Author Topic: Holy crap, re latest new planets find (Read 1120 times)

Red Beret · « **on:** December 21, 2011, 09:38:33 PM »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16279016

Two planets have been discovered that at one point orbited inside their star during its red giant phase. They were probably Jupiter like worlds to begin with, but have been eroded all the way down to their cores and are now smaller than Earth.

DanFromMars · « **Reply #1 on:** December 22, 2011, 04:31:27 PM »

Now I know where all these local girls have been going on their holidays.

Red Beret · « **Reply #2 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:01:36 PM »

I imagine all those high heels WOULD cause a lot of erosion...

Dr Manhattan · « **Reply #3 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:07:52 PM »

Every time someone mentions planets or stars I always think of this below, and can't quite believe it's out there.

VY CANIS MAJORIS

It's 1.9 billion miles in diameter. ONE POINT NINE BILLION MILES. 600 times the size of our sun.

What the absolute fuck. Can you even imagine?

DanFromMars · « **Reply #4 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:12:41 PM »

Quote from: Red Beret on December 22, 2011, 06:01:36 PM

I imagine all those high heels WOULD cause a lot of erosion...

Meant their radiated tans, but yeah that too

Elzar · « **Reply #5 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:15:02 PM »

Quote from: Dr Manhattan on December 22, 2011, 06:07:52 PM

Every time someone mentions planets or stars I always think of this below, and can't quite believe it's out there.

VY CANIS MAJORIS

It's 1.9 billion miles in diameter. ONE POINT NINE BILLION MILES. 600 times the size of our sun.

What the absolute fuck. Can you even imagine?

This scares me:
http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/images/how-small-we-are1.jpg

5BigCups · « **Reply #6 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:18:02 PM »

Quote from: Dr Manhattan on December 22, 2011, 06:07:52 PM

Every time someone mentions planets or stars I always think of this below, and can't quite believe it's out there.

VY CANIS MAJORIS

It's 1.9 billion miles in diameter. ONE POINT NINE BILLION MILES. 600 times the size of our sun.

What the absolute fuck. Can you even imagine?

Bet it'd be a head ache to choose a holiday location!

Being serious, that planet must be absolutely freezing.

Rococo · « **Reply #7 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:30:27 PM »

Quote from: Elzar on December 22, 2011, 06:15:02 PM

This scares me:
http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/images/how-small-we-are1.jpg

Love that image - really difficult to get your head round the scale of it!

OsirisMVZ · « **Reply #8 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:39:17 PM »

Canis Majoris is the closest thing to a real god in the universe.

Dr Manhattan · « **Reply #9 on:** December 22, 2011, 07:26:15 PM »

Quote from: Elzar on December 22, 2011, 06:15:02 PM

This scares me:
http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/images/how-small-we-are1.jpg

Scary, but at the same time absolutely fucking incredible.

Love the line "It is so large it technically shouldn't exist, according to current physics theories".

NuncaCaminarásSolo · « **Reply #10 on:** December 22, 2011, 08:05:57 PM »

Quote from: Dr Manhattan on December 22, 2011, 07:26:15 PM

Scary, but at the same time absolutely fucking incredible.

Love the line "It is so large it technically shouldn't exist, according to current physics theories".

Those are the kinds of lines that make me think we've got a lot of our astrophysics theories incredibly wrong. For example, the LHC observed a particle that traveled faster than the speed of light in September. They're still trying to confirm this but it just goes to show we can never be too confident with our current theories. There's just too much that we still don't know.

SMD · « **Reply #11 on:** December 22, 2011, 08:13:52 PM »

Quote from: Dr Manhattan on December 22, 2011, 06:07:52 PM

Every time someone mentions planets or stars I always think of this below, and can't quite believe it's out there.

VY CANIS MAJORIS

It's 1.9 billion miles in diameter. ONE POINT NINE BILLION MILES. 600 times the size of our sun.

What the absolute fuck. Can you even imagine?

Could you imagine if a human was thrown into that? Fly on a windshield doesn't even cover it.

filthy1980 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 22, 2011, 08:17:00 PM »

Quote from: NuncaCaminarásSolo on December 22, 2011, 08:05:57 PM

Those are the kinds of lines that make me think we've got a lot of our astrophysics theories incredibly wrong. For example, the LHC observed a particle that traveled faster than the speed of light in September. They're still trying to confirm this but it just goes to show we can never be too confident with our current theories. There's just too much that we still don't know.

yet the current physics "guru" prof Brian Cox treats every theory outside of physics with complete disdain, the arrogance of these people is quite staggering

Red Beret · « **Reply #13 on:** December 22, 2011, 08:24:17 PM »

Brian Cox is so limp. The guy has absolutely no charisma at all.

RedRabbit · « **Reply #14 on:** December 22, 2011, 08:37:44 PM »

I hate to piss all of ye off, but the line should be "It is so large it technically shouldn't exist, according to current astronomical theories". It doesn't have much to do with physics theory.

And Canis Majoris is a dying star, becoming a bloated star if you like. It's original size would have been a lot smaller. Our Sun will eventually grow in size that will be the equivalent of Arcturus, giving it a radius of some 90-95 million miles, (one astronomical unit), although it's mass will remain roughly the same. CM is about 8 or 9 astronomical units at the moment. It's big, really fucking big, just not as big, relatively speaking, as is portrayed. It's not a like-for-like comparison.

Oh...and we'll most likely end up "orbiting" inside our star. Mercury and Venus will for certain.

Port_vale_lad · « **Reply #15 on:** December 22, 2011, 08:52:41 PM »

Quote from: Elzar on December 22, 2011, 06:15:02 PM

This scares me:
http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/images/how-small-we-are1.jpg

love shit like this
Heres another similar thing but with a cool slider gizmo
http://scaleofuniverse.com/

Immoral King Brian Blessed · « **Reply #16 on:** December 22, 2011, 09:16:15 PM »

Quote from: Port_vale_lad on December 22, 2011, 08:52:41 PM

a cool slider gizmo

Is that the official astronomical term?

Red Beret · « **Reply #17 on:** December 22, 2011, 11:12:23 PM »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/HEheh1BH34Q" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/HEheh1BH34Q</a>

A nice graphical representation...

Port_vale_lad · « **Reply #18 on:** December 22, 2011, 11:51:40 PM »

Quote from: King Wenceslas IX on December 22, 2011, 09:16:15 PM

Is that the official astronomical term?

If not it should be

snoop123 · « **Reply #19 on:** December 22, 2011, 11:55:14 PM »

mind blowing stuff really

Immoral King Brian Blessed · « **Reply #20 on:** December 22, 2011, 11:56:41 PM »

Quote from: Port_vale_lad on December 22, 2011, 11:51:40 PM

If not it should be

we are agreed, then.