astronomy

maegul, 3 miesiące temu w Euclid discovers a stunning Einstein ring

I’m confused about what exactly the ring is in the image or the main image at least. There seems to be an enhanced image in the article that highlights the ring more clearly as an outer edge, which makes sense (I suppose).

But I don’t understand what I’m to make of the top image. It’s the diffuse light part of the ring?

Balthazar, 3 miesiące temu

You need to zoom in to the center of the bright elliptical. It would have been easier to see without zooming if they’d subtracted off the elliptical.

maegul, 3 miesiące temu

Ah yes! Thanks! The enhanced image does day “close up” after all! A bit lazy of me!

Very cool though! A zoomed inset in the main image would have helped I think.

Hobbes, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Is there any way to get it here sooner?

DragonTypeWyvern, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Fucking finally goddamn

uxia, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Reading this headline instantly brought a huge smile to my face 😁

FreakinSteve, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Can we speed that up a bit?

llamacoffee, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Wow this is the most depressing comment section I’ve ever seen.

threelonmusketeers, 4 miesiące temu

Yeah, even for Lemmy this is bad. I hope most of them are semi-facetious?

Swedneck, 4 miesiące temu

it’s just standard “haha self harm funi”, it’s so easy to post and reliably gets a few upvotes, so it’s just a kneejerk response to posts like these.

AbsoluteChicagoDog, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

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Xavienth, 4 miesiące temu

Sarcasm?

Idk about you but if it levels 1287 km² of forest, I don’t think that would exactly be good news for a populated area. On the upper range, it could be equivalent to a 40 megatonne bomb.

threelonmusketeers, 4 miesiące temu

Provided it enters in a similarly uninhabited location.

Majorllama, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Which direction do I need to fart to up those numbers?

Uranus_Hz, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Those are rookie numbers. Gotta pump those numbers up.

Etterra, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

I’m team asteroid.

cazssiew, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/92801e29-c9ff-4e9f-a113-8e935b7172d9.gif

Thcdenton, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/30e041b2-9e9d-4736-a1d6-59d774a4b80e.gif

blackstampede, 4 miesiące temu

Unexpected Waterworld dipstick guy

Thcdenton, 4 miesiące temu

He’s my go-to for posts like these

blackstampede, 4 miesiące temu

Underutilized meme format, honestly. It can apply to almost anything in daily life circa 2025.

GrumpyDuckling, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

I wonder if the “important” people know the chances are higher, so they’re going for broke in order to build their escape ship.

DarkFuture, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Panic?

I’m crossing my fingers for the wellbeing of the universe. We’re awful.

floquant, 4 miesiące temu

Worry not, for we are insignificant to the universe.

Zacryon, 4 miesiące temu

Right now.

Zetta, 4 miesiące temu

Forever, humanity could only ever conceivably expand so far due to the expansion of the universe, so as far as we know a still insignificant portion of the universe we could colonize.

Zacryon, 4 miesiące temu

Until we make some scientific breakthrough which might solve that problem. If there is any possible of course. There is so much we still don’t know.

shadowedcross, 4 miesiące temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/f4965fa0-9f4c-43a6-8df3-941f6c0550e5.jpeg