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Topic started on 19-12-2008 @ 10:33 PM by SuperSlovak
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Here are a few of the strange things you will find if you ever decide to do any space travel...
1. Antimatter
Matter and anti-matter annihilate each other when they collide and their mass is converted into pure energy by Einstein's equation E=mc2.
2. Mini-Black Holes
Mini-black holes are primordial leftovers from the Big Bang and affect space-time differently because of their close association with a fifth
dimension.
3. Cosmic Microwave Background
Also known as the CMB, this radiation is a primordial leftover from the Big Bang that birthed the universe. It was first detected during the 1960s as
a radio noise that seemed to emanate from everywhere in space.
4. Dark Matter
Scientists think it makes up the bulk of matter in the universe, but it can neither be seen nor detected directly using current technologies.
Candidates range from light-weight neutrinos to invisible black holes.
5. Exoplanets
Until about the early 1990s, the only known planets in the universe were the familiar ones in our solar system. Astronomers have since identified more
than 190 extrasolar planets. They range from gargantuan gas worlds whose masses are just shy of being stars to small, rocky ones orbiting dim, red
dwarfs.
6. Gravity Waves
Gravity waves are distortions in the fabric of space-time predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. The waves travel at the speed
of light, but they are so weak that scientists expect to detect only those created during colossal cosmic events, such as black hole mergers.
7. Galactic Cannibalism
Like life on Earth, galaxies can "eat" each other and evolve over time. The Milky Way's neighbor, Andromeda, is currently dining on one of its
satellites. More than a dozen star clusters are scattered throughout Andromeda, the cosmic remains of past meals.
8. Neutrinos
Neutrinos are electrically neutral, virtually mass-less elementary particles that can pass through miles of lead unhindered. Some are passing through
your body as you read this. These "phantom" particles are produced in the inner fires of burning, healthy stars as well as in the supernova
explosions of dying stars.
9. Quasars
These bright beacons shine to us from the edges of the visible universe and are reminders to scientists of our universe's chaotic infancy. Quasars
release more energy than hundreds of galaxies combined. The general consensus is that they are monstrous black holes in the hearts of distant
galaxies.
10. Vacuum Energy
Quantum physics tells us that contrary to appearances, empty space is a bubbling brew of "virtual" subatomic particles that are constantly being
created and destroyed. The fleeting particles endow every cubic centimeter of space with a certain energy that, according to general relativity,
produces an anti-gravitational force that pushes space apart.
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Im sure there are many more strange things out there in space but which one do you think is strangest from what we know about?
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reply posted on 19-12-2008 @ 11:33 PM by peacejet
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Flag for this. And this makes me wonder of the majesty of the universe and how small and insignificant we are, and how there are lots of things that
we cant understand.
Thanks for sharing it here. 
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reply posted on 19-12-2008 @ 11:37 PM by warrenb
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I thought they were all theoretical due to the fact that no-one has physically inspected any of these things, in the flesh.
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reply posted on 19-12-2008 @ 11:53 PM by peacejet
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no my dear friend, CMB has been analyzed.
aether.lbl.gov...
dark matters effects are massive over the large scale of the universe, just google it or visit the chandra x-ray observatorys website, you will find a
lot about it.
And there are billions of neutrinos passing through earth each second from the sun.
www.sns.ias.edu...
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reply posted on 19-12-2008 @ 11:58 PM by warrenb
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Damn, I was vague.
I mean stuff out in the deeps of space.
Stuff that cannot be verified because it is so far away.
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reply posted on 20-12-2008 @ 12:04 AM by SLAYER69
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I Vote pulsars!
they just seem so cool to me they're my favorite
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reply posted on 20-12-2008 @ 12:08 AM by peacejet
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Though the universe is huge, all the light comes to our sight, but with red shifiting, and that is why light from the big bang reaches us in the form
of microwave radiation. And I dont see anything that we cant see because of distance, todays telescopes have so much power that they can see as far as
30 million light years away, and that is light originating, thirty million years ago. 
