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xkcd #3278: Vera Rubin Observatory (thelemmy.club)
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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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[–] 7 points 2 months ago

Space (free)

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    [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    To me Pluto will always be the 9th planet no matter what some fancy pants says it not being able to clean up its orbit. My home is also a little messy that doesn't mean it's not home.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    As long as you also accept Ceres, Eris and The Moon as planets, I see no contradiction. I would argue that we should still change the numbering to reflect it, though, since the moon would be the fourth planet, and Ceres the 6th, making Pluto the 11th planet.

    The only reason the moon isn't a planet is because the IAU says it isn't in the definition of "planet". MinutePhysics makes a particularly excellent case for that fact, if you're interested.

    The Earth/Moon system is a planetary binary. Fight me, IAU sycophants.

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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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    • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I'm going for the long odds on Vera's spaceship. Just deciding on column/row (I don't know how to play bingo)

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    [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Signal from the kitchen seems more likely than a Earth sized TNO

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