Blackest Planet Ever Found, Absorbs Nearly 100% of Light That Reaches It
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Dark planet that emits a faint red glow.
That shit is evil and we should stay the fuck out of its way.
Whenever one of these threads comes along there's always that one guy who goes "hurr we still haven't explored the ocean floor yet"
So what? The ocean floor is either boring or terrifying. The only worthwhile thing you'll get down there are ores.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;31690247]Whenever one of these threads comes along there's always that one guy who goes "hurr we still haven't explored the ocean floor yet"
So what? The ocean floor is either boring or terrifying. The only worthwhile thing you'll get down there are ores.[/QUOTE]
"Boring or terrifying" sounds a lot like space.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;31690247]Whenever one of these threads comes along there's always that one guy who goes "hurr we still haven't explored the ocean floor yet"
So what? The ocean floor is either boring or terrifying. The only worthwhile thing you'll get down there are ores.[/QUOTE]
To be fair, both are worthy of exploration.
inb4 nigger planet.
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[QUOTE=Bytecry;31690332]inb4 nigger planet.[/QUOTE]
Steals all the god damn light. Typical.
If you want to find aliens in our solar system, look to the bottom of the seas.
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Another amazing found.
what's next?
[QUOTE=Dr. Punchgroin;31689903]We don't even know what most of the surface of the ocean looks like.[/QUOTE]
Surface of the ocean looks like a watery desert.
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[QUOTE=Turnips5;31690366]If you want to find aliens in our solar system, look to the bottom of the seas.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/1jxG2.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
They are not aliens then, just earth beings we haven't found.
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[quote]But even these don’t fully explain the planet’s extreme blackness, which is still puzzling astronomers. There's some kind of strange chemistry going on out there that even Kepler can't see.[/quote]
kinda fits
Oh my god that watery desert makes me so thirsty.
[QUOTE=Elfy;31690476]They are not aliens then, just earth beings we haven't found.[/QUOTE]
They're near as dammit aliens.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;31690247]Whenever one of these threads comes along there's always that one guy who goes "hurr we still haven't explored the ocean floor yet"
So what? The ocean floor is either boring or terrifying. The only worthwhile thing you'll get down there are ores.[/QUOTE]
There's lots of awesome stuff on the ocean floor. Chiefly, shipwrecks.
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Entire fortunes just sitting there at the bottom of the ocean. Plenty of materials to salvage, lots of well-preserved antiques to recover and sell or give to museums and other historical organizations and establishments, and tons of gold and silver that have gone down with these vessels over the centuries that have been circumnavigating the globe's seas. It's incredibly sad that we know more about space than we do our own oceans. Dozens of people have ventured into space over the years, yet only two people have ever been to the deepest part of the ocean (Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard inside the bathysphere of the Bathyscaphe Trieste clear back in January 1960; they ventured 35,797 feet below the surface to the bottom of Challenger Deep).
the planet is inhabited by a great old one.
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;31690723]Entire fortunes just sitting there at the bottom of the ocean. Plenty of materials to salvage, lots of well-preserved antiques to recover and sell or give to museums and other historical organizations and establishments, and tons of gold and silver that have gone down with these vessels over the centuries that have been circumnavigating the globe's seas. [B]It's incredibly sad that we know more about space than we do our own oceans.[/B] Dozens of people have ventured into space over the years, yet only two people have ever been to the deepest part of the ocean (Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard inside the bathysphere of the Bathyscaphe Trieste clear back in January 1960; they ventured 35,797 feet below the surface to the bottom of Challenger Deep).[/QUOTE]
no it's not
we don't "know more about space", you can't quantify knowledge like that
god damnit, why do people keep pushing this false dichotomy between oceans and space
haven't people heard of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_%28moon%29#Subsurface_ocean]SPACE OCEANS[/url]
wait. you're telling me that a black planet is stealing our light?
[QUOTE=NorthernGate;31690884]wait. you're telling me that a black planet is stealing our light?[/QUOTE]
It's absorbing the light.
So yes you are absolutely right, you could say that a black man is absorbing your money if you want to be [b]scientifically[/b] correct!
[QUOTE=Turnips5;31690855]god damnit, why do people keep pushing this false dichotomy between oceans and space
haven't people heard of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_%28moon%29#Subsurface_ocean]SPACE OCEANS[/url][/QUOTE]
Metallic core. What the hell?
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[QUOTE=Gekkosan;31690970]It's absorbing the light.
So yes you are absolutely right, you could say that a black man is absorbing your money if you want to be [b]scientifically[/b] correct![/QUOTE]
Last time i checked i wasn't completely reflective though.
