[Bonus] Asteroids on the Moon, JWST VS Age of The Universe, Astronomy on ISS | Q&A 301
Did James Webb break the age of the Universe? Can we watch asteroids that are about to hit the Moon? How much of actuation astronomy is done on the ISS? Plus, in our extended version on Patreon, what shape do black holes take? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A.
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Could we develop an engine that just projects light from the back, or have an on board accelerator that speeds protons up to 99% the speed of light and chuck it out the back.. perhaps picking up interstellar material as fuel. I guess we would need some kind of fusion reaction to power the whole kit and caboodle..
Oh got a question. What are your thoughts on the spin of galaxies causing blue shift or red shift depending on the spins speed and direction in relation to our galaxy, perhaps making current observations on ages of galaxies innacurate?
Hey Fraser, have you stopped posting to Spotify now? There hasn't been any new posts on there since Feb 28th.
Careful, those slugs are pretty deadly..
Only if I eat them.
Halley’s Comet Trivia The British gentleman for whom it is named pronounced it “haw-lee”. The pronunciation you used comes from the band Bill Haley and His Comets who used “hay-lee”.
Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet#Pronunciation) seems to indicate that the contemporary pronunciation isn't clear. One of his biographers preferred /hɔːli/ (rhyming with "crawly"), but most modern usage uses /hæli/ (rhyming with "valley").
If the Chinese version of the Hubble is going to fly in formation with their space station, how are they going to handle station keeping or avoidance manoeuvres? Will they have to retrieve it every time they want to adjust the orbit of the station?
No, they'll only retrieve it when they want to make upgrades to it. The rest of the time it flies close, but like cosmically close.
Oooh the Ytube link doesn't work - it says ' This video is private', if that's any help?