Dark Planet

[Cuddlefish]

Also, who needs a spaceship?

Time is already all elastic and stretchy.

But that slingshot aint gonna pull itself, you need a moving object to stretch it. You need a much faster moving object to stretch it to the point where you see any significant change. It's all about the reference frame.

Why didn't you and I become legit scientists? /rhetorical question

Heh. Well, that's sort of my goal. I've always been interested in space (astronomy, cosmology, etc.), but until recently I've been using the excuse "I can't do math, let alone the math needed for this feild" which was a horse-shit claim I made to avoid having to work towards knowledge. I'm happier now, for having expanded my view of reality to include the language of numbers, and my understanding of the cosmos (Earth included) has expanded due to this.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Also, who needs a spaceship?

Time is already all elastic and stretchy.

But that slingshot aint gonna pull itself, you need a moving object to stretch it. You need a much faster moving object to stretch it to the point where you see any significant change. It's all about the reference frame.

Why didn't you and I become legit scientists? /rhetorical question

Heh. Well, that's sort of my goal. I've always been interested in space (astronomy, cosmology, etc.), but until recently I've been using the excuse "I can't do math, let alone the math needed for this feild" which was a horse-shit claim I made to avoid having to work towards knowledge. I'm happier now, for having expanded my view of reality to include the language of numbers, and my understanding of the cosmos (Earth included) has expanded due to this.

Hmmm. You and I have more in common than I thought.

[Doktor Howl]

Also, who needs a spaceship?

Time is already all elastic and stretchy.

But that slingshot aint gonna pull itself, you need a moving object to stretch it. You need a much faster moving object to stretch it to the point where you see any significant change. It's all about the reference frame.

Why didn't you and I become legit scientists? /rhetorical question

Heh. Well, that's sort of my goal. I've always been interested in space (astronomy, cosmology, etc.), but until recently I've been using the excuse "I can't do math, let alone the math needed for this feild" which was a horse-shit claim I made to avoid having to work towards knowledge. I'm happier now, for having expanded my view of reality to include the language of numbers, and my understanding of the cosmos (Earth included) has expanded due to this.

Hmmm. You and I have more in common than I thought.

You can't mix Irish and Italian.

The result puts a hit out on itself.

[Cuddlefish]

It's a tough nut to crack, though. Automatically included in the study of space are things like geology, quantum physics, meteorology, chemistry, etc.

Not to mention the area in which I'd like to study the most, the potential of life in space (other forms of life, as well as human life in space) relies heavily on other things, such as organic chemistry and the such.

It's a long row to hoe, but, for me, the pay off is worth it.

[Cuddlefish]

Also, who needs a spaceship?

Time is already all elastic and stretchy.

But that slingshot aint gonna pull itself, you need a moving object to stretch it. You need a much faster moving object to stretch it to the point where you see any significant change. It's all about the reference frame.

Why didn't you and I become legit scientists? /rhetorical question

Heh. Well, that's sort of my goal. I've always been interested in space (astronomy, cosmology, etc.), but until recently I've been using the excuse "I can't do math, let alone the math needed for this feild" which was a horse-shit claim I made to avoid having to work towards knowledge. I'm happier now, for having expanded my view of reality to include the language of numbers, and my understanding of the cosmos (Earth included) has expanded due to this.

Hmmm. You and I have more in common than I thought.

You can't mix Irish and Italian.

The result puts a hit out on itself.

Oh my fuck... 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Also, who needs a spaceship?

Time is already all elastic and stretchy.

But that slingshot aint gonna pull itself, you need a moving object to stretch it. You need a much faster moving object to stretch it to the point where you see any significant change. It's all about the reference frame.

Why didn't you and I become legit scientists? /rhetorical question

Heh. Well, that's sort of my goal. I've always been interested in space (astronomy, cosmology, etc.), but until recently I've been using the excuse "I can't do math, let alone the math needed for this feild" which was a horse-shit claim I made to avoid having to work towards knowledge. I'm happier now, for having expanded my view of reality to include the language of numbers, and my understanding of the cosmos (Earth included) has expanded due to this.

Hmmm. You and I have more in common than I thought.

You can't mix Irish and Italian.

The result puts a hit out on itself.

Talk to half of the girls I knew in High School.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

It's a tough nut to crack, though. Automatically included in the study of space are things like geology, quantum physics, meteorology, chemistry, etc.

Not to mention the area in which I'd like to study the most, the potential of life in space (other forms of life, as well as human life in space) relies heavily on other things, such as organic chemistry and the such.

It's a long row to hoe, but, for me, the pay off is worth it.

While I would like to see it and communicate with it, I think I'm more of a stars and planets sort of guy. Like, whoa, this planet's weird, lets learn more about it. (And develop non-time dilating FTL to boot)

[Doktor Howl]

Also, who needs a spaceship?

Time is already all elastic and stretchy.

But that slingshot aint gonna pull itself, you need a moving object to stretch it. You need a much faster moving object to stretch it to the point where you see any significant change. It's all about the reference frame.

