When Johanne Kepler discovered how the solar system works I hope his mom made him a cake in the shape of an ellipse. 🔭
I don't want to sound too political but between now and election day the Andromeda Galaxy will be getting more than 230 million miles closer to us. 🔭
When Scotty beamed Kirk down, he first turned him into energy, which according to Einstein's famous equation is the equivalent of about 75,000 atom bombs. Probably 90,000 if we're talking later-career Kirk.
If you've ever been in the cab of a pickup on the side of a logging road with three large starhoppers in heavy coats and 14" schmidt, trying to defrost the corrector plate so you can clobber just one more deep sky Herschel object, then goody goody for you. 🔭
Most of the hydrogen of the galaxy was made into stars a long time ago, just a couple of percent remains as gas. So when we combine with Andromeda in a few billion years I'm guessing the starburst phase yields at most about 10 billion stars. Should be pretty though. 🔭
If I'm not mistaken, everything on Earth came from outer space.
Taurus is the only constellation crossed by all three of the great circles; the galactic equator, the celestial equator, and the solar ecliptic. What does this mean for us? (shakes Magic 8 Ball) “Answer hazy, try again later.” 🔭
The nox is equied.
