February 2012
theoncomingsagan:
forever sexually frustrated by pictures of carl sagan
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erexthedino replied to your post: erexthedino replied to your post: You can thank…
Hubble’s Law is v = HoD Ho is the Hubble constant of proportionality to its “proper distance” which is D. The v is the velocity of the distant pulsating star within the galaxy, which is really what Hubble measured.
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Anonymous asked: Àre you afraid to die?
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buzzlightyearsu replied to your post: What are your thoughts on death?
Do you think people can live on in the thoughts of others?
Absolutely!
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erexthedino replied to your post: You can thank Mr. Hubble for noticing the expansion of the universe, he saw changes in wavelengths from galaxies caused by redshit, calculated the moving of nearby galaxies and ergo expansion! It wasn’t until recently though that we discovered the expansion is actually accelerating, BAM dark energy.
We do see a more of a red shift in distant galaxies! The red...
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Anonymous asked: What are your thoughts on death?
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hatrackhotel asked: William Huggins (who discovered the red shift) may possibly have been the first to determine the velocities of certain celestial bodies, and thus the rate of their recession, using spectroscopy.
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saangel asked: I think it's something like we see things dimmer than they actually are at their redshift.
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combasems asked: You can thank Mr. Hubble for noticing the expansion of the universe, he saw changes in wavelengths from galaxies caused by redshit, calculated the moving of nearby galaxies and ergo expansion! It wasn't until recently though that we discovered the expansion is actually accelerating, BAM dark energy.
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Anonymous asked: How do we know that the universe is accelerating?
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urbanastrolater asked: Your blog is incredible! It's nice to have somewhere to get my daily astronomy fix from.
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combasems asked: I am too young to answer and well so are you but nevertheless, would you say Carl Sagan's popularity has risen due to the internet?
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ashwang replied to your post: Today at school while doing TA stuff, I was in…
~let us praise tha holy lord 2gether to enter into the celestial kingdum.
lolol apparently it’s not that easy
you need to have a gazillion children
and pay your tithing
and be supah nice all the time to everyone
and go to church every sunday so you can go to the temple
and never swear
and never think...
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Today at school while doing TA stuff, I was in part of the counseling center typing something up for a teacher. I overheard a couple of ladies who work at the school having a hushed conversation about something and didn’t bother listening for a while. Later I found out that they were talking about this thing in Mormonism called the “celestial kingdom” (which is basically the...
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AHAHA OH MY GOD
urbandictionary
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geeksaurusrex asked: What really grosses you out?
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Anonymous asked: Which planet in our solar system is your favourite?
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TMI Tuesday →
Please?
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“What grander idea can the mind of man form to itself than a prodigious, glorious...”
– Edmund Burke, at age 15 praising the ‘noble science’ of astronomy (via theastrophysicsblog)
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