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reply posted on 20-12-2008 @ 06:15 AM by SuperSlovak
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I would hate to run into a quasar in my travels!!! One of those things has the energy of hundreds of galaxies wow I bet it could do some serious
damage!
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reply posted on 20-12-2008 @ 07:24 AM by ElectroMagnetic Multivers
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Originally posted by SuperSlovak
I would hate to run into a quasar in my travels!!! One of those things has the energy of hundreds of galaxies wow I bet it could do some serious
damage!
There is a thread around here on quasars, I was discussing with someone on there the possibility of Quasars being the 'womb' or 'construction
yard' of galaxies, birthing them. Or maybe they are young galaxies that haven't yet expanded?
IMO the explanation of 'black hole' gets thrown at unknowns way too much and don't even get me started on 'Dark matter'.
EMM
Edit to add: To say I would LOVE to see a quasar, that would be awesome, especially if they do create galaxies, I'd be there with my camera for the
labour.
And to give link.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
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reply posted on 20-12-2008 @ 07:58 AM by Bl0rg
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I once intended to become an astronomer until i changed my major in university.
Dark matter doesn't seem to be strange to me, since it's probably discrepancies with our current understanding of gravity on the largest scale that
cause and anomalies.
The resent discovery of "Hot Jupiters" is rather strange, gas giant planets that orbit very closely to their stars. How did they form without solar
wind blowing away their atmosphere?
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reply posted on 20-12-2008 @ 08:16 AM by Now_Then
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I'm gonna vote for the simple Scale out there! 
This is one of my all time favourite images... They pointed the Hubble at an 'empty' bit of sky for a 100 mins of exposure Et Voilà! Those little
photons travelled all those eon's to hit the Hubble revealing hundreds of galaxy's... And the area covered is like a pin head held at arms length
Who can honestly look at that and still say we are alone in the universe 
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reply posted on 20-12-2008 @ 09:58 AM by Bl0rg
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This picture is fascinating because it displays gravitational lensing. The Gravity of the super cluster magnifies a blue galaxy that is in the
background multiple time.
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reply posted on 21-12-2008 @ 01:40 AM by Anonymous ATS
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The Hubble deep field photo is strange.
The galaxies are "innatural", the prospective is strange ...
A question: if Hubble rotate with earth, if it rotates with the earth, as ago to giving it placed of long duration?
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reply posted on 21-12-2008 @ 03:12 PM by ozvulcan
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Why do you think it seems strange? Define "Innatural"
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reply posted on 1-1-2009 @ 11:36 AM by RFBurns
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Ground based telescopes have shown galaxies arranged in the same manner as those seen in the Hubble deep space image. Galaxies wont be all lined up in
a neat row or necessarily aligned with one another.
ESO 39/80
Cheers!!!!
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reply posted on 1-1-2009 @ 11:38 AM by Now_Then
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The time is scheduled... duh! the Hubble is one of the most perfect things man has ever created (after they fixed it).. any who it's fairly simple
to point it where they want when they want providing... well providing a lot of things.
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reply posted on 1-1-2009 @ 04:53 PM by LokMessier
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2. Mini-Black Holes
Mini-black holes are primordial leftovers from the Big Bang and affect space-time differently because of their close association with a fifth
dimension.
I always thought those were extremely strange, I also thought that the center of galaxies were strange, alluring and kind of scary in a way. The fact
that their are massive black holes in the middle of them, strong enough to move the entire galaxy system about it, I don't know, but I'd really love
to see a picture of it sometime (even though light never escapes from the black hole and it would probably be impossible to see.)
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reply posted on 2-1-2009 @ 03:31 PM by Anonymous ATS
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Dear, look here: newsimg.bbc.co.uk...
The the communication antena point to a secret alien base in te deep space (the mans are below, not in the deep space.).
The telscope ave any to point and cath a celestial object and make a photo with long exposition time.
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