jamjamason
jamjamason t1_ja0d04m wrote
Reply to comment by TheCatLamp in Euclid space telescope launch scheduled for July — ESA mission to chart a 3D map of the universe, in search of dark matter and dark energy by marketrent
Umm, you are living in a non-Euclidian space.
jamjamason t1_j9ndook wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Starship greenlit for launch after static fire test by DevilsRefugee
It was called BFR originally, but it's been Starship since 2018.
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Reply to comment by ZRhoREDD in Are most of our predictions wrong? by Sasuke_1738
"We're going to put Cogswell Cogs out of business!" - Next year, probably.
jamjamason t1_izhqpbb wrote
Imagine being stuck in the edge of a frisbee. What would your view of the world look like? We can guess at the shape of the milky way because we can see that the density of stars around us is concentrated in a disc shape. And as ground based and space based telescopes get better, we get better at measuring the density of stars in different directions and distances, which improves our understanding of the shape of our galaxy.
jamjamason t1_iu33ghd wrote
From the summit of Mt. Graham (The Large Binocular Telescope). Photo credit to Patrick Hartley.
jamjamason t1_ja6nutd wrote
Reply to Do you track your reading activity? How and why? by Illustrious_Drop_605
Nope, never. Reading is a solitary part of living to me, but as essential as breathing. Striving to measure it cheapens the experience, in my own, purely personal experience.