The Astronomy and Physics thread. And things of the like.

[PVarck31]

The flat Earth thing is downright hilarious. If anyone has any doubts this should clear them up.

http://www.smarterthanthat.com/astro...h-is-not-flat/

[dickey1331]

Why would the earth being flat come back? Talk about a conspiracy theory.

[PVarck31]

Quote: Originally Posted by dickey1331

Why would the earth being flat come back? Talk about a conspiracy theory.

Some rapper was spewing the Earth is flat thing on twitter. Neal deGrasse Tyson got into it with him trying to show him proof that its round but he kept going on about it.

[dickey1331]

Quote: Originally Posted by PVarck31

Some rapper was spewing the Earth is flat thing on twitter. Neal deGrasse Tyson got into it with him trying to show him proof that its round but he kept going on about it.

Why would anyone listen to a rapper outside of his song? He should stick to what he knows.

[dickey1331]

Quote: Originally Posted by PVarck31

As far as I know the Big Bang Theory is still considered the most widely accepted theory about how the Universe began. There are a number of other theories out there and some scientists refute it due to the laws of physics being broken in the theory, but I still think its the most widely accepted theory in the scientific community, it definitely has not been proven false. But in reality, no one knows for sure.

Here's an article about it but you seem to have already known about it but like you said it's all theory and no one really knows.


http://m.phys.org/news/2015-02-big-q...-universe.html

[gerg1234]

I love anything space.

Anybody here ever played Kerbal Space Program? It'll help you understand orbital mechanics pretty quickly.....but that could really hurt you if you ever watch movies about space.

[PVarck31]

Quote: Originally Posted by dickey1331

Here's an article about it but you seem to have already known about it but like you said it's all theory and no one really knows. http://m.phys.org/news/2015-02-big-q...-universe.html

Yeah, I'm definitely not gonna argue and say you're wrong. Even prevailing theories have been blown out of the water. Our knowledge about the origins of the universe is still in its infancy. I mean up until the early 90s most scientists weren't even sure there were planets outside of our solar system. Now we think there are about 40 billion Earth-like planets in our own galaxy alone.

[PVarck31]

Quote: Originally Posted by gerg1234

I love anything space. Anybody here ever played Kerbal Space Program? It'll help you understand orbital mechanics pretty quickly.....but that could really hurt you if you ever watch movies about space.

Ha yeah, most movies about space are horribly inaccurate.

And I'll have to check out the Kerbal thing.