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Today, 04:13 PM

grant hutchison replied to a thread Could they see the SN 1054 progenitor before 7/4/1054? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Probably. Depends on the brightness of the supernova progenitor. Red supergiant precursors to Type II supernovae seem to weigh in at about 20000 to...

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Today, 03:28 PM

grant hutchison replied to a thread Disease and pandemics thread (because it's science) in Science and Technology

Very common to make minor protocol changes like the one reported. I recall seeing a report that, in a particular setting, more than half of large...

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Today, 03:01 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread What are you watching? in Small Media at Large

Finished up Kingdom yesterday as it was leaving Hulu. A nice, pleasant show about a Norfolk solicitor (Stephen Fry) that ended on an astonishing...

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Today, 03:01 PM

Fraser started a thread Testing the Rover That’ll Land on Phobos in Universe Today

Rovers seem to be proliferating all over Mars.  There are currently 4 on the surface, and another (Perseverance) will be arriving in a few months...

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Today, 02:59 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

I woke up early this morning for no good reason. Rather than risk waking Graham up, I went into the living room and made myself a new pair of...

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Today, 02:57 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Venmo sent me $5 to encourage me to use their system more often. I accepted it, because I'm not so well off as to fail to accept $5. However, the...

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Today, 02:55 PM

Spacedude replied to a thread Astronomers think they’ve found an exoplanet in a galaxy 23 million light-years away in Universe Today

Far Out ! :rimshot:

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Today, 02:32 PM

Tom Mazanec started a thread Could they see the SN 1054 progenitor before 7/4/1054? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Was the Crab Nebula supernova star visible to the naked eye before its outburst?

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Today, 02:30 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

"Out of family" sensor reading, according to their twitter.

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Today, 02:25 PM

bknight replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Weather issue?

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Today, 02:11 PM

Fraser started a thread Astronomers think they’ve found an exoplanet in a galaxy 23 million light-years away in Universe Today

Using a variety of techniques astronomers have successfully identified thousands of exoplanets, which are planets orbiting stars outside of our own...

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Today, 01:35 PM

schlaugh replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Duplicate post.

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Today, 01:33 PM

schlaugh replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

And shutdown at T- 18 seconds.

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Today, 01:24 PM

parallaxicality replied to a poll Poll: What is the ninth planet? in Astronomy

I think that joke is a bit outdated since Kepler.

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Today, 01:22 PM

docmordrid replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Starlink 12 now live https://youtu.be/UZkaE_9zwQQ

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Today, 12:54 PM

bknight replied to a thread Number of launches in 2020 in Space Exploration

Figures. :doh:

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Today, 12:13 PM

docmordrid started a thread Antares: Cygnus NG-14 "SS Kalpana Chawla" (ISS Resupply) in Space Exploration

Named SS Kalpana Chawla, for the lost Columbia astronaut. Date: Sept 30 Time: 2200 Eastern, 0200 UT 3,458 kg of cargo including a new toilet...

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Today, 12:12 PM

Extravoice replied to a thread Disease and pandemics thread (because it's science) in Science and Technology

The AstraZeneca trial is still on hold in the US. While the main takeaway from the following article seems to be that the FDA is being careful, I...

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Today, 10:27 AM

selvaarchi replied to a thread International Space Station in Space Exploration

They have now. https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/nasa-finally-located-leak-international-space-station/story?id=73338110

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Today, 10:18 AM

selvaarchi replied to a thread China Space Station in Space Exploration

China is gearing up for the construction of their space station. Latest is the recruitment of 18 new astronauts. ...

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Today, 10:09 AM

selvaarchi replied to a thread China's Tianwen-1 mission in Space Exploration

Tianwen-1 celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival (moon cake festival :D) with taking some selfies. ...

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Today, 10:00 AM

Copernicus replied to a thread Entanglement question in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Not that I would be able to understand it, but where would the derivation for the quantum mechanics (cosine of the angle/2)^2 be found?

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Today, 07:06 AM

Van Rijn replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

I got a laugh at this - at a zoo, five parrots had to be separated because they were learning swear words from each other and were encouraging each...

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Today, 04:07 AM

schlaugh replied to a thread Number of launches in 2020 in Space Exploration

And something did go kerfluey. Automatic hold and shutdown at T-7 seconds. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

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Today, 03:12 AM

Solfe replied to a thread Adventures in DIY in Off-Topic Babbling

Well, when it comes to art, no knows what mistakes you made along the way.

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Today, 01:53 AM

Copernicus replied to a thread Entanglement question in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Just spinning my wheels, digging myself deeper.

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Today, 12:10 AM

Colin Robinson replied to a thread Phosphine, a strong biosignature, has been detected in the atmosphere of Venus in Life in Space

Perhaps it's worth contextualising the reported phosphine by looking at whether other simple hydrogen compounds, such as methane (CH4), ammonia (NH3)...

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Yesterday, 11:27 PM

Superluminal replied to a thread Betelgeuse Fainting in Astronomy

https://www.aavso.org/apps/webobs/results/?star=BETELGEUSE&num_results=200 Looks as if Betelgeuse has settled down to around .6-.7 magnitude. Close...

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Yesterday, 10:39 PM

DonM435 replied to a poll Poll: What is the ninth planet? in Astronomy

It's been pointed out that alien astronomers observing our Solar System might record: Four planets plus debris.

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Yesterday, 10:30 PM

Fraser started a thread Cheops Finds a World That’s Utterly Alien From Anything We Have in the Solar System in Universe Today

The ESA’s CHEOPS (Characterizing Exoplanets Satellite) mission has announced its first discovery. It’s called WASP-189 b, and it’s a blistering hot...

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