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I always dislike it when I click on an article like that and there is a giant artists conception that, for a split second I mistake for an actual photograph. I

I always dislike it when I click on an article like that and there is a giant artists conception that, for a split second I mistake for an actual photograph. It doesn't seem proper to have an artists conception of something on a scientific article.

taf2 9y ago
I mostly agree... but then there is the aspect of this that can be quiet inspiring to help us imagine what it might be like... a perhaps inspire us to get the real picture.
- hansen 9y ago
  I like the abstract pictures on quanta magazine, e.g. https://www.quantamagazine.org/neutron-star-collision-shakes-space-time-and-lights-up-the-sky-20171016/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/neutron-star-collision-shakes... https://www.quantamagazine.org/squishy-or-solid-a-neutron-stars-insides-open-to-debate-20171030/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/squishy-or-solid-a-neutron-st...
Parcissons 9y ago
I violently disagree, it was pictures like this, in particular the "Cylces of Fire" book that created this live-long longing for a far away place i could never reach. Yes, they are tourist posters for a unknown world. So what? If we dont dare to dream, we dont dare at all.
jessriedel 9y ago
I hate bad pop sci articles and bad artist conceptions, but I actually support it if the depiction is designed to increase reader understanding (rather than just induce the "woah pretty" reaction). For instance, did you know that Saturn's rings are made of rocks that are separated by very human-scale distances? I find these images valuable in communicating that fact: https://www.quora.com/What-would-it-feel-like-to-touch-Saturns-rings https://www.quora.com/What-would-it-feel-like-to-touch-Satur...
caf 9y ago
It should be intuitively obvious that it's not an actual photograph, since we've only just this year been able to get close photographs of Pluto, and we had to send a spacecraft there to do it.
jonas21 9y ago
This isn't a scientific article. It's a press release. If you want to read the journal paper, they link to it: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1736/eso1736a.pdf https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/e... I think these sort of artists conceptions really help the public visualize, understand, and get inspired by the research. I imagine it would be a lot harder to get funding for the research without them.
ugh123 9y ago
I would love to see a standard set, especially for space photos, that place a label directly on the image with 'artist rendering' or something like that. Its annoying the amount of space "photos" out there, even many on NASA sites that don't attribute this and mislead viewers.
albedoa 9y ago
My dude...the title of this submission is "Closest Temperate World Orbiting Quiet Star Discovered".

taf2 9y ago

I mostly agree... but then there is the aspect of this that can be quiet inspiring to help us imagine what it might be like... a perhaps inspire us to get the real picture.

hansen 9y ago
I like the abstract pictures on quanta magazine, e.g. https://www.quantamagazine.org/neutron-star-collision-shakes-space-time-and-lights-up-the-sky-20171016/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/neutron-star-collision-shakes... https://www.quantamagazine.org/squishy-or-solid-a-neutron-stars-insides-open-to-debate-20171030/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/squishy-or-solid-a-neutron-st...

Parcissons 9y ago

I violently disagree, it was pictures like this, in particular the "Cylces of Fire" book that created this live-long longing for a far away place i could never reach. Yes, they are tourist posters for a unknown world. So what? If we dont dare to dream, we dont dare at all.

jessriedel 9y ago

I hate bad pop sci articles and bad artist conceptions, but I actually support it if the depiction is designed to increase reader understanding (rather than just induce the "woah pretty" reaction). For instance, did you know that Saturn's rings are made of rocks that are separated by very human-scale distances? I find these images valuable in communicating that fact: https://www.quora.com/What-would-it-feel-like-to-touch-Saturns-rings https://www.quora.com/What-would-it-feel-like-to-touch-Satur...

caf 9y ago

It should be intuitively obvious that it's not an actual photograph, since we've only just this year been able to get close photographs of Pluto, and we had to send a spacecraft there to do it.

jonas21 9y ago

This isn't a scientific article. It's a press release. If you want to read the journal paper, they link to it: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1736/eso1736a.pdf https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/e... I think these sort of artists conceptions really help the public visualize, understand, and get inspired by the research. I imagine it would be a lot harder to get funding for the research without them.

ugh123 9y ago

I would love to see a standard set, especially for space photos, that place a label directly on the image with 'artist rendering' or something like that. Its annoying the amount of space "photos" out there, even many on NASA sites that don't attribute this and mislead viewers.

albedoa 9y ago

My dude...the title of this submission is "Closest Temperate World Orbiting Quiet Star Discovered".