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Pluto
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Except there is.DaveMehmet said:
Said he wouldn't go again as there was no atmosphere.ValleyGary said:I heard Sebs already done the journey when we drew Pluto Albion in the Auto Windscreens Trophy back in 96.
This article is very interesting and a good summary of what's been found so far:
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/16/8978451/new-horizons-pluto-facts
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You can't reach the edge of space - if you could, there would be an absolute position in space, from which you could have absolute velocity and absolute acceleration, all in contravention of Einstein's two relativity theories.Bryan_Kynsie said:
This. What I'd like to know is what we will find when the very edge of space is reached. Any scientists want to hazard a guess at that one? In the same way that we now know the world aint flat, will we one day find out?Addicted said:Unbelievable to think it launched 9 years ago. Everything that's happened on earth whilst that small box has been travelling (just) to the outer reaches of our solar system and it's still effectively in our back garden. The emptiness of space boggles the mind.
I understand that the reason we may never know is considered to be that space is expanding faster than you could travel to catch up. But expanding into what?0 -
It's not an empty space that the universe expands into. There isn't anything outside the universe, not even an empty space.c4fcdenmark said:It's an empty space containing nothing and at absolute zero temperature that gets filled by an expanding universe which contains energy and mass.
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My head hurts.2
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Which means your head isn't an empty space!Algarveaddick said:My head hurts.
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If only the train to London Bridge was as good as that!limeygent said:Someone screwed up, the probe went by Pluto 72 seconds early.
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I really enjoyed the article addicks Addick. ThanksAddicksAddict said:
Except there is.DaveMehmet said:
Said he wouldn't go again as there was no atmosphere.ValleyGary said:I heard Sebs already done the journey when we drew Pluto Albion in the Auto Windscreens Trophy back in 96.
This article is very interesting and a good summary of what's been found so far:
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/16/8978451/new-horizons-pluto-facts0 -
Trying to understand all this, and thinking that there isn't too much in there...AddicksAddict said:
Which means your head isn't an empty space!Algarveaddick said:My head hurts.
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