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ukimalefu wrote: MINERVA II1 Rover-1A's photo of the asteroid Ryugu

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http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/topics/20180922/ (japanese site)

image from the approach

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this one is in english

http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/galleri ... v20180920/


Why is there a Canadian Flag on the asteroid?

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I knew they were up to something.
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As a reply to uki's pic of bear cubs in a tree
macnuke wrote: mom's wasted

(Um, right? You probably were not referring to the Hurricane Florence space pic immediately above and made an oblique reference to Mother Nature, yes?)

That adult bear at the base of the tree might not be their mom.
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DEyncourt wrote: As a reply to uki's pic of bear cubs in a tree
macnuke wrote: mom's wasted

(Um, right? You probably were not referring to the Hurricane Florence space pic immediately above and made an oblique reference to Mother Nature, yes?)

That adult bear at the base of the tree might not be their mom.

after a refresh and scrolling thru the posts, my comment is actually immediately following the bear pic.
if memory serves..... good luck finding cubs without their mom close buy.. death usually being the only reason she isn't around and cubs are usually lunch at that point.

There are no illegitimate children...only illegitimate parents.

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i find these photos of asteroids to be somewhat unsettling

these hunks of rock floating around in the dark ... :: shudder ::
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this is a science/nature thread, not a wizardry thread
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WHOA.
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Peking Ducks ?
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Hayabusa 2 rovers send new images from Ryugu surface

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There's something they're calling a "movie", but it's a 10 frames time lapse. And it's video from twitter, which doesn't work for me, so I found it on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW6_3XHuAxo


(J.J. Abrams was right! look at that real lens flare in real space! :p )
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"New" version of CT scanning will allow archeologists to examine mummies non-destructively:

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a. is a view created with a standard X-ray, while b. and c. shows some of the details that were seen via CT scanning the particular cross-sections at the points indicated by the lines through parts of a.

That "new" in quotes because this method has been used in medicine for about a decade, but it took until now for someone to apply this technique to archeology with an Egyptian mummy's hand.
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"Watch Scientists Accidentally Blow Up Their Lab With The Strongest Indoor Magnetic Field Ever". YouTube video at link.
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Our cats did that when they were kittens and still figuring stuff out.

Of course, now they're starting to misjump again because they're old and have arthritic hips... :(
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Well I just had to ask that question.

What are the limits of Magneto's magnetic field?
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that doesn't seem like a wise game to play
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That whole chart has a really cool '70's vibe ... man ...
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IMHO, they shouldn't call the solar system "deep space". Deep space should be outside the solar system.
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that would be interstellar space
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TOS wrote: that would be interstellar space


Exactly. Also, consider just how far out those planets are. Sure, compared to the scope of our galaxy (never mind the universe), they seem pretty close, but even Mars is far.
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Weird that they kinda sorta went with having it scaled and then said fiddlesticks it.
And Proteus brought the upright beast into the garden and chained him to a tree and the children did make sport of him.
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change the colours and it could be jupiter
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Repeat. But still funny.

Don't mess with Canada, eh?
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you bet your american ass
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Your geese are much less polite than Canadians in general.
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juice wrote: Your geese are much less polite than Canadians in general.


nah

scratch the surface and we're a nation of raging uncouth individuals
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that sure was one heck of a flash flood no more than 6,000 years ago
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now you know God created the Earth 5000 years ago.... why are you trying to stir up human waste with the 6000 years crap eh?

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oh no, did i get the math wrong???

may god forgive me
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Psh, everyone knows a God year is several times bigger than a human year.
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