In Deep Space, a Cosmic Pileup

Agilejbk

04:12 PMAug 11 2009

I am in awe of what goes on in the Cosmos. Further, how we can tell or fairly accurately "piece together" what may have occurred many years ago also fascinates me greatly. But even in the vastness of space, these collisions do occur- even as infrequently as hundreds of thousands of years. We certainly need to keep watching the heavens.

ERIESLOOP1

04:12 PMAug 11 2009

Some science is speculation based on certain "laws"...and at such distances we're resigned to making open-ended statements perhaps akin to "educated guesses". But science will move forward bit by bit as technology catches up to our curiosity. Still, I have absolute faith in the process, as opposed to faith in fantastical miracles as demanded by religion.

Kidzark

04:12 PMAug 11 2009

WOW Aeolianite you are the smartest man I have ever heard speak-your ideas are perfact and everybody else is stupid-I am so glad to know you think so highly of yourself --go make a solor system and I really be impressed!!

DavidoffM

04:09 PMAug 11 2009

HBurns1351 Thanx for the info

Black2Deep

04:07 PMAug 11 2009

WEESTIMATE 03:56 PMAug 11 2009 Looks like what's happening with the healthcare bill and the American people--------------------Do they pay you to troll the boards and post this crap or are you just stupid?

HBurns1351

04:07 PMAug 11 2009

DavidoffM04:01 PMAug 11 2009Wait a minute. Since when can we see a planet 100 light years away. I know we can detect them by watching a star wabble, but to talk about the small amount of gas and rock and light a mercury sized planet has, is something I never heard of before.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~H B; Heat. Spitzer sees heat. Spitzer is designed to detect infrared radiation. It detected the heat of the collision and the residual heat that remains.

DavidoffM

04:01 PMAug 11 2009

Wait a minute. Since when can we see a planet 100 light years away. I know we can detect them by watching a star wabble, but to talk about the small amount of gas and rock and light a mercury sized planet has, is something I never heard of before.

WEESTIMATE

03:56 PMAug 11 2009

Looks like what's happening with the healthcare bill and the American people

Newjeff121

03:54 PMAug 11 2009

guess assume perhaps

Aeolianite

03:45 PMAug 11 2009

Jjpalazzini 03:30 PMAug 11 2009 Aeolianite, I am a physicist and I've experienced the same thing. The reason is that religious delusion is the #1 form of mental illness on the planet. Vestiges of a scientifically ignorant and easily frightened population have permeated our society, to the point that the general population prefers to accept an outrageous, superstitious, irrational explanation rather than a reasonable, rational, scientific one based on facts. The bulk of trhe American public is very ignorant. ***************** I think you're right about the fear thing. It seems to me that most people can't handle the uncertainty inherent in science. They prefer a false sense of security that comes from black and white, right and wrong, us and them fundamentalist extremism.