would quickly degrade where no one could ever safely re-enter or hook up to it. No...
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billslugg reacted to DrRaviSharma's post in the thread Can I ask someone to rebuttal my argument against human space flight? with
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Observations inspired by previous 80+ comments: Humanity's quest for knowledge and spirit for adventure to know the unknown is... -
billslugg replied to the thread Why is the redshift of high energy rays emmited by blackholes the same as the redshift of its host Galaxy ?.The accretion disc will form any time a large random assemblage of objects is in orbit around something. As collisions occur between...
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billslugg replied to the thread Oumuamua observation.Above the thunderstorm is a portion of the ionosphere. When a lightning strike occurs it induces a current in the ionosphere. That...
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billslugg replied to the thread Oumuamua observation.A moving charged particle will travel forever at a constant speed when it is going parallel to the local magnetic field. In shortwave...
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billslugg replied to the thread Oumuamua observation.Spiral paths are common in the universe. All moving charged particles follow spiral paths around whatever magnetic field lines happen to...
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billslugg replied to the thread Aurora alert: Powerful geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois tonight and tomorrow.The aurora can be seen far south of where it occurs. If it is 60 km altitude, it could possibly be seen on the horizon 800 km away. An...
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billslugg replied to the thread Former US President Jimmy Carter dies at 100, but his voice continues 'into the cosmos.I live about 30 miles from Jimmy, met him 4 times. Real nice guy.
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billslugg replied to the thread Scientists await signal from NASA's Parker Solar Probe after historic close sun flyby. Will it phone home?.Yes, the mass decreases as the reaction mass is ejected. To get one kilogram to the desired velocity requires more energy than my...
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billslugg replied to the thread Scientists await signal from NASA's Parker Solar Probe after historic close sun flyby. Will it phone home?.Energy = 1/2 * m * v^2 The velocity after an 11 hour boost at 1 g is equal to 9.8 m/s times 39600 s. Velocity equals 388,080 m/s...
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billslugg reacted to MR_Space's post in the thread This Christmas Eve, humans will try to embrace a star with Like.
Hi Penguin44, Thank you for pointing this out. This was a punctuation typo with the semicolon's placement. We appreciate your keen eye!
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billslugg replied to the thread This Christmas Eve, humans will try to embrace a star.Most people writing for websites today weren't even alive in 1968. No one under the age of 56 was alive then. No one under retirement...
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billslugg reacted to WDD's post in the thread Daffy Duck's 'full moon' and Porky Pig fend off alien invasion in 'The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie' (trailer) with Like.
I notice in the past decade or so that whenever a revival or remake of some classic piece of entertainment is done, the current...
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billslugg replied to the thread Question Could This Explain UFOS.I don't think so. Plenty of guys use smoke to hide their intentions. No fire, just smoke.
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