The Fish 10588 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7066 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 That's no moon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41635 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Death Starfish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 43491 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Saw a rainbow halo round the moon last night. I was sober before you ask. Looks like someone's pissed on it tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34406 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 We still talking about the Moon here or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 43491 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Aye it was really low in the sky and piss yellow when I was getting home from work last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Lush sunrise this morning mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34406 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Aye it was really low in the sky and piss yellow when I was getting home from work last night. I think that's fairly common but more noticeable by it being a (nearly) full moon. It's sometimes orange looking and it's the same effect as red sunrise / sunset. Particles in the atmosphere cut out shorter frequency waves of light (blue) more than longer waves of light (i.e. red). When the Sun / Moon is rising / setting, its light has to pass through more atmosphere to reach you, so the effect is accentuated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 43491 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2884 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Pretty neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41635 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 This Pluto shit is all pretty exciting, if you like that sort of thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33459476 Let's not get too excited though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 NASA is expected to reveal the existence of another Earth at 5pm today. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11757429/Has-Nasa-found-another-Earth-in-corner-of-Milky-Way.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21683 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 when did pluto stop being a planet? i think i missed a meeting there but my four year old corrected me the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29919 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 It was a few years ago, I think it's now officially a dwarf planet. You should have got an email about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21683 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 first time i've ever been proved wrong by a four year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29919 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I wonder what mneumonic they use to remember the planets now that they're one down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 NASA is expected to reveal the existence of another Earth at 5pm today. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11757429/Has-Nasa-found-another-Earth-in-corner-of-Milky-Way.html They rehash this 'earth like' planet thing every few years. Then they go back to launching tin cans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34406 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I wonder what mneumonic they use to remember the planets now that they're one down. They still use Johnny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34406 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 It was a few years ago, I think it's now officially a dwarf planet. You should have got an email about it. It's still a dog though, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10588 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 read/heard somewhere that it could be argued that The Moon isn't a moon, but is in fact a planet and we join it in a binary system. Here it is - The infamous question: how many moons does the Earth have? It looks like the answer could actually be none. What we call "The Moon" could actually be a planet, so it is possible that the Earth and the Moon are actually a binary planet system, similar to binary star systems. The International Astronomical Union in 2006 laid down the definitions for what count as a planet - these are the same definitions which ruled Pluto out as a planet. These definitions are that a planet has to orbit the sun, it has to be massive enough for its own gravity to make it round, and it has to have cleared its neighbourhood of smaller objects. The Moon comfortably fulfils the first two of these. On the third it makes more sense to say that the Earth and the Moon together have cleared its neighbourhood. The Earth has not cleared the Moon, so it is argued that they are therefore a binary system. The sun's gravitational effect on the Moon is twice as big as the Earth's effect. The Earth orbits the Moon and vice versa. (Forfeit: One; One, the Moon) http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/qi/episodes/12/15/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Hollow and positoned there by the race that created us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41635 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Pfft, fucks sake Parky, it's painted in the roof, but distorted by denpressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41635 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 It seems that we are nearly back to having nine planets again. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jan/20/ninth-planet-solar-system-edge-discovery-pluto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3758 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 It seems that we are nearly back to having nine planets again. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jan/20/ninth-planet-solar-system-edge-discovery-pluto The way it is being reported is wierd. Like this dark planet is hanging around hiding in a corner watching us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41635 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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