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An amazing discovery. If we can see things that far away, it's a wonder what we'll discover when we keep improving telescopes, introducing new telescopes (e.g.
by chiefofgxbxl 9y ago
An amazing discovery. If we can see things that far away, it's a wonder what we'll discover when we keep improving telescopes, introducing new telescopes (e.g. Webb space telescope), and even build devices on other celestial bodies! I'm looking forward to a permanent telescope on the far side of the moon where Earthly signals are no distraction.
As for the article, it was distracting by the poor writing style (emphasis mine). It's frustrating to hear people say "like" and "literally" all the time in speech, but far worse to see it in written pieces:
- "...point source (literally, a dot of light)"
- "...galaxy, a star, you, me — bends space, literally warps it"
- "...too faint to see. Like, hundreds of times too faint"
- coss 9y ago" Holy yikes. Seriously, "...ctrl+w.
- DrBazza 9y agoHoly Haleakala.
- curtis 9y agoIt's a blog post rather than a proper article. And it's by Phil Plait (AKA "The Bad Astronomer") who has been writing with a similar tone for over a decade now.
- function_seven 9y agoI didn't notice the author, thanks for pointing out. I remember passing the time between college classes reading Bad Astonomy in the computer lab. In 1997. Over a decade for sure...
- djsumdog 9y agoAt least the author used _literally_ correctly? I mean, none of those look like they should have been _figuratively_ instead.
- urbanj 9y ago> As for the article, it was distracting by the poor writing style (emphasis mine). You should probably focus on your poor command of English first.
- eru 9y ago> [...] build devices on other celestial bodies [...] You must probably want to put your devices in space.