Starship Asterisk*

i really hope we get to see time lapse photos!!! much like the break up and impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

i would have to assume you dont' have a high speed net connection then? Otherwise I don't see how the script could slow you down that much to even be noticeable. Unfortunately for your case, websites with 1000+ viewers a day seldom cater to 56k modem users. You're going to have to take matters into ...

"The spots .... red color may be due to deeper material dredged up by the storms and exposed to ultraviolet light, but the exact chemical process is still unknown." My question is why do they think it has to do with ultraviolet light.... or any chemical process at all? Can't it simply be t...

it would be possible although the rings of saturn aren't thin with easily discernable bumps and dips like you would find on a record. If you did make an audio image though, it'd most certainly just be static with the clicks and pops representing some of the larger pieces of debris. I bet NASA or oth...

The description makes my stomach churn. I find it discerning to know that such speculative, fanstasia-like assumptions are being taken seriously by so many in this day and age. All things unknown will have a multitude of theories, and the more there are, the better the chances we'll have at sorting...

I have a hard time fathoming the sheer size of that molecular cloud. It spans such a huge distance, encompassing quite a few other galaxies. I don't see how this could be an illusion either as a lot of the redish galaxies are infront of the cloud.

the mentioning of the north side slopes north of the equator and the south side slopes south of the equator being darker than their counters only holds true in the "transition zone." look away from this area and you'll see the craters fully dark or white (depending on which side of the tra...

your screen or monitor can affect the quality of the image being displayed. that may or may not help in explaining things though lol

Many thanks to Russia for getting the space race on it's feet!! The accomplishments of "man" have become more and more phenomenal because of this.

wow is right, this is quite fantastic!

roger that you asked for people's opinions and you got answers. of course most are going to side along with BMAONE23's response, it's the most logical. you're right, there could be something causing the lensing effect and that "ring" of stars could infact be only 1. But looking at known ex...

Considering all the dark spots are at the peaks of the white hills/mountains, what about volcanic activity being the cause. Whether it be actual volcanic activity (lava) or just the heat coming from below having some effect to the surface as it heats it up? Those 2 cases would clearly leave a define...

why not pick on all the ovals, arcs, and lines of stars seen in the image then?? I'm not sure why you pick on the circle and think there's something more involved just because it stands out more to our eye. While it appears to us as a circle, it is still just a simple, random dispersal of stars (as ...

not sure if only 200 years would be long enough (if indeed they were created in 1800), but what about the half-life of the material the cylinder is made of?

EDIT: Nevermind, if it's Platinum then there is no halflife. But then again, what if there were other impurities present in the cylinder?

BMAONE23 wrote:perhaps if they build the arm strong enough they could use it to dig in then lift or pull the lander thereby walking it along to a new location

lol good idea! A lot of power would be needed though to drag the weight of it's body like that.

I'm still not seeing this guy anywhere yet???

It sure would be interesting to compare seismic records and tectonics from another planet about the size of Earth without a moon... ...say Venus for example. Is there any "tectonic" activity on Venus? Venus is constantly turning itself inside out so I dont' believe that would allow for mu...

Intertnet. If the earth has become less dense, then yes it would affect the gravity at the surface of the earth. It would be slightly less. But it would not affect how the earth's gravity pulls on the moon or any such other force, only the force on the surface of the earth. Are you sure about that?...

I wouldn't think it could be a star as the pinpoint of light is inside the moon (if you were to picture it as a full moon). I'd have to go with a satellite or other man-made debris catching the sunlight

soupphysics wrote:Do we really need to see this commet almost every day on apod?

It's not exactly a galaxy or nebula that'll be around for viewing for thousands or millions of years.......

I think tonight is the last night for a decent view. And possibly tomorrow, the 13th, for a quick glance i'd presume. Any observations in the south are said to be short lived as it'll fade real fast. For comet viewing... http://skytonight.com/observing/home/5089276.html Link provided by Indigo_Sunri...

lol ya, Cheech means rotating the pic in 3D, requiring x,y, & z coords... not simply rotating it in photoshop, paint, etc
and cheech, i wouldn't announce your "resourcefullness" quite like that hahaha

I wish they would describe it in better terms than just as a "tsunami." I'm left wondering if it was some sort of blast or concussive force or if it just "looks" like a tsunami but was just a ripple of energy or plasma or whatever. If it was a blast that had force then I would ha...

BTW that is what I expected to see in some of the photos taken on the moon by any of the expeditions going there. I guess though that creative, artistic imagrey is beyond the NASA mind set. I doubt that as Hubble has proven quite the opposite. But at the time, moon walks dealt more with study, not ...

So, to predict stellar movements, he/she had to know how fast to turn the knobs on this machine . fascinating ! :D I would assume they knew very well the movement of the moon. If they had all the other gear ratios for the planets figured out, i bet they would use the moon's position as a "most...

ya, depending on where it passes by in 2029 we'll have much more specific data as to where it will be, so we'll have 7 years to prepare for a closer flyby or possible impact in 2036 depending on that data. And i believe BMAONE23 meant what side will the Earth be facing in 2036, which.... i wouldn't ...