Space News & Views

[Nostromo]

Some very good space related stories here if anyone's bored:

https://www.inverse.com/article/22383-new-horizons-nasa-pluto-clouds

[Local Trouble]

The Universe Has 10 Times More Galaxies Than Scientists Thought

I'm sure we're all alone though.

[Nostromo]

The Universe Has 10 Times More Galaxies Than Scientists Thought

I'm sure we're all alone though.

Over 1 Trillion Galaxies, imagine that...1 trillion x 100 billion stars on average per Galaxy, x 5-6 planets perhaps each star, x 1-10 moons, incredible....With such a huge number, I'm pretty sure a creature like Alien has spawned somewhere...we just need to find it.

If you like Galaxies, you can see the Andromeda galaxy with a decent pair of binoculars in a dark sky, as it's the nearest Galaxy to ours apart from smaller companion galaxies such as the Magellanic Clouds, and it's always directly on top of you, where it's very dark. In the countryside you can probably see it without binoculars. I've seen it in my scope, it's huge!

The sad realization is it will collide and merge with our galaxy in 5 billion years, destroying us for sure. So no matter how far Humans get in our Galaxy, they better to learn to travel to another Galaxy before this happens:) Damn, I wish I could see the sight from earth say 50,000 years before they merge...

[x-M-x]

The Universe Has 10 Times More Galaxies Than Scientists Thought

I'm sure we're all alone though.

Yea.. ALL ALONE... lol

Still tho does make you wonder what is out there... and should we explore/discover it ?

[Master Chief]

The Universe Has 10 Times More Galaxies Than Scientists Thought

I'm sure we're all alone though.

Yea.. ALL ALONE... lol

Still tho does make you wonder what is out there... and should we explore/discover it ?

We know what's out there, planets and stars.   

[x-M-x]

The Universe Has 10 Times More Galaxies Than Scientists Thought

I'm sure we're all alone though.

Yea.. ALL ALONE... lol

Still tho does make you wonder what is out there... and should we explore/discover it ?

We know what's out there, planets and stars.   

Do we? 

[Local Trouble]

Over 1 Trillion Galaxies, imagine that...1 trillion x 100 billion stars on average per Galaxy, x 5-6 planets perhaps each star, x 1-10 moons, incredible....With such a huge number, I'm pretty sure a creature like Alien has spawned somewhere...we just need to find it.

And that's just the observable universe. 

[The Alien Predator]

The Universe Has 10 Times More Galaxies Than Scientists Thought

I'm sure we're all alone though.

Over 1 Trillion Galaxies, imagine that...1 trillion x 100 billion stars on average per Galaxy, x 5-6 planets perhaps each star, x 1-10 moons, incredible....With such a huge number, I'm pretty sure a creature like Alien has spawned somewhere...we just need to find it.

If you like Galaxies, you can see the Andromeda galaxy with a decent pair of binoculars in a dark sky, as it's the nearest Galaxy to ours apart from smaller companion galaxies such as the Magellanic Clouds, and is usually directly on top of you, where it's very dark. In the countryside you can probably see it without binoculars. I've seen it in my scope, it's huge! There's also another

The sad realization is it will collide and merge with our galaxy in 5 billion years, destroying us for sure. So no matter how far Humans get in our Galaxy, they better to learn to travel to another Galaxy before this happens:) Damn, I wish I could see the sight from earth say 50,000 years before they merge...

I watched a documentary that said when the galaxies do collide, the chances of two stars hitting each other won't be as high as it may seem. Galactic collisions are not destructive, it's just two galaxies "absorbing" each other to become a bigger and more fertile galaxy due to the exchange of the materials needed to form new stars. It's a process called "Galactic Cannibalism", but it looks like a beautiful cosmic dance as two galaxies pork LOL!

This is why the biggest galaxy, IC-1101, is dying. Because there's no nearby galaxies to collide with it and no fresh material for the formation of new stars. It's also a sickly yellow looking galaxy rather than a bright blue or white one like ours, Andromeda or Triangulum.

Also I doubt we'd be around when this collision happens anyway. XD If we are, we'd be unrecognizable. Look at life 4 billion years ago... and look at it today. We won't be around as a species to witness this in 10 billion years, we'd either be extinct through our own destruction or due to becoming so different that we're not recognizable as humans anymore.

[Local Trouble]

How does it feel knowing that you'll never see any of these places in person?

[The Alien Predator]

It feels humbling to know how small and insignificant we are and how none of our little squabbles on our spinning wet green volcanic rock even matter to the darkness beyond.

[Local Trouble]

Just think of how much we'll be able to see once Hubble's successor is in orbit and gives us an even better view of the universe.

One particular goal involves observing some of the most distant events and objects in the Universe, such as the formation of the first galaxies. These types of targets are beyond the reach of current ground and space-based instruments. Another goal is understanding the formation of stars and planets. This will include direct imaging of exoplanets.

[Corporal Hicks]

Just think of how much we'll be able to see once Hubble's successor is in orbit and gives us an even better view of the universe.

I find all these developments really exciting. The wait is almost unbearable.

http://www.seeker.com/alien-megastructure-tabbys-star-seti-intelligent-civilization-dyson-sp-2064947450.html

SETI is devoting some serious time to checking out Tabby's Star. It'd be remarkable if they do detect something but I'm sure they wont.

[Nostromo]

'Planet Nine' Can't Hide Much Longer, Scientists Say

http://www.space.com/34455-planet-nine-discovery-coming-soon.html

NASA's Jupiter Probe Back in Action After Glitch

http://www.space.com/34521-juno-jupiter-spacecraft-rebounds-from-glitch.html?utm_source=notification

[Nostromo]

For Halloween 

These Scary Things in Space Will Haunt Your Dreams

http://www.space.com/34546-scariest-things-in-space-photo-gallery.html?utm_source=notification

[Local Trouble]

Just think of how much we'll be able to see once Hubble's successor is in orbit and gives us an even better view of the universe.

I find all these developments really exciting. The wait is almost unbearable.

http://www.seeker.com/alien-megastructure-tabbys-star-seti-intelligent-civilization-dyson-sp-2064947450.html

SETI is devoting some serious time to checking out Tabby's Star. It'd be remarkable if they do detect something but I'm sure they wont.

What if SETI finds a derelict space ship?