Giant 'Blob' Found in Outer Space

[Crouchingllama]

Giant 'Blob' Found in Outer Space

[Zalius]

just some shit on the lens

[Aerin]

What do they mean by it was "out of time"?

[Mizango]

Things like these discs are nothing new to us that do this as a hobby, profession or go to school for Cosmology. We found one of these on Galaxyzoo about a year ago. This is nothing more than some sort of accretion disk or ionized gas gravitated towards something like a SMBH.

We've been debating this all day there. Maybe that one famous magical guy that lives in the sky can tell us. I shall wait with bated breath...

[Mizango]

What do they mean by it was "out of time"?

Meaning that since light travels at a constant speed you are literally looking back in time. I know this is to the point of cliche and such and is severely over used but our Sun for instance is how it looked when it was emitted 8 minutes ago. Light from further out in the cosmos meanders along at a constant (Theories vary on this, sup João Magueijo) 186,000 miles per second we are looking at that particular beam of light as it looked when it happened umpteen hundred, thousand or million years ago.

Think of it like a train, you see the engine before you see the caboose. It may be entirely possible that nebulae such as the pillars of creation no longer exist because we are looking at these gaseous behemoths as they once appeared as opposed at how they look today because the tail end of light has not reached us yet and has yet to be observed. Cause you know, Science requires proof -n- shit yo before we make completely heinous claims.

I chalk it up to bad wording but I think that is what the writer meant by that statement.

[quannum]

eye of god, in my opinion.

[Mizango]

Darwinism.

[guartz]

death star exploding. Think about it, galaxy far far away?

[Mizango]

LHC explosion from a now extinct civilization. Undeniable.

[Ramor]

eye of god, in my opinion.

there's actually a nebula (i think) called the 'eye of god', and it's quite a bit prettier than that thing

[Mizango]

there's actually a nebula (i think) called the 'eye of god', and it's quite a bit prettier than that thing

Yes, the Helix nebula. It's cool because you can see the white dwarf in the center of it. Eye of God lol. Suuure..... when I think of it like that I think of that whack ass "Face of God" nebula that made its way around the theists circles as authentic about 10 years ago or so. Bad shoop is bad.

Is there anything they wont shit up? Rhetorical question.

[quannum]

Is there anything they wont shit up? Rhetorical question.

Jealousy.

[Rhinox]

I finally figured out who Mizango is!


http://scienceblogs.com/framing-science/DeTyson.jpg

[Mizango]

Jealousy.

Well played sir.

I finally figured out who Mizango is!


http://scienceblogs.com/framing-science/DeTyson.jpg

HAHA Neil deGrasse Tyson is the goddamn man. I'd kill to meet him "Death my Miz's hands", catchy title don't you think?


Edit: I had to add Michio Kaku and João Magueijo to that list to keep it consistent.

[Meian]

death star exploding. Think about it, galaxy far far away?

The correct answer

[Ramor]

Tyson is probably one of the most fun people to listen to if you ask me, after seeing him on Colbert/Daily Show a few times he's just amazing.

[Khamsin]

Quick question:

Say you look through a telescope and see a space ship heading toward you, but it's so far away that you're seeing the space ship as it was 1000 years ago. In reality, it's moved much closer since then (although still much slower than the light travels), but the light reaching your eyes was emitted 1000 years ago.

Say, you spend the next millions of years watching the space ship until it finally arrives. Since your visual of it might be delayed by 1000 years now, in a few million years, it'll be delayed by 500 years, and after a few more million years, it'll be delayed by 100 years, until finally the ship arrives.

Despite traveling a constant velocity the entire time, will your view of the ship make it look like it travels very slowly and gradually builds speed until it arrives? Moreso than just the usual illusion of perspective that stuff far away moves slower, that is.

[Hitoshura]

Am I the only person who thought of this?

YouTube - The Blob -1988- sink scene

lol it also came from space.

[Souj]

[QUOTE=Anamanagucci;2667568]Am I the only person who thought of this?
/QUOTE]

no. thats why they called it a "blob"

[Plow]

Meaning that since light travels at a constant speed you are literally looking back in time. I know this is to the point of cliche and such and is severely over used but our Sun for instance is how it looked when it was emitted 8 minutes ago. Light from further out in the cosmos meanders along at a constant (Theories vary on this, sup João Magueijo) 186,000 miles per second we are looking at that particular beam of light as it looked when it happened umpteen hundred, thousand or million years ago.

Think of it like a train, you see the engine before you see the caboose. It may be entirely possible that nebulae such as the pillars of creation no longer exist because we are looking at these gaseous behemoths as they once appeared as opposed at how they look today because the tail end of light has not reached us yet and has yet to be observed. Cause you know, Science requires proof -n- shit yo before we make completely heinous claims.

I chalk it up to bad wording but I think that is what the writer meant by that statement.

Actually what she meant is simply that as far as science currently knows/believes, nothing in the universe was that big at the time that light was emitted.

Therefore it's out of place in that time, or "out of time."