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Mammalian291
07/25/18
Gran Telescopio Canarias
The Gran Telescopio Canarias is the largest telescope in the world. It measures 34 feet (10.36 meters) in diameter. The telescope is located in the Canary Islands of Spain. To design the telescope, it took more than 1,000 people from over 100 companies. The project took 7 years to complete and cost ...
Mammalian291
07/20/18
Wormholes
A wormhole is a concept where a hole in space-time connects extremely long distances, different universes, or different points in time and allows anyone that es through it to travel these distances instantly. To more easily understand what I am talking about, I will use space as a 2-dimensional ...
Mammalian291
07/19/18
FOTD #97
An exoplanet, also known as an extrasolar planet, is a planet that exists outside of the Sol System. Exoplanets can range from being very similar to Earth to Jupiter on steroids. The Kepler Space Telescope has found over 2,000 exoplanets while the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher ha...
Mammalian291
07/06/18
How Galaxies Form
Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based instruments, we have a good understanding of how galaxies form. The most widely excepted theory states that during the early days of the universe, many small clusters of gas and dust floated around in the universe. As these clumps get closer toge...
Mammalian291
07/05/18
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is one of the most iconic places in the solar system. It is 24,000-40,000 km wide and 12,000-14,000 km tall. It’s winds can reach up to 400 mph. The spot itself is high-pressure region in Jupiter’s atmosphere(A Storm). It produces an anticyclonic storm. It rotates counter-cl...
Mammalian291
06/25/18
Why the Sky is Blue
Why the Sky is Blue Since the sun is G-Class star, it produces white light. The Earth’s atmosphere acts like a prism with the sun’s light. When the white light hits the air particles in the atmosphere, the light is scatter liked it had hit a prism. The blue light is scattered in all directions ...
Mammalian291
06/19/18
The Announcement of Space Force
Recently, the president of the US has announced the creation of a 6th military branch? Space Force. In my opinion, this is a major threat to a neutral presence in space. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-space-force-pentagon-create-military-space-force-national-space-counc...
Mammalian291
06/02/18
FOTD #49
Did you know that the largest galaxy IC 1101 is 2,000 times larger than the Milky Way with a diameter of 6,000,000 light years consisting of 100,000,000,000,000 stars.
Mammalian291
04/09/18
Is The Earth Flat Or Round???
44 votes · Voting has ended-
Round97.7%
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Flat2.3%
Mammalian291
04/05/18
Blackhole Contest Entry
Description- I imagine blackholes as being lightless voids in space time. Since their gravity is so strong light cannot escape it, blackholes will probably have rings of light and distorted space time around them. If they were eating a star, a column of light and gases would be pulled into the cent...
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