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Astronomers hate the Moon and want to destroy it
Metro ^ | October 12, 2023 | Katherine Fidler

Posted on 10/12/2023 4:30:57 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA

The Moon has been a source of wonder, inspiration, comfort and light throughout humanity’s existence.

Viewed as a goddess by some, a god by others, it is connected to wisdom and intuition by Pagans, to the divine feminine in spirituality.

And astronomers want it gone.

Not all astronomers, but some.

Why? Because it’s too bright. While for many of us a full Moon is a striking addition to the night sky, for astronomers the bright light is a blinding one.

‘I hate the Moon,’ says Dr Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. ‘The Moon is evil, because we complain about how bright all these new satellites are, but the Moon is the brightest satellite of the Earth by far.

(Excerpt) Read more at metro.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: astronomy; jonathanmcdowell; moon; ntsa; science
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To: ConservativeInPA

21 posted on 10/12/2023 5:15:22 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (America will need de-liberalization just as Germany had de-nazification.)
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To: fretzer
The next new moon is in 2 days. They need to get busy.

Then the daywalkers of the astronomy clan will complain that the moon is blocking their solar observations.


22 posted on 10/12/2023 5:17:22 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago. Now with "Formal Deprogramming")
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To: BipolarBob

23 posted on 10/12/2023 5:18:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: ConservativeInPA
The moon gives us tides, protects us from space rocks and stabilizes the earth's orbit.

This guy may have a degree but he is bone deep stupid.

24 posted on 10/12/2023 5:28:45 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
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To: ConservativeInPA

I hate the moon too. I want it to die.


25 posted on 10/12/2023 5:31:01 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (6,390,901 Truth | 86,874,940 Twitter)
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To: SamAdams76

There are no American interests on the moon. Moon people are corrupt Nazis. Not one more dime to fund moon people.


26 posted on 10/12/2023 5:32:33 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Muslims in America must immediately return to their nations of origin to fight Islamic extremism.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Imagine having observatories on the far side of the moon. Astronomers would love that!


27 posted on 10/12/2023 5:32:49 PM PDT by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second.)
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To: ConservativeInPA
Don't Touch the Moon--Cornell Blakely (1958)

Don't touch the moon;
I need it for loving.
Don't touch the stars;
I need them, too.
All you frantic scientists,
Find something else to do.

My life and love will not be comeplete
Without the moon and stars to glow.
All you frantic scientists,
Find somewhere else to go.

28 posted on 10/12/2023 5:34:23 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill
45 Best Songs About The Moon
29 posted on 10/12/2023 5:37:22 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Muslims in America must immediately return to their nations of origin to fight Islamic extremism.)
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To: ConservativeInPA
Atomic Sermon--Billy Hughes & His Rhythm Buckeroos (1953)

You'd better stop them scientists from researchin'
'Cause they done gone too far.
They've got these boys flying faster than sound,
They got the whole world in a war.
Man, this atomic energy sure scares me,
For if it can do what they claim,
You'd better start thinkin' 'bout savin' your soul
Ot Sam Johnson ain't my name!

30 posted on 10/12/2023 5:42:16 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: No name given
If you destroy the moon, you’ll kill billions of people!

Well, we can at least pretend there's one.

Let's Pretend There's a Moon--Don Walker & His Orchestra (1934)

31 posted on 10/12/2023 5:46:16 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: ConservativeInPA
45 Best Songs About The Moon

Interesting list. I know some of those songs, although many of them newer releases that I'm not familiar with,

These would be some useful additions:


32 posted on 10/12/2023 6:03:03 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill
I know some of those songs, although many of them newer releases that I'm not familiar with

I am mostly lost on music after 1990.

33 posted on 10/12/2023 6:07:37 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Muslims in America must immediately return to their nations of origin to fight Islamic extremism.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Genesis - Mad Man Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkVY3lJsBAA


34 posted on 10/12/2023 6:09:42 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

I know that one


35 posted on 10/12/2023 6:10:53 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Muslims in America must immediately return to their nations of origin to fight Islamic extremism.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Such microaggressions against the moon are why the tides keep changing.
Stop it!


36 posted on 10/12/2023 6:32:45 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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To: workerbee
The moon is a racist, homophobic, misogynist, climate denying POR

I've noticed that they now refer to the dark side of the moon as "the far side of the moon"--presumably because the older term is racist.

37 posted on 10/12/2023 6:55:37 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: ConservativeInPA

To the nerds who wish it was gone because they are upset that the moon’s brightness interferes with much of their observing time for faint objects, I say, as Brits would, “Hard cheese.”


38 posted on 10/12/2023 7:21:07 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: Kartographer

We have taken even more for the moon.


39 posted on 10/12/2023 7:47:06 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: ConservativeInPA

The moon isn’t bright. It is the sun reflecting off the moon that makes it bright. So the culprit is the sun . So the solution is to get rid of the sun. It will solve 2 problems for these astronomers ( which I am sure most of them are climate change alarmists)- no brightness in the sky and no global warming ./sarc


40 posted on 10/12/2023 8:00:02 PM PDT by TheCipher ( RINO politicians in DC are the only reptiles in the world with no backbone)
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