Posted on 03/09/2022 8:37:07 AM PST by Red Badger
Even if this TRAPPIST-1 Webb Space Telescope learns anything interesting, the government will never speak of it ...
I think we can expect major discoveries.
(They may be 'jaw-dropping' discoveries)
They will be able to directly measure the temperature of the individual planets and determine their possible habitability for human as well as alien life. If #1 is discovered, it will be ‘news’, if #2 is, it won’t be..............................
No, the science is settled!
I hope that telescope can explore the presidential alien world in Delaware.
More fake astrophysics...
No one has observed a planet around some distant star...
It doesn’t matter what telescope they use, all we can see is a dot...
All we see is the color of a star.
If you watched the video it’s nothing but CGI and supposition...
In other words, this is what we believe...
That’s not science, that’s called religion...
Take it on faith that what we’re saying is true...
That's a deep subject that those in the highest levels of government have to deal with. In this case they can only learn so much from 41 light years away. I have doubts they could conclusively remotely prove there is or is not life there given our levels of technology now.
However it would be truly exciting if they could ...
The planets in the solar system are made from very different materials. Or at least their atmospheres are different.
Thanks for the articulate comment!! I stopped clicking into the Apod threads for that very reason. Nothing but photoshopped imagery meant for 10 year olds... Hopefully we’ll at least see some real images that are not enhanced for stupid people...
They have already discovered many clusters of tiny white dots everywhere
Not really, but really, really? Why not really, really, really?
Thanks Red Badger.
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Is the system called TRAPPIST because the seven planets are all silent, like Trappist monks?
It’s an acronym.............
Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) telescope at La Silla Observatory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST-1
Every ten years, the monks in the monastery are allowed to break their vow of silence to speak two words.
Ten years go by and it’s one monk’s first chance.
He thinks for a second before saying, “Food bad.”
Ten years later, he says, “Bed hard.”
It’s the big day, a decade later. He gives the head monk a long stare and says, “I quit.”
“I’m not surprised,” the head monk says.
“You’ve been complaining ever since you got here.”
“Hopefully we’ll at least see some real images that are not enhanced for stupid people...”
I used to work at a world class observatory. I know exactly what the image data looks like that they obtain.
You cannot see it, because your eyes only work in the range of 310-770 nano meters. Most observations are way outside that range. Most any pictures you see are all “Photoshopped”,
enhanced, and manipulated. Sorry.
7 Detailed HD Images of Space by NASA ESA James Webb Space Telescope
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