Astronomy Super Thread

So this is the Super Thread on Astronomy.

Saturn is beat planet.

I love Saturn especially its moon, Titan.

Also what are your thoughts on Europa? Could it support life?

What are your thoughts on "Ancient Martians?"

Best moon

Possibly

Could be true not enough evidence though.

The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars.

-Carl Sagan.

Looking at the sky is boring, unless you are camping in a place with no light pollution, with alchohol, with intelligent people and have a fire going.

The middle of the ocean?

according to the history channel, there is nowhere in the United States where you can experience "true" darkness. (I think they call it level 1 darkness.

Your argument is invalid.

I can attest to this. The Southwestern United States has some very nice places from which to go stargazing, notably the Mojave desert and some of the mountains.

According to the history channel, Hitler also reverse engineered UFO technology to create his rockets. Oh, and Jesus was an alien with advanced technology.

Any number of places around the world, including random uninhabited Pacific Islands.

Yes. It probably has some form of microbes living in its vast seas.

Anyways, what do you guys think of the theory that gas planets aren't completely made out of gas, and somewhere in there there is a solid surface, perhaps a few thousand miles into the atmosphere. Remember these planets are massive, so even if the surface was 20,000 miles into the atmosphere, then the surface planet itself would still be several times the size of Earth.

Also, what do you guys think of the perpetual hurricane on Jupiter, AKA the "Red Spot". Or is it "Great Red Spot"? Something like that.

Finally, what do you guys think of the theory that in billions (maybe trillions) of years, the Andromeda galaxy will collide with our own Milky Way Galaxy?

It was something about the levels of darkness. They characterized true darkness as level 1 darkness. They said the closest any place in the US comes to "true darkness" is level 2 darkness.



edit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bortle_Dark-Sky_Scale
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/resources/darksky/3304011.html?page=1&c=y

If you can see the milky way, then it is dark enough imo.

But its not "true" darkness. I agree though.

i got one of dem

I want one of em.

What if you are inside a box...

Well then.