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New Type Of Black Hole Discovered (Humor)

Last post by Shabadoo « Sun Aug 18, 2019 12:04 am
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by Juno16 » Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:59 pm

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I don’t know if anyone else will find this funny, but I sure did. My daughter saw this on Facebook and sent it to me this morning.

I live in close...

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That's FUNNY!!!

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Sun Aug 18, 2019 12:04 am
Going to be gone for a while

Last post by OzEclipse « Sat Aug 17, 2019 11:55 pm
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by Lady Fraktor » Tue Aug 06, 2019 4:53 am
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I just wanted to say that I will be returning home late tomorrow night and wish to say goodbye to you all and thank you for all of the wonderful...

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Hi Gabby,

Thanks for all your contributions. Frankly, I could never work out how you could make so many posts, work and sleep?? I certainly can't...
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Last post by OzEclipse
Sat Aug 17, 2019 11:55 pm
Clean, fun jokes... the tradition continues

Last post by Shabadoo « Sat Aug 17, 2019 11:40 pm
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by avid.astronomer » Wed May 15, 2019 4:11 pm
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Sat Aug 17, 2019 11:40 pm
Kerbel Space Program!

Last post by UlteriorModem « Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:39 pm
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by UlteriorModem » Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:05 am

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Yes, the Kerbel space program!

It is a space program simulation game for PC.

It came out around 8 years ago and I tried it back then and got...

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Well I finally did it! Put a Kerbal safely landed on the Mun, and returned back home in one piece!

Yes it took me this long, playing an hour or two...

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Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:39 pm
Any NASA/JPL Ambassadors here?

Last post by OBXgirl « Sat Aug 17, 2019 5:17 pm
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by OBXgirl » Tue Aug 13, 2019 5:39 pm
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Just an idea. If we have any other Solar System Ambassadors here, perhaps we can join together and ask Admins if we can have a section to post Events...

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Oh that is sooooo cool!. Alright - I hadn't really seen the need for the Saturn 5, but that is just way too cool. Now I gotta get one. Thanks for...
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Sat Aug 17, 2019 5:17 pm
The Grand Strand Amateur Astronomy Club, looking for new members

Last post by helicon « Sat Aug 17, 2019 3:46 pm
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by KingClinton » Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:22 am

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No telescope required, no experience necessary.

All that’s needed is an interest in astronomy, and you’re invited to the first meeting of the...

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Thanks for the heads up Clinton.

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Last post by helicon
Sat Aug 17, 2019 3:46 pm
Hiking Journal

Last post by helicon « Sat Aug 17, 2019 1:55 pm
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by seer » Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:34 pm
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Today one of the things I'm working on is a hiking journal that I'm making of one of my local trails that I hike for exercise and enjoyment. The name...

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Nice pic thanks for the share.
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Last post by helicon
Sat Aug 17, 2019 1:55 pm
Never assume!

Last post by Markmjm « Sat Aug 17, 2019 2:18 am
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by Markmjm » Fri Aug 16, 2019 5:31 pm

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This guy really stepped in it. Too funny! 😅

NASA scientist blasts Hinge match who joked she was probably 'the receptionist'

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Yeeeee...too funny. I have dealt with a gazillion similar situations based on gender assumptions. Sadly, I'm sure I'm not alone. The cool part is I...

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Sat Aug 17, 2019 2:18 am
Archaeologists Recreate Ancient Egyptian Perfume Worn By Cleopatra

Last post by mcolbert « Sat Aug 17, 2019 1:50 am
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by helicon » Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:17 pm

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Archaeologists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have decoded and recreated millennia-old perfume worn by the ancient Egyptians, perhaps even the...

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as a surviving husband - veteran of merely twenty years, it is ALWAYS the Year of Living Dangerously. (now to finish this quick before my wife sees...

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Last post by mcolbert
Sat Aug 17, 2019 1:50 am
protesters block observatory use

Last post by AntennaGuy « Sat Aug 17, 2019 1:16 am
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by notFritzArgelander » Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:11 pm
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Sat Aug 17, 2019 1:16 am
Exhibit at the Met in NY - instruments

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by Kanadalainen » Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:17 pm

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Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:17 pm
Oddly enough...

Last post by OBXgirl « Fri Aug 16, 2019 2:56 pm
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by OBXgirl » Tue Aug 13, 2019 4:39 pm
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The de-evolution of AF has made me realize what a wonderful resource we had at one point, and losing it has spurred me to become more active on the...