[QUOTE=Turnips5;31690815]no it's not
we don't "know more about space", you can't quantify knowledge like that[/QUOTE]
Again, only two people have ever been to the deepest part of the ocean in history, and that was 51 years ago. More people have been into space, hell- TRAVELED to the MOON within that time. Only about 5% of the oceans of Earth have been explored, yet they cover 72% of the planet and host around 97% of all life forms found here. Putting that into perspective, with what we know regarding space research vs. oceanic research, it is extremely sad. Pitiful, really, when one considers all the valuable things just sitting down there at the bottom of this rock we inhabit in the cosmos.
This article summarizes the situation well: [url]http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4425859.ece[/url]
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;31690247]Whenever one of these threads comes along there's always that one guy who goes "hurr we still haven't explored the ocean floor yet"
So what? The ocean floor is either boring or terrifying. The only worthwhile thing you'll get down there are ores.[/QUOTE]
Ughh no. They find completely new species with every deep sea dive.
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;31691348]Again, only two people have ever been to the deepest part of the ocean in history, and that was 51 years ago. More people have been into space, hell- TRAVELED to the MOON within that time. Only about 5% of the oceans of Earth have been explored, yet they cover 72% of the planet and host around 97% of all life forms found here. Putting that into perspective, with what we know regarding space research vs. oceanic research, it is extremely sad. Pitiful, really. This article summarizes the situation well: [url]http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4425859.ece[/url][/QUOTE]Ok, but how many people have have went deep sea diving compared to the number of people who've been too the moon? How many people have went to the deepest depths of the ocean compared to the number that have been to deep space?
[QUOTE=Elfy;31690476]They are not aliens then, just earth beings we haven't found.[/QUOTE]
that's what an alien is
you're thinking of extraterrestrials
[QUOTE=Stren;31691425]Ok, but how many people have have went deep sea diving compared to the number of people who've been too the moon? How many people have went to the deepest depths of the ocean compared to the number that have been to deep space?[/QUOTE]
Only 2 people have gone to the Challenger Deep. (the deepest part). 12 people have been on the moon, 517 people have gone to space (including those that have walked on the moon). As far as an engineering feat, traveling to the deepest depth is much harder than getting into LEO because you have to battle pressures over 16,000 PSI (1,099 times surface pressure). The ocean floor is teaming with life, even at the deepest depths. There's so much more to learn about than what you may think. We found life forms in the ocean that can live in extremely high temperatures and survive off chemosynthesis. About 50 years ago it was thought that there would be no life on the bottom of the ocean because light can't reach that depth for Photosynthesis. We were dead wrong. Perhaps there's more to learn about life in space in our own oceans than there is to learn about life in space, in space. At least with our current space travel abilities. They are both extremely important fields and I feel they complement each other in what's yet to learn about them.
TrES-2b or TrES [I]not[/I] 2b... That is the question.
But yeah, that is pretty interesting.
Blacker than the blackest black, times INFINITY.
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;31691348]Again, only two people have ever been to the deepest part of the ocean in history, and that was 51 years ago. More people have been into space, hell- TRAVELED to the MOON within that time. Only about 5% of the oceans of Earth have been explored, yet they cover 72% of the planet and host around 97% of all life forms found here. Putting that into perspective, with what we know regarding space research vs. oceanic research, it is extremely sad. Pitiful, really, when one considers all the valuable things just sitting down there at the bottom of this rock we inhabit in the cosmos.
This article summarizes the situation well: [url]http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4425859.ece[/url][/QUOTE]
He bears out good points, even if he is completely biased, but I still don't see why everyone's going "OH MY GOD SUCH A SHAME FORGET SPACE TRAVEL MARINE BIOLOGY IS MORE IMPORTANT"
I mean for fuck's sake, if I started saying that nanotechnology was useless and we should be concentrating more on lasers, you'd think I was retarded or something (and rightfully so)
Science doesn't work like in Civilization, you can be researching and doing many things in parallel, because that's one of our great strengths
specialization is for insects
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and my god, he downplays the accomplishments of the space programme like they were nothing
[quote]Teflon and new dimples on golf balls are impressive space-led innovations until compared with the biochemical reactions from benthic organisms that now constitute more than 50 per cent of our pharmaceutical anti-cancer arsenal. [/quote]
idiot
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[QUOTE=OvB;31691664]They are both extremely important fields and I feel they complement each other in what's yet to learn about them.[/QUOTE]
OvB hits the nail on the head yet again
We should name the planet Wesley Snipes.
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