\'Star Wars world\' found in triple star system

[leopardpixie]

Originally posted by MarkusTay
No, but they do make D&D for Dummies. I just saw a copy of it at my LGS, so there is still hope Vike.

Yea it tells ya how to MinMax your Charlollol

 

[Rab]

Originally posted by supervike

It is a very interesting topic, but try as I might I can\'t quite get my head around it. I\'ve tried to read several books/articles on the topic, but invaribly I end up looking for a comic book or something bright and shiney to take my mind off of it...lol

Do they make a \'Astrophysicists for Dummies\"? lollol

Anything by John Gribbin\'s a good start Vike, much easier to read than \"A Brief History of Time\". You could check out \"Almost Everyone\'s Guide To Science: The Universe, Life and Everything\" that sounds like it should cover it.

Rab.

 

[supervike]

Ok..thanks Rab, I\'ll give those a try.

I started with \"A brief history in time\' and had to demote myself to \'The Universe in a Nutshell\'...That didn\'t help either....but I\'m willing to give it another go.

Its quite possible me little brain isn\'t gonna get it...filled with too much useless trivial knowledge.

lollol

 

[Trovarion]

Orginal gepostet von Godlikebuthumble
@NSA: I think the general consensus is that, eventually, the outward energy created by the \"big bang\" will run out, as they have somehow found out that the big U\'s expansion is getting slower. Once that expansion becomes slow enough, the mutual gravitation of the individual pieces takes over, everything starts moving to each other (and ever faster to boot) ---> \"big crunch\". There\'s a nighttime show here on German TV where some (Astro-)Physics Professor just stands there (classroom-like) and tells you stuff about phenomena in space. Great stuff, followed closely by Bob Ross\' \"Joy of Painting\" reruns ...

@Frenchkid: That\'s weird... Hwo\'d have thought our Universe was such a tricky bugger...

what Sender is this? I have to watch it

 

[Godlikebuthumble]

@Trovarion: The German \"Bayern alpha\", the sattelite version of \"Bayerischer Rundfunk\". Late at night, they run \"Alpha Centauri\", mostly with that Prof guy (forgot his name).

As for literature, I can recommend \"The Science of Discworld\" (or so) 1 and 2. Written by T. Pratchett, assisted by two scientist guys. Brilliant stuff: One chapter is a \"regular\" Rincewind story, the next explains the scientific backgrounds, all written Pratchett-Style. The first book is pretty much astrophysics, the second covers pretty much anything else, quantum theory, phase space, time travel, brilliant stuff! Get it now!

 

[Braveheart712]

Yeah I heard about that, in related news seems George Lucas has the screen rights to the documentary from NASA explaining the discovery. Word on the street of the prilimiary script says the first three parts are nearly unwatchable, having a weak story line dotted with annoying characters, but near the end the acting and plot are better. Don\'t want to ruin the ending but Darth Vader is resued by his long lost son Luke....oh crap, am I mixing things up...damn alsheimers!

 

[green stuff]

Message original : frenchkid
saw an interesting theory the other day that the universe was smaller then we though because it acted in such a way that we saw mirror images of the universe wich made us think it was bigger then it actually is.

That\'s because a galaxy\'s gravitation can bend light beams like a lens or ... a mirror .

That also enables scientists to see farther in space than with traditional means.

... tune in tomorrow for some more fun facts .