Why didn't you and I become legit scientists? /rhetorical question

Heh. Well, that's sort of my goal. I've always been interested in space (astronomy, cosmology, etc.), but until recently I've been using the excuse "I can't do math, let alone the math needed for this feild" which was a horse-shit claim I made to avoid having to work towards knowledge. I'm happier now, for having expanded my view of reality to include the language of numbers, and my understanding of the cosmos (Earth included) has expanded due to this.

Hmmm. You and I have more in common than I thought.

You can't mix Irish and Italian.

The result puts a hit out on itself.

Talk to half of the girls I knew in High School.

I can't. 

I don't speak Italaec.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Also, who needs a spaceship?

Time is already all elastic and stretchy.

But that slingshot aint gonna pull itself, you need a moving object to stretch it. You need a much faster moving object to stretch it to the point where you see any significant change. It's all about the reference frame.

Why didn't you and I become legit scientists? /rhetorical question

Heh. Well, that's sort of my goal. I've always been interested in space (astronomy, cosmology, etc.), but until recently I've been using the excuse "I can't do math, let alone the math needed for this feild" which was a horse-shit claim I made to avoid having to work towards knowledge. I'm happier now, for having expanded my view of reality to include the language of numbers, and my understanding of the cosmos (Earth included) has expanded due to this.

Hmmm. You and I have more in common than I thought.

You can't mix Irish and Italian.

The result puts a hit out on itself.

Talk to half of the girls I knew in High School.

I can't. 

I don't speak Italaec.

Theyahz only one langwidge round heeya, and that's Bahstin.

[Don Coyote]

Also, who needs a spaceship?

Time is already all elastic and stretchy.

But that slingshot aint gonna pull itself, you need a moving object to stretch it. You need a much faster moving object to stretch it to the point where you see any significant change. It's all about the reference frame.

Why didn't you and I become legit scientists? /rhetorical question

Heh. Well, that's sort of my goal. I've always been interested in space (astronomy, cosmology, etc.), but until recently I've been using the excuse "I can't do math, let alone the math needed for this feild" which was a horse-shit claim I made to avoid having to work towards knowledge. I'm happier now, for having expanded my view of reality to include the language of numbers, and my understanding of the cosmos (Earth included) has expanded due to this.

Hmmm. You and I have more in common than I thought.

You can't mix Irish and Italian.

The result puts a hit out on itself.

Talk to half of the girls I knew in High School.

I can't. 

I don't speak Italaec.

Isn't that merely a series of grunts and whistles?

[Telarus]

Also, who needs a spaceship?

Time is already all elastic and stretchy.

But that slingshot aint gonna pull itself, you need a moving object to stretch it. You need a much faster moving object to stretch it to the point where you see any significant change. It's all about the reference frame.

Why didn't you and I become legit scientists? /rhetorical question

Heh. Well, that's sort of my goal. I've always been interested in space (astronomy, cosmology, etc.), but until recently I've been using the excuse "I can't do math, let alone the math needed for this feild" which was a horse-shit claim I made to avoid having to work towards knowledge. I'm happier now, for having expanded my view of reality to include the language of numbers, and my understanding of the cosmos (Earth included) has expanded due to this.

Hmmm. You and I have more in common than I thought.

You can't mix Irish and Italian.

The result puts a hit out on itself.

Ahahaha. +Tuscan, so I get the crazy hair ++tuscan.afro(after 4 weeks). 

[Telarus]

On the subject, very cool find.

I have to agree on the math, as well. Definitely have a different appreciation for art now that I can pin rough values on all the, say, bounced light in painting vs whitepoint vs shadow if I wanted to. Recognition of techniques (and use of...) gets easier too.

[Rumckle]

I'm curious what a few hundered thousand of these guys floating around the galaxy does to the calculations determining the amount of dark matter in the galaxy. Probably not much, but either way, it's definitelty something to keep in mind every time you start to think about the over-all weirdness of the universe. 

Yeah, I would doubt it would do much, not only because it is small, but being at about 1300K and a very good absorber, it probably would emit some black-body radiation in the IR region.

Still, very cool. My favourite things about exo-planets is finding ones that are completely different to those in our solar system.

[Elder Iptuous]

Perhaps the entire surface is covered in a highly efficient solar energy collecting system for use by its inhabitants.


also, i find it interesting that this article mentions one of the light absorbing constituents of its atmosphere to be gaseous titanium oxide, considering that the titanium oxide i am familiar with is such a bright white...

[Cuddlefish]

I'm curious what a few hundered thousand of these guys floating around the galaxy does to the calculations determining the amount of dark matter in the galaxy. Probably not much, but either way, it's definitelty something to keep in mind every time you start to think about the over-all weirdness of the universe. 

Yeah, I would doubt it would do much, not only because it is small, but being at about 1300K and a very good absorber, it probably would emit some black-body radiation in the IR region.

Yeah, I think it said in the article that it did give off some faint light "like an ember in a fireplace." I guess what I meant to say was, if the materials that compose the surface of the planet are blacker than any known black, that opens up the possibility of other objects having the same or similar composition that aren't orbiting a star, that would be practically invisible to our methods of detection. Even still, it probably wouldn't account for a sliver of all the dark matter in the galaxy. I probably shouldn't have even mentioned it, TBH.