▲ 72 ▼ xkcd #3278: Vera Rubin Observatory (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by xkcdbot@lemmy.world [B] to c/xkcd@lemmy.world 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments xkcd #3278: Vera Rubin Observatory Title text: '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. Transcript: Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com Source: https://xkcd.com/3278/ explainxkcd for #3278
[–] Ooops@feddit.org 1 point 2 months ago (3 children) That's actually dark matter they fail to see... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mossy_@lemmy.world 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ooops@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child) No, I meant discovering that see-through area (space) by failing to find the (dark) matter expected there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mossy_@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago I seee... figuratively speaking permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mossy_@lemmy.world 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ooops@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child) No, I meant discovering that see-through area (space) by failing to find the (dark) matter expected there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mossy_@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago I seee... figuratively speaking permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ooops@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child) No, I meant discovering that see-through area (space) by failing to find the (dark) matter expected there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mossy_@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago I seee... figuratively speaking permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mossy_@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago I seee... figuratively speaking permalink fedilink source parent