powerman228
powerman228 t1_jdqhyln wrote
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
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
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
Reply to Your move, Zoltar by Figgley
The Magic 8 ball said, “try again.” Who do I believe?!
powerman228 t1_iu8m3wr wrote
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
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.
powerman228 t1_jdyk3fm wrote
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.