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brooklynite

(94,520 posts)
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 03:35 PM Jul 2016

Discovering the 'final frontier' of our universe

Source: CNN

Rather than the manned spaceships we've always associated with space exploration in science fiction, our new understanding of galaxies and the universe are being pushed forward by telescopes, in space and on the ground. Researchers comb the immense data the telescopes provide and their findings are giving us new insight comparable to the incredible views we've only ever seen in movies like "Star Trek Beyond."

This week, an image captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope provided our latest, deepest view of the universe, according to Dr. Anton Koekemoer, an astronomer who leads the team that produces all the Hubble image mosaics for the Frontier Fields project.



Last week, a research team comprised of hundreds of scientists from Japan, France, Germany, England and the United States released the largest 3-D map of the universe so far that included 1.2 million galaxies in an effort to understand how it is expanding.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/22/health/space-telescopes-study-final-frontier-galaxies-universe/index.html

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Discovering the 'final frontier' of our universe (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2016 OP
Amazing, there could be 100 billion galaxies in the known universe. Rex Jul 2016 #1
Yes: and if we spend tax payer money to send man into space, this science will suffer. cpwm17 Jul 2016 #2
This is what a manned flight to Mars comes down to... LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2016 #3
Sort of reminds me of a Jackson Pollock painting. nt bemildred Jul 2016 #4
 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
1. Amazing, there could be 100 billion galaxies in the known universe.
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 04:26 PM
Jul 2016

So we are looking at a little more then 1/1000th of it in that picture.

 

cpwm17

(3,829 posts)
2. Yes: and if we spend tax payer money to send man into space, this science will suffer.
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 04:47 PM
Jul 2016

Useful manned space flight is a science fiction fantasy. This is what we should be looking forward to:



2018 when it launches - I can't wait. Much better than more expensive trip pictures from Mars.
3. This is what a manned flight to Mars comes down to...
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 04:59 PM
Jul 2016


Planting the American flag on another planet.

Big favorite of unmanned missions here.
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