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LOL! The Hawkmoth information was hysterical! FYI, I can explain simple radio bursts for space if that's worth any personal points:
http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0906/0906.0429.pdf
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Keep in mind that I'm personally a big fan of empirical physics and science. I don't however put "science" on a pedestal like atheists tend to do. Science tends to be their surrogate source of 'truthiness", but like all human endeavors, it's prone to human failures.
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I enjoy living here in Mt. Shasta where can actually see the haze of the Milky Way on a cloudless night, and I can actually see an amazing number of stars in the sky. The universe is, humbling, awe inspiring, and beautiful beyond belief.
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I really want to get a telescope so I can have a really good look at the night sky and moon
Hubble actually "spoiled" me on telescopes.
One thing I give astronomers a lot of credit for, they design, build and maintain very good equipment, both on the ground and in in space. SOHO (now SDO) and Hubble images have forever changed my views about the universe we live in.
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Try telling that to these bog brained murphys
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Hubble is so noughties.Hubble actually "spoiled" me on telescopes.
oh, and IFLS is the main reason I'm still on facebook
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New Earth-Based Telescope System Snaps Sharpest-Ever Pics of Deep Space | Popular Science
Adaptive optics is starting to allow earth telescopes to filter out that distortion. Ground based telescopes can be much physically larger, so I'm not sure it's fair (with adaptive options) to say they are necessarily inferior. Some higher energy wavelengths of light are absorbed by the atmosphere however and they never reach the surface Earth. That's very good news in terms of human health, but bad news if you're an astronomer trying to study the higher energy wavelengths of light from space.
Adaptive optics is starting to allow earth telescopes to filter out that distortion. Ground based telescopes can be much physically larger, so I'm not sure it's fair (with adaptive options) to say they are necessarily inferior. Some higher energy wavelengths of light are absorbed by the atmosphere however and they never reach the surface Earth. That's very good news in terms of human health, but bad news if you're an astronomer trying to study the higher energy wavelengths of light from space.
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I have been a scientist my whole life, and if there is one thing I have learned is to not accept anything as "truth" and not put anything on a pedestal. Every scientists I know (atheist or not) thinks the same way. Your sample size is way too small.
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