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Sounds like a fun summer to me. I used to live for summertime, but it's just gotten too hot or I have gotten too old, or both, but I am looking...
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Fri Aug 16, 2019 2:56 pm
Alien Invasion Movies

Last post by seer « Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:59 pm
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by seer » Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:39 pm
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My favorite genre of sci-fi movies are alien invasion movies. With how bad things are here I have a strong desire to root for the aliens. That is...

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Last night I re-watched ALIEN 3 on VHS. It is not one of my favorite ALIEN movies but than again there are no bad ALIEN movies.
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Last post by seer
Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:59 pm
Happy Birthday XCalRocketMan!

Last post by JayTee « Fri Aug 16, 2019 4:40 am
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by helicon » Thu Aug 15, 2019 6:01 pm

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Enjoy your 66th!

And many more trips around 'Ol Sol!

:occasion-birthday:

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:occasion-birthday: Mikey :occasion-balloons:

:banana-blonde: :character-beavisbutthead:
Cheers,
JT

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Last post by JayTee
Fri Aug 16, 2019 4:40 am
Snowing plastic in the Arctic.

Last post by AntennaGuy « Fri Aug 16, 2019 2:51 am
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by KingClinton » Thu Aug 15, 2019 8:42 am

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Fri Aug 16, 2019 2:51 am
yeah, i thought so.....

Last post by Ylem « Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:31 am
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by notFritzArgelander » Wed Aug 14, 2019 6:26 pm

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Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:31 am
Bryce Canyon National Park Certified as an International Dark Sky Park

Last post by Ylem « Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:26 am
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by KingClinton » Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:51 am

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Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:26 am
Does anyone else think this is a bad idea?

Last post by Arctic « Thu Aug 15, 2019 4:45 pm
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by smp » Wed Aug 14, 2019 5:06 pm

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I apologize if this has been discussed here before.

From Nature:

Researchers plan to spray sunlight-reflecting particles into the stratosphere, an...

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An idiotic idea.

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Last post by Arctic
Thu Aug 15, 2019 4:45 pm
Aeon: Wittgenstein versus Heraclitus for the championship?

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:58 am
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by notFritzArgelander » Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:58 am

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Fortunately I'm a fan of both so my side wins either way... :lol:

(Damn Parmenides though ;) )

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Nice. But now I have to get another book.

That's always a good thing. :)

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Last post by notFritzArgelander
Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:58 am
The Nietzsche Family Circus

Last post by mcolbert « Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:27 pm
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by notFritzArgelander » Sat May 11, 2019 2:34 pm

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This appeared in my news feed today. I think it hilarious, but then my sense of humor is often questioned. ;)

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now where's Charles Addams when you need him? ;)

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Last post by mcolbert
Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:27 pm
In a growing technological age, Americans have become increasingly detached from nature.

Last post by mcolbert « Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:16 pm
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by KingClinton » Wed Aug 14, 2019 12:56 pm

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I posted this article in the star party announcements forum but felt it worth reposting here on it's own , since the story is indicative of today's...

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the above is the reason why I disregard surveys of any (sociological / psychological / educational/ political ) kind.

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Last post by mcolbert
Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:16 pm
Civilizations, a PBS show with astrophotography

Last post by 10538 « Wed Aug 14, 2019 2:30 am
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by notFritzArgelander » Wed Aug 14, 2019 12:36 am

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I'm streaming episodes of the PBS documentary series Civilizations and episode 6 is an homage to landscape art with a section on HST and Juno images...

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Thanks for the heads-up NF! :text-thankyoublue:

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Last post by 10538
Wed Aug 14, 2019 2:30 am
A New Clue to How Life Originated

Last post by GCoyote « Wed Aug 14, 2019 2:02 am
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by Pikaia » Tue Aug 13, 2019 7:04 am

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A long-standing mystery about early cells has a solution—and it’s a rather magical one....

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Very interesting.

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Last post by GCoyote
Wed Aug 14, 2019 2:02 am
Have astronomers disproved the Big Bang?

Last post by mcolbert « Tue Aug 13, 2019 8:41 pm
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by smeyer8015 » Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:06 am

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Scott

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a nice way to start the day...0600 and being reminded that physics is EVERYTHING. ;)

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Last post by mcolbert
Tue Aug 13, 2019 8:41 pm
So why has AF Imploded?

Last post by OBXgirl « Tue Aug 13, 2019 4:32 pm
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by Aidi » Mon Aug 12, 2019 3:53 pm

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Not wanting to start a mud slinging thread... I am sure there are plenty of us who would like to know why AF.net has gone from a very good astronomy...

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I had such a wonderful experience when I joined AF, tons of great helpful people..I don't recognize all the names here yet, but having the pictures...

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Last post by OBXgirl
Tue Aug 13, 2019 4:32 pm

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