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pepinyourstep29 t1_jedpcte wrote
Reply to comment by bauN7 in Geoff Keighley is brutal lol by x2FrostFire
He's made his entire career by exploiting the game industry. This is just yet another predatory move on his part to get more ad revenue.
pepinyourstep29 t1_j38pey4 wrote
Reply to comment by PeanutSalsa in Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science by AutoModerator
This one is pretty cool. MelodySheep has a whole series with stunning visuals.
pepinyourstep29 t1_j38p65n wrote
Reply to comment by Steinway-Grand-D in Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science by AutoModerator
It's angular momentum. The rotation starts when gravity begins pulling objects together. They have different masses and speeds so eventually they collapse into a sphere like a planet or star. These initial energies combine into a single moving object, which eventually goes from erratic chaotic rotations to one unified rotation over time.
Then anything of lesser mass will be pulled into the plane of rotation. So everything in the solar system eventually aligns to the same flat plane thanks to the sun's mass and rotation.
Same thing happens at larger scales, where galaxies are roughly flat.
Keep in mind that nebulae and elliptical galaxies exist as well. Under different circumstances things don't always turn out so flat.
pepinyourstep29 t1_j2y6f5i wrote
Reply to comment by paramedic-tim in Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science by AutoModerator
They're specific points in space, but the stable orbits around them are very large areas thousands of miles wide. Spacecraft can park in that orbit and maintain their position in space with very little fuel.
pepinyourstep29 t1_j2y509d wrote
Reply to comment by PeanutSalsa in Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science by AutoModerator
The Trappist-1 system is the most likely candidate. We still don't know for sure though, we only have limited data on exoplanets.
pepinyourstep29 t1_j2xbncw wrote
Reply to comment by lunakat6 in Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science by AutoModerator
No, those are all obstacles we've already overcome with space probes. Biggest obstacle is just time.
Also I didn't realize your question was about sending a dead body out of the solar system lol
We've sent probes outside of the solar system already. Wouldn't be hard to send an inert coffin the same way.
pepinyourstep29 t1_j2x8i99 wrote
Reply to comment by lunakat6 in Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science by AutoModerator
The body would be subject to the same laws of physics as anything else. Assuming an airtight seal, it would experience minor degradation as it would allow microorganisms present to decompose it for a time before death. A non-airtight seal allows particles to escape, and assuming all microorganisms present die, the body would remain in a preserved state. There would be nothing left to continue the process of decomposition.
Biggest obstacle for leaving the solar system is time. We have the technology to travel across space. We just won't get anywhere in the same lifetime. This is why most science fiction solves this problem with warp drives to teleport across vast distances, cryostasis to wait it out, or use generational ships (where the crew's grandchildren are the ones who arrive at the destination). We currently do not have viable versions of those sci-fi solutions. So the biggest obstacle is overcoming the long trip duration.
pepinyourstep29 t1_jedr2lj wrote
Reply to comment by Catty_C in Red Dead Redemption 2 players locked out the PC game following Windows 11 update by PrinceDizzy
Windows 10 was great since 2016. They really didn't rock the boat with it.
Windows 11 is playing around with aesthetics over function too much. Like Windows 8 and Windows Vista, this has only led to stability issues.
There's a reason why people loved XP, 7, and 10. Just a stable OS and no fuss trying to be fancy.