Hubble produces Extreme Deep Field image, showing 5 500 galaxies as old as 13.2 billion years - Polidicks

[QUOTE=itisjuly;37806750]We should throw less money at war and more at space exploration.[/QUOTE] I wish... [img]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091008131215/masseffect/images/thumb/b/bd/Mass_Relay_Loading_Screen.png/290px-Mass_Relay_Loading_Screen.png[/img] A boy can dream, can't he?

[QUOTE=OvB;37814625]This galaxy has two cores: [img]http://i.imgur.com/2Hv7S.jpg[/img] [editline]26th September 2012[/editline] And the bunch underneath look like they're having a 3-way collision. [editline]26th September 2012[/editline] It might just be a [i]really really really[/i] bright star in that galaxy, too. It just caught my eye.[/QUOTE] Or one of them is just in front of the other from our (Hubble's) perspective

When I die, I hope my happy little soul is able to fly around Space in peace.

[QUOTE=Mrglitch2000;37816981]When I die, I hope my happy little soul is able to fly around Space in peace.[/QUOTE] "...getting bored of space, wanna go home"

[QUOTE=Limed00d;37805906]It's so cool, yet the thought that this generation won't probably live to explore these strange, new worlds, saddens me a little[/QUOTE] fuck that, i got optimism. 3d printers get cheap as shit, 3d printers can make body parts, i can repair parts of my brain/body with 3D Printers like people exchange old parts in cars with new ones, deus ex machina, immortality. space travel here i come

[QUOTE=Mrglitch2000;37816981]When I die, I hope my happy little soul is able to fly around Space in peace.[/QUOTE] Head for the FP afterlife camp on Gliese 581g

[QUOTE=mac338;37805930]Yada yada Doppler effect, I'm still surprised by the amount of blueshift in the background.[/QUOTE] I always assumed that they'd colour correct images with notable spectrum shifts I guess not! Pretty neat to see

BREAKING NEWS: SPACE-THUMB IN FRONT OF LENS ENTIRE TIME, NASA EXTREMELY EMBARASSED

What is Facepunch's obsession with space colonization? FTL travel is one of the last thing any civilization has, due to the sheer amount of required resources. What about Utopia on earth? It's completely likely. Nano-tech fabricators are hardly 30 years away. Imagine being able to assimilate a block of anything into a block of anything else you want. Replicators and literally every other sci-fi device on tv shows will come before extrasolar space travel, much less colonization. Facepunch has a very Star Trek esque view on how the future will be, and that is simply not how it will be. We will be near gods with our sheer amount of technology before we are able to practically leave our system.

^ Indeed, we have so much time left on Earth, and getting the fuck out of this planet is probably the least of our worries, for now. And for thousands of years, actually.

[QUOTE=Gekkosan;37826306]^ Indeed, we have so much time left on Earth, and getting the fuck out of this planet is probably the least of our worries, for now. And for thousands of years, actually.[/QUOTE] I give us 1,000 years really. I think that is more than substantial time. By 2100 we will be radically changed for the better. By 2200 we will be walking gods. Remember technology is exponential. We are at that part of the curve just before it ramps it. I'd say colonization of our own solar system starting this century, and prevalent in the 2200's-2300's. By that time though, it won't be a luxury thing. Anywhere you live will be in luxury. It will be about resources. Deep space exploration will definitely happen before 3000, but I don't think we will see serious resources harvesting from deep space or colonization until after that. Most things will become giant mechanical planets.

[QUOTE=OvB;37814625]This galaxy has two cores: [img]http://i.imgur.com/2Hv7S.jpg[/img] [editline]26th September 2012[/editline] And the bunch underneath look like they're having a 3-way collision. [editline]26th September 2012[/editline] It might just be a [i]really really really[/i] bright star in that galaxy, too. It just caught my eye.[/QUOTE] It looks like an evil alien face oh my god [editline]27th September 2012[/editline] [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25590187/SCARY.png[/img] [editline]27th September 2012[/editline] [B][I][U]YOUR SOUL[/U][/I][/B]

[QUOTE=TehDoctorz;37826348]I give us 1,000 years really. I think that is more than substantial time. By 2100 we will be radically changed for the better. By 2200 we will be walking gods. Remember technology is exponential. We are at that part of the curve just before it ramps it. I'd say colonization of our own solar system starting this century, and prevalent in the 2200's-2300's. By that time though, it won't be a luxury thing. Anywhere you live will be in luxury. It will be about resources. Deep space exploration will definitely happen before 3000, but I don't think we will see serious resources harvesting from deep space or colonization until after that. Most things will become giant mechanical planets.[/QUOTE] I hate being rated optimistic on this type of stuff. I'm sick of debating this shit. Takes up so much time. Read some Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis. Trust me facepunch. I wouldn't betray you.

