SPACE

[zip accident]

https://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2017/ ... lanethood/

More simply, the definition can be stated as, “round objects in space that are smaller than stars."

That's more like it.

[Darkflame]

I still say have planet as a colloquial term, and use a multi-parameter system for science. Boolean yes/no "planet or not" always seemed silly to me, as any criteria picked would be arbitrary anyway.

[Baggypants]

https://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2017/02/pluto-scientists-planethood/

More simply, the definition can be stated as, “round objects in space that are smaller than stars."

That's more like it.

Testicles?

[gumboot]

Would that be strictly space testicles? Because terrestrial testicles are still, technically, somewhere in space.

[zip accident]

Testicles?

By ​English Wikipedia user Kwamikagami, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4829563

[Darkflame]

Lots and lotss of free software from NASA;
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/02/nasa- ... hould-try/
Sure, most only useful for very specialized purposes, but some stuff like image analysis might be applicable for other fields.

[Darkflame]

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/space ... ar_Mission

They seem very insistent that its scientific and credible and peer reviewed and consistent with physics.

[Firefox]

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/small- ... lar-system

A small Rama? Chunk of crystal?

[zip accident]

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/small-asteroid-or-comet-visits-from-beyond-the-solar-system

A small Rama? Chunk of crystal?

Someone didn't spot that coming.

1/4 mile diameter is not nothing, the odds of something on that sort of path hitting us are minute, but if they're looking for everything, that's big enough to count, and if it's worth looking for things on their way in, which people seem to think it is, someone should have seen this before it was on it's way out.

[F-ZeroOne]

Better warm up the ol' Space Battleship Yamato, just in case...

[Baggypants]

1/4 mile diameter is not nothing,

“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.”

I only mention this because our chemist is 1/4 of a mile away.

[zip accident]

1/4 mile diameter is not nothing,

“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.”

I only mention this because our chemist is 1/4 of a mile away.

We've been looking for these things for what, 50 years? less? and we've found one. That implies quite a few come through in a billion years.

1/4 mile isn't far to walk, but it's a fricking big impactor. Hm, Chicxulub was bigger, I didn't remember that.

I'm not saying we ought to be looking for these, but we are, and we missed this one.

[Bog]

Anyone else watching the launch?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUjH14vhLxA

[Firefox]

Ellie Arroway approved!

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... overnment/

[RedOktober]

I got an email about helping to support SETI recently, too. I mean, why not.