Out Of This World

don’t think there is a general tread for space chat?

With all that’s going on beyond our atmosphere thought it would be worth having a thread to discuss all things in the great expanse.

Today it’s been released we have “discovered” a new dwarf planet named the Goblin, orbiting somewhere in the Oort Cloud.


https://www.theguardian.com/science...t-the-goblin-discovery-planet-nine-oort-cloud

 

Aliens built the pyramids.

 

Finger prints of the Gods

 

A subject I love reading about and learning more about.

 

Naw they Didnay

 

Clangers live on the moon. FACT! !!!

 

Look no further than the Planet Vuuuuuuuurrrr!

 

I hear they are starting to grow meat on mars.

 

i　was　interested　in　ufos　growing　up，although　i　dont　believe　aliens　are　visiting　us　or　built　pyramids。i　do　believe　　theres　other　lfe　out　there。some　of　the　worlds　top　minds　are　taking　it　seriously，theres　a　probe　gon　on　mars　in　the　next　few　years　tht　mission　wil　be　to　look　for　life　on　mars，theres　missions　planned　for　one　of　saturns　mons。which　has　ice　n　oceans。theres　stephen　hawkings　breakthrough　listen。earthlike　planets　arebeing　discoverd　all　the　time。

 

quite　an　interesting　time　concerning　space

 

Space X Falcon 9 flight above LA

Unreal sight to see

https://www.inverse.com/article/496...ebook&utm_medium=inverse&utm_campaign=organic

 

For what it's worth mate you sound like one of those robot alien * coming to earth to probe * with yer massive alien baws

 

* that's amazing

 

Funny considering there's been a couple of bits published recently trying to explain the drop in human interest with regards to other life outside of Earth.

Ufology kind of peaked in the 90s. You really don't hear much about it now.

However, in terms of potential space travel. It really is getting interesting now.

 

aye　the　new　mars　rover　wil　be　looking　for　bacteria　rather　than　an　evolved　race　lol。theres　plenty　articles　out　there　explaining　the　new　rover　and　future　missions　to　one　　　of　saturns　moons，theres　been　amazing　discoveries　there　regarding　liquid，ice　oceans。ufos　are　a　different　subject　entirely。

 

China to create a second ‘moon’ a satellite which will orbit earth and shine brighter than the moon.

2020

https://www.sci-techuniverse.com/2018/10/china-is-sending-second-moon-into-space.html

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-saturn-moon-could-support-life-idUSKBN1JN2V2

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/overview/

 

a recent article from an irish newspaper.https://www.independent.ie/world-ne...s-a-5050-chance-of-finding-life-37464297.html

Mankind has a "50/50" chance of finding evidence of life on Mars within the next three years, scientists working on the forthcoming rover mission predict.

The team conducting trials for the ExoMars robot said plans to excavate deep below the Martian surface for the first time dramatically improved the odds of discovering past or present extraterrestrial life.

Previous missions have mainly analysed surface rocks and topsoil. However, scientists believe the Red Planet's thin atmosphere and corresponding intense radiation mean all but deeply hidden evidence of life will have been eradicated.

By contrast, a European Space Agency (ESA) craft, due to launch in 2020 and arrive the following year, will be fitted with a two-metre drill.

ESA's first Mars rover, will also carry state-of-the-art lasers that can detect the presence of DNA by analysing the way molecules of dirt vibrate.

Dr Susanne Schwenzer, the team's astrobiologist, said: "The chances are just about 50/50... We are going to a very, very interesting spot."

Dr Ben Dobke, the ExoFit project director, said: "If you're going to find microbial evidence of life, it's probably underneath the surface."

Once on Mars, the solar-powered rover will attempt to navigate the rocky surface, excavate soil and relay other observations for a minimum of 90 days.

Operating with a 20-minute delay, as it is being directed by mission control in Harwell, Oxfordshire, in England, ESA will attempt to position the rover towards the edge of regoliths, areas of unconsolidated soil on bedrock, to obtain the best samples.

Mark Shilton, the Airbus engineer commanding the prototype rover, said: "It's not like driving a car. There's quite a complex software chain involved and it's extremely slow and methodical. The challenge is that often the most interesting locations for the geologists are the hardest for the rover."

With a 3.5cm-per-second top speed, the rover has an array of cameras mounted on a mast above it, while it also has ground-penetrating radar.

Among the most sophisticated of the instruments is the RAMAN laser spectrometer, a technology never before sent to Mars, that can determine the chemical bonds of molecules by the way they move.

The ultimate prize for ExoMars would be evidence of DNA, which would amount to proof that life exists on the Red Planet, or once did.

But if it sends back evidence of other organic molecules, the ESA scientists will have to try to determine whether they are indigenous to Mars or arrived via an asteroid.

Blasting off from Earth around the same time in 2020 will be a rival Nasa mission, named Mars 2020.

Unlike ExoMars, the US probe will have a potential operating period of years because it will be powered by a nuclear cell. It will also carry a drill to excavate soil to be transported back to Earth by a future ESA-Nasa Mars "sample-return" mission.


Irish Independent

 

Old news,i was on the planet Vuuuuuuuuuuurr the other day