[QUOTE=TehDoctorz;37826135]What is Facepunch's obsession with space colonization? FTL travel is one of the last thing any civilization has, due to the sheer amount of required resources. What about Utopia on earth? It's completely likely. Nano-tech fabricators are hardly 30 years away. Imagine being able to assimilate a block of anything into a block of anything else you want. Replicators and literally every other sci-fi device on tv shows will come before extrasolar space travel, much less colonization. Facepunch has a very Star Trek esque view on how the future will be, and that is simply not how it will be. We will be near gods with our sheer amount of technology before we are able to practically leave our system.[/QUOTE] Yeah I'm not going to listen to you when you talk about how FTL is the "last thing any civilization gets" and how it "takes a shitton of resources" Didn't know our universe was a Civ game bro

[QUOTE=geel9;37827027]Yeah I'm not going to listen to you when you talk about how FTL is the "last thing any civilization gets" and how it "takes a shitton of resources" Didn't know our universe was a Civ game bro[/QUOTE] You seriously think that other civilizations will invent technology in a radically different time span than us? Maybe faster or slower, and in some deviation. But you really think that other civilizations will invent phones before telegrams etc.? Of course it also depends on the resources they have available, for example if they are one of the first bearing species early in a planet's life, there will be little oil to extract. Diverging into a more electricity or steampunk esque technological treeline. Silicon could be completely scarce. But it is highly likely that no matter the civilization or the scale, things will more or less develop along their path. [editline]28th September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=geel9;37827027]Yeah I'm not going to listen to you when you talk about how FTL is the "last thing any civilization gets" and how it "takes a shitton of resources" Didn't know our universe was a Civ game bro[/QUOTE] Also, it is impossible to deny that FTL travel takes less resources than other things. Few things proposed would take more resources than that. Some things like lunar landings and the mars landings are limited by resources and money, not technology.

Goddamn universe stop being so big and untravelable. srsly universe. stap. I want go more dan light speed. [editline]28th September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Mister B;37826595]It looks like an evil alien face oh my god [editline]27th September 2012[/editline] [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25590187/SCARY.png[/img] [editline]27th September 2012[/editline] [B][I][U]YOUR SOUL[/U][/I][/B][/QUOTE] Fuck....it's the ancient eater of worlds...I mean...eater of fucking GALAXIES. IN HIS FIRST FORM....FUCK

[QUOTE=TehDoctorz;37826135]What is Facepunch's obsession with space colonization? FTL travel is one of the last thing any civilization has, due to the sheer amount of required resources. What about Utopia on earth? It's completely likely. Nano-tech fabricators are hardly 30 years away. Imagine being able to assimilate a block of anything into a block of anything else you want. Replicators and literally every other sci-fi device on tv shows will come before extrasolar space travel, much less colonization. Facepunch has a very Star Trek esque view on how the future will be, and that is simply not how it will be. We will be near gods with our sheer amount of technology before we are able to practically leave our system.[/QUOTE] no dreams allowed

[QUOTE=farmatyr;37806276]Imagine what the James Webb telescope can do compared to Hubble.[/QUOTE] Other than be a huge money sink that continuously gets its budget increased to insane levels?

Long as we can reach Mars in less then a month or year, we'll get to exploring space in the next few centuries.

Wow, can someone explain to me how galaxies are rotating around in a spiral? Is there gravity in the center or something?

[QUOTE=danelo;37831216]Wow, can someone explain to me how galaxies are rotating around in a spiral? Is there gravity in the center or something?[/QUOTE] there is normally always a supermassive black hole which is like a normal black hole but fucking SUPER MASSIVE no joke

[QUOTE=cccritical;37814708][img]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17trdeu8qp8m6jpg/medium.jpg[/img] honestly surprised nobody posted this yet[/QUOTE] Surprised nobody posted this yet [img]http://madmikesamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/unicorn1.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=TehDoctorz;37827101]You seriously think that other civilizations will invent technology in a radically different time span than us? Maybe faster or slower, and in some deviation. But you really think that other civilizations will invent phones before telegrams etc.? Of course it also depends on the resources they have available, for example if they are one of the first bearing species early in a planet's life, there will be little oil to extract. Diverging into a more electricity or steampunk esque technological treeline. Silicon could be completely scarce. But it is highly likely that no matter the civilization or the scale, things will more or less develop along their path. [editline]28th September 2012[/editline] Also, it is impossible to deny that FTL travel takes less resources than other things. Few things proposed would take more resources than that. Some things like lunar landings and the mars landings are limited by resources and money, not technology.[/QUOTE] stop pulling shit out of your ass, for all we know FTL could be done on fucking anything, it doesn't exist yet, it's not possible with the technology we have, it'll happen when it happens, you can't say if it's the last thing we'll get.

[QUOTE=mac338;37805989]Pardon me, but what a terrible excuse. I get the fact that ambitions improve motivation and grades, but the fact is that to the stars to begin with we need people willing to step that extra mile. A nation of people unwilling to work for goals that don't exist yet is a nation that never succeeds at any goals. More importantly, the field is at the frontier of exploratory knowledge. We learn new, fantastic stuff every day. Sure, you can't physically go there, but you can learn mind-numbing, unknowable things already. The people who do this are explorers in heart and mind, despite being glued to this magnificent planet.[/QUOTE] you sure are a dreamcrusher

It's insane to think that what were looking at is millions / billions of years old.

It's funny to think that people initially wrote Hubble off as a huge failure when it had that fucked up lens. Now look at what it brings us, it's truly awe-inspiring.

I feel like I want to cry when I see this image. We are so small and we will never know what's out there. :suicide:

And then asteroid hits Earth and sends all of Humanity to Stone ages. Facepunch dreams are never to become true. In fact, no more Facepunch.

[QUOTE=gudman;37840874]And then asteroid hits Earth and sends all of Humanity to Stone ages. Facepunch dreams are never to become true. In fact, no more Facepunch.[/QUOTE] I'm sure Tribe Facepunch would rise up somewhere.

[QUOTE=TehDoctorz;37826348]Remember technology is exponential. We are at that part of the curve just before it ramps it.[/QUOTE] what about the law of diminishing returns