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Hovering happy face smiles down on us from space
www.newscientist.com ^
| 13:47 10 February 2015
| Jacob Aron
Posted on 02/10/2015 10:55:26 AM PST by Red Badger
This smiley face hovering in space looks like it was beamed into the heavens by a celestial keyboard. Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, it was in fact created by a quirk of general relativity known as gravitational lensing.
The glowing eyes are bright galaxies that are part of a galaxy cluster known as SDSS J1038+4849. The massive structure warps space-time, bending light like a lens to create a stretched image of distant galaxies, called an Einstein ring. The well-positioned circular shape creates the outline of the face and the wry grin.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; Religion; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; hubble; space
(Image: NASA & ESA)
To: SunkenCiv; KevinDavis
Space & Astronomy Ping!..................
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posted on
02/10/2015 10:56:03 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
Looks like Jack in the Box.
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posted on
02/10/2015 11:00:43 AM PST
by
Dr. Thorne
("Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads." - Luke 21:28)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/10/2015 11:12:52 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/10/2015 11:22:53 AM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: Dr. Thorne
"Looks like Jack in the Box."
Have they discovered the meaning of life?
(All reality points to a celestial Jack-in-the-Box store - "would you like fries with that?")
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posted on
02/10/2015 11:23:32 AM PST
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: Red Badger
Looks like this guy
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posted on
02/10/2015 11:28:39 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Dr. Thorne; Psalm 73
...aaaaannnd the Meaning o' Life is:
To: UCANSEE2; camle; martin_fierro; Psalm 73; BenLurkin; Dr. Thorne
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posted on
02/10/2015 12:47:16 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Dr. Thorne
All it needs is the hat
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posted on
02/10/2015 3:37:51 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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