xkcd #3278: Vera Rubin Observatory

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'Spurious signals from the kitchen' is harder for an optical telescope than a radio one, but with enough determination and creativity, I believe it's possible.

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'Spurious signals from the kitchen' is harder for an optical telescope than a radio one, but with enough determination and creativity, I believe it's possible.
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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I feel like an observatory that detects space is malfunctioning. they're supposed to look past that stuff yeah?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    That's actually dark matter they fail to see...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    not so much "fail to see space" as "space is an obstacle between earth and the things we want to see", similar to earth's atmosphere getting in the way

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