OT - "major" space science discovery to be announced Monday
A big-name US astrophysics research center has a "major discovery" to be announced Monday afternoon:
http://www.space.com/25066-major-astrophysics-discovery-announcement-monday.html
I scanned some blogs and, aside from jokes (like, "the aliens who stole the Malasian airplane"), there's no consensus of what the announcement will be. Some of the possibilities:
-- An Earth-like planet -- something around Earth's mass, in the "habitable zone" of a star
-- Confirmation of the "multiverse" theory, which would hugely change our perception of just what "is" the universe
-- The nature of dark matter and/or dark energy, which if true would be like instant-Nobel prize for whomever figured it out. Although, this particular center isn't likely to be home to that kind of discovery; that's more theoretical than observational.
OR THE HOLY GRAIL:
-- Confirmation of alien life detected via signals.
That last one would be so ridiculously huge, there's a suspicion no one could keep it under wraps. You'd need it confirmed ten and twenty times over, and by then, someone would spill the beans. And it probably wouldn't just be a "major discovery" -- it wuold be something like, "OMG THIS IS SO FRICKIN HUGELY IMPORTANT Y'ALL BETTER GET YOUR BUTTS HERE TO LISTEN ON MONDAY." That's a couple degrees above "major."
Any guesses?
This is reminescent of another similar "Stay Tuned for Important Announcement" From the Astrophysics community a few months back and then the next day it was like "never mind''.
I can't remember the specifics. Hope this is something really cool this time. The multiverse theory makes my tummy queezy, so I hope it's not that.
have found out the human race has survived and are deploying ships to finish the job.
That movie was unforgivably terrible. Good thing I spent no money to see it.
...if I'm in the right mood, but Prometheus just didn't make any sense.
This is a cool explanation: http://www.space.com/18811-multiple-universes-5-theories.html
I was really hoping for news about alien life or failing that verified confirmation that space mercenaries like Boba Fett really exist. But alright I'll wait until Monday, I guess. Jeeze.
The girl with the fairy wings has nice legs.
They found Eccentrica Gallumbits, the triple-breasted whore of Eroticon Six?
Someone must be trying to influence the NCAA brackets.
The Andromeda Galaxy is actually a lot closer and moving a lot faster than we previously thought. And we have like 2 months to live...
AND GOODBYE COLLEGE DEBT! WOOOO!
...your upbeat outlook on the matter.
the middle two discoveries would be WAY bigger than the confirmation of alien life which is almost ceratinly a possibility and its an almost mathematical impossibility that we are alone in the universe.
Wouldn't that make is just as mathematically impossible that two alien lifeforms would find each other then? It is still a big deal if there is confirmation or interaction between two different advanced life forms.
Absolutely agree. Alien life out there big news? Not to me. I believe it is naive to believe there isnt.
Habital Planet less than 12 parsecs away so the milenium falcon can make it there within a lifetime? Bingo. Got to be that.
Scientists have, in fact, discovered that everybody kills people, murders people, steals from you, and steals from me.
Didn't Descartes or Rousseau figure that out a long time ago? Or is that debate still going on? Directions not clear.
You wouldn't dare say that to my face...
"Time travel is possible" so I can go back to 2007 and warn the Michigan players about Appalachian State and to not get stoned before the game. Thing is, would we retain our memory or would we actually go back to being in the moment of 2007, unaware that we traveled back? Maybe I'll go all the way back to prevent Bill Martin from being hired as AD.
There are a lot of things deemed impossible that will one time be possible. Going back in time is not one of them.
Well aren't you just the little pessimist.
jk. lol. not possible.
...or is it?
dun dun duh!!!!
In that universe, Debord, English and Carr are still yucking it up before kick off and all the players respond to your pleas with "oh sure!" and "yeah right!".
The worst part of the nightmare is when QB Armanti Edwards takes his helmet off after the victory, and OMG that's not Armanti, that's Denard Robinson!!! OHHHFFUUUUUUUUUUU........AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
if Bill Martin isn't hired as AD it stands to reason John Beilein isn't hired as basketball coach. Then we'd still have a decaying footbal program and shitty basketball program.
Insert "We landed on the moon" Dumb and Dumber gif/meme.
...we already know that aliens exist and that they are working with the survivin Nazis to covertly control America. In fact, aliens have been visiting earth and cultivating homo sapiens for millenia. That's a given. Although there has been some speculation that 2014 is the year of an "alien" event, fwiw.
If NASA wants to make a major announcement then they should just admit the the moon landing was staged with the help of Stanley Kubrick. Then maybe some of their credibility would be restored. In the meantime, I'd be carefully of trusting any of their propaganda.
March 15th, 2014 at 10:23 AM ^
Carefully guarded by an elite agenda, but facts nonetheless. I only wish it were my opinion cause then it'd be far less sinister.
The astrophysicists have discovered pussy. All research projects suspended until further notice.
Don't you watch The Big Bang Theory? If physicists can get action from the likes of Kaley Cuoco and Melissa Rauch, I might have to change my career path 25 years after I got my degree (although, to be fair, Howard and I have the same one, so....).
The world does, in fact, revolve around my wife?
Because I think that applies to my wife, as well.
are not very intelligent.
March 14th, 2014 at 11:05 PM ^
March 15th, 2014 at 12:10 PM ^
Spray painted graffiti.
Giant asteroid on collision course with earth.