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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

xkcd #3278: Vera Rubin Observatory

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xkcd #3278: Vera Rubin Observatory

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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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  • Anna@lemmy.ml
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    24 hours 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.

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Whatever you say, Jerry

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    Space (free)

  • mossy_@lemmy.world
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    I feel like an observatory that detects space is malfunctioning. they’re supposed to look past that stuff yeah?

    • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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      Staring into space is how we discovered the Hubble Deep Field.

    • Ooops@feddit.org
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      That’s actually dark matter they fail to see…

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

          • mossy_@lemmy.world
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            I seee… figuratively speaking

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
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    Signal from the kitchen seems more likely than a Earth sized TNO

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    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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