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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    02:31 PM

    In reply to What Caused This Galaxy's Power Surge?
    "After years of study the Flare is determined to be a message. A message from another intelligent species. A message that says "KEEP IT DOWN OVER THERE. WERE TRYING TO SLEEP OVER HERE"
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    01:01 PM

    In reply to What Caused This Galaxy's Power Surge?
    I told you not to plug in that many black holes at once!
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    12:58 PM

    In reply to What Caused This Galaxy's Power Surge?
    everyone... DUCK!
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    Image of The Dude The Dude
    01:34 PM

    @Hamslicer: You're gonna have to beastly quads if you duck now...'cuz you're gonna be crouched for a while :P
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    02:21 PM

    @The Dude: y'know Dude, that sounds like a good name for a band. The Beastly Quads.
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    Image of The Dude The Dude
    02:31 PM

    @Hamslicer: I think you may be onto something. After all, these days a bands name is about 50% of what makes it a success and The Beastly Quads is all gold.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    12:57 PM

    In reply to What Caused This Galaxy's Power Surge?
    That's what happens when you drop valentine candies made from earwig honey and bonemeal into a black hole.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    12:53 PM

    In reply to What Caused This Galaxy's Power Surge?
    Damnit, I told them Pegasus folk to use a surge protector...
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12:47 PM

    In reply to What Caused This Galaxy's Power Surge?
    Pegasus galaxy... it's gotta be Rodney McKay tinkering with Atlantis zero-point modules... :)
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    Image of auxarius auxarius
    12:54 PM

    @Roklimber: Uh, I miss Atlantis :<
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    Image of Fortunateson1969 Fortunateson1969
    12:56 PM

    @Roklimber: He's just trying to set off some fireworks to woo Carter.

    Pardon my ignorance, but what does that mean? Should I be getting in my Ark ship? Or will I get a bit more tan this summer?
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    01:24 PM

    @auxarius: So do I.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    01:26 PM

    @Fortunateson1969:

    "He's just trying to set off some fireworks to woo Carter."

    Rodney and his love for blondes...

    "Pardon my ignorance, but what does that mean? Should I be getting in my Ark ship? Or will I get a bit more tan this summer?"

    I don't really know, but if it's a super gamma-ray burst directed straight at us, there is not much we can do.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Secret Stars At The Heart Of The Flame Nebula — Revealed!
    Along with VISTA, there's another new telescope, named WISE.

    NASA launches infrared telescope to scan entire sky
    [edition.cnn.com]

    NASA launched a new telescope into space on Monday to scan the cosmos for undiscovered objects, including asteroids and comets that might threaten Earth.

    #spaceporn, #space, #galaxies, #nebulas, #vista, #wise, #tips, #observationdeck
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    Image of einsteinsquandry einsteinsquandry
    12/14/09

    @Roklimber: I'm really excited about WISE and what it can do. They had an excellent article on it over at Bad Astronomy.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/14/09

    @einsteinsquandry: Please, share the link. :)
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    Image of einsteinsquandry einsteinsquandry
    12/14/09

    @Roklimber: Oops, thought I had attached it. Well, here's a direct link to NASA's JPL video about the WISE. [www.jpl.nasa.gov]
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/14/09

    @einsteinsquandry: Thanks!
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Secret Stars At The Heart Of The Flame Nebula — Revealed!
    "the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (ViSTA) just started up"

    Let's hope it won't be like that other VISTA we know about...
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    Image of Brian Fowler Brian Fowler
    12/14/09

    @Roklimber: Micosoft jokes just write themselves these days, don't they?
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/14/09

    In reply to Scientists Ponder Saturn's Mysertious Hexagon
    More on Saturn's hexagon here:

    [antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov]
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    12/11/09

    In reply to Scientists Ponder Saturn's Mysertious Hexagon
    It's totally nothing to be concerned about. It was formed by a Russian rocket that leaked fuel and spun out of control.
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    Image of lazyeight lazyeight
    12/11/09

    In reply to Scientists Ponder Saturn's Mysertious Hexagon
    It's the shadow of Gaea. Time to launch the Ringmaster.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/11/09

    Giant footsteps found on the moon
    [antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov]

    #tips #spaceporn
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/11/09

    In reply to Scientists Ponder Saturn's Mysertious Hexagon
    Here's another interesting, albeit not as mysterious, property of Saturn: its average density is less than the density of water, meaning that if you could put Saturn onto a (large) bathtub full of water, Saturn would float.
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    Image of Ben Babcock Ben Babcock
    12/11/09

    @Roklimber: That would mean a huuuuge utility bill at the end of the month.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/11/09

    @Ben Babcock: No kidding.
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    Image of daveNYC daveNYC
    12/10/09

    In reply to Scientists Ponder Saturn's Mysertious Hexagon
    Obviously it's the Well of Souls.
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    12/10/09

    In reply to Scientists Ponder Saturn's Mysertious Hexagon
    What? No reference to how Richard Hoagland uses this to "verify" his wacky "hyperdimensional physics"?

    Richard Hoadland = Science Fiction...
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    12/10/09

    @Allen_Richards: He equals the definition of complete insanity and it amazes me that people give him a platform to stand on and spout his nonsense.
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    12/10/09

    @Makidian: I actually like this appearances on Coast to Coast. He's so amazingly batshit that he's one of their best guests. I've thought about buying his NASA book just to see what sort of nonsense he has to say.

    Man, I'm actually in the mood to break out my Face on Mars videos.... Ugh...if only my vhs player worked....
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    12/10/09

    @Allen_Richards: I was watching some 2012 nonsense on SyFy the other day and just cracking up at his theories. The guy could probably sell himself a little better if he a) didn't look like a deranged old man and b) didn't seem like he was about to sart saying wakka wakka wakka physics Mayans blah blee bloo. Then again he could be so crazy something he says ends up actually being true. But most of what he talks about and the way he presents it, it just ends up sounding like pseudo science hogwash.
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