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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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Source: https://xkcd.com/3278/

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[-] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago

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.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

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

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours 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)

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 hours ago

Space (free)

[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

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

[-] Ooops@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago

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

[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

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

[-] Ooops@feddit.org 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

No, I meant discovering that see-through area (space) by failing to find the (dark) matter expected there.

[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 1 points 49 minutes ago

I seee... figuratively speaking

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