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Saturn and Jupiter: X-ray laser spies deep into giant gas planets
Milky Way amidst a 'Council of Giants'
edited 12th Mar '14 9:06:29 AM by rmctagg09
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Got another link on the "Council of Giants" thing. I found the reporting on the one you gave... questionable given that it described the Andromeda Galaxy as "orbiting" the Milky Way. The Greater and Lesser Magellanic clouds might be described as orbiting the Milky Way, but not the Andromeda. The correct description of its relationship with our galaxy is more properly described as "collision course" (okay that might be a tad hyperbolic since measurements of the lateral velocity aren't great but even so they're going to merge at some point).
Also it fails to mention the third member of the Local Group, Triangulum which may be the little brother, but it's still a full sized spiral galaxy.
When the two galaxies merge what do scientists think will happen to the black holes at their center? Would they merge or would one devour the other or something?
Yeah. Given the mass of the Andromeda vs the Milky Way... It's not orbiting us, ta, thank you. <_<
That's... a great, big shrug. It's generally thought that they'd merge like this pair probably are going to do. But, it takes a fair while to happen. 
For that while, the new galaxy will have a couple of monsters roughly at its centre slowly dancing together.
edited 12th Mar '14 6:19:06 PM by Euodiachloris
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
That's how horrendous space kablooies happen.
Oh really when?
The night sky gets more interesting...
Opportunity has gone farther than the mission designers expected. I disagree with NASA on this. Keep it alive.
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
You have to wonder if anything the rover is still doing is worth the money.
I don't know why its operating costs would be all that big, though - it's already on there, as are the satellites that relay the data both ways. It probably needs a lot of staff, and of course that is expensive, but other than that I don't see why it would cost anything. So, are the staff costs worth more than the new information that the rover can still deliver?
That is the question.
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
The question you should be asking is what they want that funding for instead?
Staff costs, use of machines like computers and the net work, work center costs to run etc. all factor into that budge to a degree.
edited 13th Mar '14 4:13:55 PM by TuefelHundenIV
Who watches the watchmen?
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
A bigger rover hopefully
Oh really when?
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Maybe not bigger but possibly more advanced or even other space studying gear. Maybe even a probe to catch an asteroid.
edited 13th Mar '14 5:27:40 PM by TuefelHundenIV
Who watches the watchmen?
Cynic version: More congressional bribery
Idealist version: The Europa mission
My guesses.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
I saw an article someone NASA really wants to nab an asteroid before any more budget issues touch them and before the private market so they can get a head start on research and technology.
Who watches the watchmen?
Send a "life lab" to Mars.
Seriously: funding NASA? Much better than sinking cash into "private" concerns that-spend-so-much-money-only-governments-can-afford-to-underwrite-them to develop an aircraft-that'll-never-be-everything-for-all-men. Not looking at the F-35. At all. <_<
Why shoot for a lawn-dart when you can go for the stars?
edited 15th Mar '14 7:36:22 PM by Euodiachloris
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
You know what could nab an asteroid?
The F-35
Oh really when?
Yes. That bird. She can do everything. Be a shuttle, even.
Yes. That bird. She can do everything. tongue Be a shuttle, even. tongueI would pay very good money to watch an F-35 try to make reentry.
Indiana Solo
you just reminded me of a time I lit a paper airplane on fire thinking it'd make it fly faster.
I'm baaaaaaack
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
So what you're saying is that if we lit the F-35 on fire it'd be able to do Mach 3?
Seems legit.
Oh really when?
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
Why would it fly faster? Or were you young enough to think Rule of Cool would do it?
edited 15th Mar '14 8:45:19 PM by BestOf
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
Yes, only reversed; the plane is on fire because it's going faster.
If we lit it on fire for long enough I'm sure parts of it would exceed mach 3.
edited 15th Mar '14 8:47:05 PM by jaustin89
