Science is Drokking Fantastic Because...

[Proudhuff]

We have jetpacks!

[TordelBack]

Having jetpacks sounded great, but unfortunately we got jetskis first, so have a very clear idea of what kind of jackasses will be spoiling our peace and quiet now.



So very, very old.

[Proudhuff]

I fecking hate, hate microlights, constantly buzzing my home town, you hear them a mile off, and they drone on and on and on til the are over head, then its the same as they depart, its the usual single male 'enjoying' himself, not unlike the clowns on Harleys...

We could use Drones to bring em down

[Link Prime]

I fecking hate, hate microlights, constantly buzzing my home town, you hear them a mile off, and they drone on and on and on til the are over head, then its the same as they depart, its the usual single male 'enjoying' himself, not unlike the clowns on Harleys...

We could use Drones to bring em down

Literally: Old man shakes fist at clouds.

[von Boom]

I fecking hate, hate microlights, constantly buzzing my home town, you hear them a mile off, and they drone on and on and on til the are over head, then its the same as they depart, its the usual single male 'enjoying' himself, not unlike the clowns on Harleys...

We could use Drones to bring em down

Laser-guided potatoes would be more fun.

[Jim_Campbell]

Laser-guided potatoes would be more fun.

"Spud Gun to chips!"

[The Legendary Shark]

Looking for Lurkers: A New Way to Do SETI Monolith hunting!

[The Legendary Shark]

Hubble captures creepy cosmic Dormammu-type face in time for Hallowe'en.

[JayzusB.Christ]

I've spoken before about my love of exoplanets, where the stuff of science fiction has become real in my lifetime, mand you people have kindly explained to me how they are detected.

I have a particular fascination with that one that has a constant whirling rain of molten glass.  Now, apologies if you've explained this one to me before - my memory isn't what it was - but how on earth can scientists work those kind of details out?  It boggles my tiny mind.

[The Legendary Shark]

They're kind of guessing, I guess, based on the numbers and known processes.

For example, it fascinates me that it probably rains diamonds on Saturn because lightning burns methane to soot, the soot falls to more extreme temparatures and pressures where it's compressed to diamonds - which eventually melt and evaporate. It's all pure speculation based on known physical laws and I think they do the same thing with exoplanets, but with much more limited data.

[Dandontdare]

I've spoken before about my love of exoplanets, where the stuff of science fiction has become real in my lifetime, mand you people have kindly explained to me how they are detected.

I have a particular fascination with that one that has a constant whirling rain of molten glass.  Now, apologies if you've explained this one to me before - my memory isn't what it was - but how on earth can scientists work those kind of details out?  It boggles my tiny mind.

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/earth_like_exoplanet.png

[Proudhuff]

They read science fiction, then announce it as fact, who's going to disprove any off it in their lifetime?

[JayzusB.Christ]

 If I had a teleporter,  Huff, you'd be sent straight to the Planet of Glass Rain to check your theory out. 

Sharky, you're right, I know, but I just can't understand how they can work out the physics from that far away. Distance from the central star, perhaps? Apparently it's a gas giant, but I have no idea how that's worked out either.

[Modern Panther]

Spectogaphy.  The exoplanet passes in front of its star, and they measure the wobble in light.  The light frequency tells you what the planet's atmosphere is made of, whilst the wobble size and period gives how big the planet is and how fast it's moving.

[JayzusB.Christ]

Couldn't really ask for a more concise or clearer explanation than that. Thanks, MP