Jeremy Ordan
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HorseFilms
Look ma no hands
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse!
Makes ya feel a little insignificant, doesn't it?
Makes ya feel a little insignificant, doesn't it?
Super Trooper
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Rigel is a huge white dwarf...........
Rick Meyer
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TimurCivan said:
isn't that an oxymoron?
Brandon Rice
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Wow... So small...
rlm7189 said:
Exactly...................
Drew Ott
Wish I were banned.
Powers of 10 = http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8842256077873416888
Or Simpson style = http://youtube.com/watch?v=yCfDRvDWid0
Or Simpson style = http://youtube.com/watch?v=yCfDRvDWid0
Mark Harris
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Rigel is a Blue supergiant, not a white dwarf. A white dwarf is basically a super dense star-core left behind from a dead star - a star that no longer has the energy for fusion. Not to be confused with Red Dwarf:
huh-huh-huh-huh-Uranus-huh-huh-huh
you really want to scramble your brain, do some reading on Black Holes and time dilation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holes
A natural outcome of relativity, but even Einstein thought they were so weird, they couldn't really exist.
Kip Thorne has a great book on them.
Then move on to Quantum Mechanics, which will make you think you are insane
huh-huh-huh-huh-Uranus-huh-huh-huh
you really want to scramble your brain, do some reading on Black Holes and time dilation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holes
A natural outcome of relativity, but even Einstein thought they were so weird, they couldn't really exist.
Kip Thorne has a great book on them.
Then move on to Quantum Mechanics, which will make you think you are insane
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Rick Meyer
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I took an astronomy class in college. It was one of my favorite classes I ever took. It was so interesting. However, it was also one of the most difficult. My brain was always in knots. In order to survive, not only did I read the assigned reading...it was probably the 1 and only time I have every read a science text book from cover to cover. 700+ pages.
If you count the number of times I had to re-read what I just read to understand what I read in the first place it probably equated to a 1500 page book.
If you count the number of times I had to re-read what I just read to understand what I read in the first place it probably equated to a 1500 page book.
Rick Meyer
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I took an astronomy class in college. It was one of my favorite classes I ever took. It was so interesting. However, it was also one of the most difficult. My brain was always in knots. In order to survive, not only did I read the assigned reading...it was probably the 1 and only time I have every read a science text book from cover to cover. 700+ pages.
If you count the number of times I had to re-read what I just read to understand what I read in the first place it probably equated to a 1500 page book.
If you count the number of times I had to re-read what I just read to understand what I read in the first place it probably equated to a 1500 page book.
Mark Harris
Pain in the ass
Nathyn said:
Actually, a huge planet is just a big ball of gas...
if we are alone.... were a fluke.
Beat Takeshi
Two-Hip Shakur
What if we all screamed at once...do you think they will hear us?
Brandon Rice
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TimurCivan said:
That's impossible. Look at the order in the universe. Or even just the order here on earth. Flukes don't create order.
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