Outer Space Thread
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jim
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The vastness of the universe can account for a trillion civilizations, and at the same time make it impossible to interact.
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Indeed, though to be clear, this calculation refers to just our galaxy not the entire universe.
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I'm always amazed when I let myself think about the size of the universe. The galaxy is incomprehensibly big, and there are an incomprehensible number of galaxies in the universe.
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jim wrote:I'm always amazed when I let myself think about the size of the universe. The galaxy is incomprehensibly big, and there are an incomprehensible number of galaxies in the universe.
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I've been reading up on the great attractor the last couple days. It's really interesting.
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My 8 yo is obsessed with space. The other day, I was playing catch with him and working on his backspin. Later he says that Uranus is the baseball planet because it's the only one with backspin.
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The roar of Jupiter:
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When you look at all of the silliness going on here on the mother ship, being interested in space makes more sense than ever. I'd feed that as much as I could.Gashouse wrote:My 8 yo is obsessed with space. The other day, I was playing catch with him and working on his backspin. Later he says that Uranus is the baseball planet because it's the only one with backspin.
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Oh, we actively encourage it. In fact, I'll be helping him write a letter to NASA soon related to his theories about dark matter. His theory doesn't make sense to me, but I want to encourage him.
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We study dark matter where I work. He should send his ideas here, we love hearing from kids. If you are interested PM me and I can give you an address.Gashouse wrote:Oh, we actively encourage it. In fact, I'll be helping him write a letter to NASA soon related to his theories about dark matter. His theory doesn't make sense to me, but I want to encourage him.

