A bit amusing, seeing as how KaW plastered it all over everyone's screen when they loaded the game at the time. That's when I took the screen shot. I'm not sure why it's so objectionable now, but hey, I'm not a mod. Oh well. Back on topic.
Just came across an article about the Kepler Space Telescope, that's also pretty amazing stuff. Already a thousand planets discovered by that spacecraft. For those interested, look it up on Wikipedia. Easy to digest compared to the article of some Astrophysics Journal I bumped into initially
And tbh, I liked Black Dragon's witty pseudoscientific answer to Poppa, I didn't see it at offensive at all. With its comment, it somehow fitted the context of this thread's discussion (at least as much as the mention of Harb's strip).
Hmm I'm not sure how this theory holds up with respect to super positioning of photons. (Search super positioning + plants)
We can only see into our past if we create a telescope to travel faster than light, which is impossible, because that requires infinite energy to even reach the speed of light itself. We would need more than infinite energy.
Regarding 'God' - does it really matter what someone else thinks about it? if you don't believe - awesome! If you do believe - awesome!
Very true, Wasted. I am a Christian, but I respect only certain values of Christianity. Yes, I believe in God as a creator and all knowing being with infinite power and the ability to do as he pleases. Yes, I believe he created man in his image and sent his only son to earth to take on and bear the burden of all the sin of humanity. But certain values and prospects of the church are just outrageous. They deny humans of free will, which is what God is said to has given the people of the earth.
I like the theory that states if you are able to observe an event from a far enough distance away to see both its (point A) beginning and its (point B) end despite the fact that p.A and p.B are lightyears apart, you are in fact able to see into the events past and future from an outside perspective whilst the event travels in a linear motion. Like watching a caravan of camels crossing the desert from a high mountain. The camels take weeks to cross it but we can see the whole journey. So in space from our vantage point we would need to ascertain exactly where p.A and p.B are and we could see the past and the future at the same time.
Lets stay on topic n not religion. Hubble images have been awesome n looking forward to what Magellan produces. Always have been fascinated with the universe n learning more of its origins n workings. The very fact what we see once light arrives is the past or even the distant past. Sounds strange even saying it. Simply incredible stuff. I wonder if multi-verses exist n if Magellan can shed more light on that theory.
Religion is on topic, as long as you don't get rude or offensive. Yes, the OP is about a super advanced telescope, the the topic can change as more replies are added.
I'm remiss to not mention this thread is well done n most interesting. As for religion on topic i disagree. Science n religion have not mixed well over our history on earth. I'm of the opinion this thread is about science only. Religion is personal n all the power to those that find strength n well being from it.
Minus all the crap I currently hold the theory of the pleidians close to my heart - I am not bound to this belief for all time - but it's intriguing that we are a library of knowledge in our very dna.
There's an even larger project taking place that spreads high sensitivity receivers into their own orbit, thus, making an incredibly massive parabolic array, giving the S.E.T.I. ( Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program an incredibly huge boost in equipment they could work with. On topic with the telescope, but even larger and based solely on high sensitivity receivers . The freezing temperatures of space are very friendly for high sensitivity receivers, as they are currently cooled with liquid nitrogen. The ultra low temperatures of space would eliminate the need for coolant, and also allow for strategically spread out receivers, making the parabolic receiver, half the size of our solar system. Unfortunately, think he project was scrubbed, as funding for the entire SETI program was reduced or eliminated. The current SETI program was only receiving signals on a very limited frequency range, and would not receive low band frequencies. What would be cool is, to tune such a receiver towards distant stars or planets , that are roughly 50 light years away, and capture the faint refracted signals bouncing off those planets, giving us the ability to listen to a "Live" refracted radio program from planet earth. Imagine us being able to listen to WWI and WWII signals, coming back to us after traveling trillions of miles, only to bounce back to earth decades later and listen to them as they happen. You can easily bounce a weak signal off of the moon and listen back on earth with basic ham radio equipment, and you can bounce a microwave signal off of a space object like a near earth object and capture details so crisp it's like viewing them with a telescope. This super receiver would have allowed us to literally listen to history as it happened . Food for thought ️
Hey poppa I don't know if they still do it but you used to be able to have seti as a screen saver on pc ....