powerman228

powerman228 t1_jdyk3fm wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:05 AM

Reply to James Webb Space Telescope finds no atmosphere on Earth-like TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet by locus_towers

I, for one, am ecstatic that Webb’s early research is leaving us with as many, if not more questions than answers.

powerman228 t1_jdqhyln wrote on March 26, 2023 at 12:00 PM

Reply to The image was created by shots photographer Jon Carmichael took while flying at 39,000 feet on a Southwest flight from Portland, Oregon, to St. Louis. Credit: Jon Carmichael by Davicho77

This is a side-to-side composite, right? Either way, it’s stunning.

powerman228 t1_j8vb30v wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:00 AM

Reply to NEW JWST DEEP FIELD - Pandora's Cluster by GeoGeoGeoGeo

What's the deal with the forked diffraction spikes on the bright star? I don't think I've seen that in any other images.

powerman228 t1_j8irukv wrote on February 14, 2023 at 4:50 PM

Reply to comment by housevil in TIL The Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah is almost 4000 feet deep (that's 3X as tall as the Empire State Building). It's the largest man-made excavation and the deepest open-pit mine in the world. It's also visible to the naked eye from space. by lqwertyd

Some kind of convection anomaly, perhaps?

powerman228 t1_j1xz7hf wrote on December 28, 2022 at 5:38 AM

Reply to Your move, Zoltar by Figgley

The Magic 8 ball said, “try again.” Who do I believe?!

powerman228 t1_iu8m3wr wrote on October 29, 2022 at 12:18 PM

Reply to comment by r_alex_hall in Why does the angle of Spitzer's Pillars of Creation image look different? by MalcolmY

Near infrared means it's closer to the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum. I believe NIRCam can actually see red and orange visible light.

powerman228 t1_isy1mq1 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 3:15 PM

Reply to comment by RoboNinjaPirate in TIL Critical Periods: Periods of time where an organism's brain is extremely malleable and sensitive to stimuli. If the organism doesn't receive the appropriate stimulus during this critical period to learn a given skill- it maybe difficult or even impossible to develop certain associated functions by electroctopus

I think I saw a preliminary study the other day that talked more about this. But yeah, it’s going to take a few more years before I think there will be real meaningful data.